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How about cooler masters silencio 352, it is professional looking, has sound deadening, and has 5.25 drive bays.

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Hello. I'm looking to replace my dads old office pc thats running an old 3rd gen i5 to one of the new ryzen apus with vega graphics. should be a good upgrade. but i am having an issue choosing a case. i would like it to be a fairly small matx unit with a more closed off and sleek design as to not get dusty living in an office, and it also needs a 5.25 drive bay for a blu ray burner. not looking to spend a ton on just the case; sub 70usd. if theres anything like the fractal define nano s or nzxt h200i but with a 5.25 drive bay that would be perfect. i know those are itx cases but that's the style i'm looking for; small cube, space efficient, not an eyesore with lights or fan grills everywhere. his office does get dusty, so someting with minimal side or top vents to keep dust from settling inside a powered off system would be ideal. i thank all those who leave suggestions in advance.

edit: i could go itx, but would much rather prefer the option to put in additional usb or a sound card through pcie ports.

y[e]  |  I am king giraffe. Hail me.  |  I build computers as a hobby and sometimes resell them to make a profit. | Current rig's specs:

OS: Win10 Pro x64 | CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6900XT | MB: ASUS X570 Tuff | RAM: 32gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3600mhz | Bootup: Adata 1tb NVME Gen4 | SSD: Intel SSD6 P600 1tb | HDDs: 16tb total | PSU: Seasonic 1200w 80+ Gold | Cooling: Noctua NH-D15 | Case: Voodoo Omen R (yes, THAT Voodoo) | Screen: Acer XF270HU 1440p 144hz FreeSync | total spent: $too much | (lol empty space)

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3 minutes ago, gameboy3800 said:

Hello. I'm looking to replace my dads old office pc thats running an old 3rd gen i5 to one of the new ryzen apus with vega graphics. should be a good upgrade. but i am having an issue choosing a case. i would like it to be a fairly small matx unit with a more closed off and sleek design as to not get dusty living in an office, and it also needs a 5.25 drive bay for a blu ray burner. not looking to spend a ton on just the case; sub 70usd. if theres anything like the fractal define nano s or nzxt h200i but with a 5.25 drive bay that would be perfect. i know those are itx cases but that's the style i'm looking for; small cube, space efficient, not an eyesore with lights or fan grills everywhere. his office does get dusty, so someting with minimal side or top vents to keep dust from settling inside a powered off system would be ideal. i thank all those who leave suggestions in advance.

This one is cheap and looks pretty smart. It's on sale though so decide fast!

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147262&cm_re=matx_case-_-11-147-262-_-Product

 

This one is looks like your cheap stereotypical office machine:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147123&cm_re=matx_case-_-11-147-123-_-Product

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2 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

This one is cheap and looks pretty smart.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147262&cm_re=matx_case-_-11-147-262-_-Product

that is not a bad case, but the style of the h200i is more what i'm after.

y[e]  |  I am king giraffe. Hail me.  |  I build computers as a hobby and sometimes resell them to make a profit. | Current rig's specs:

OS: Win10 Pro x64 | CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6900XT | MB: ASUS X570 Tuff | RAM: 32gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3600mhz | Bootup: Adata 1tb NVME Gen4 | SSD: Intel SSD6 P600 1tb | HDDs: 16tb total | PSU: Seasonic 1200w 80+ Gold | Cooling: Noctua NH-D15 | Case: Voodoo Omen R (yes, THAT Voodoo) | Screen: Acer XF270HU 1440p 144hz FreeSync | total spent: $too much | (lol empty space)

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2 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

Node 202 is good

no 5.25 bay

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5 minutes ago, gameboy3800 said:

that is not a bad case, but the style of the h200i is more what i'm after.

So you want an absolutely clean front with a 5.25" bay? How about a full transparent side panel?

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Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

So you want an absolutely clean front with a 5.25" bay? How about side panel?

yes. clean front with 5.25. would like to have side panel be solid. but id take a windowed one as long as it doesnt have any vents.

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It's going to be hard to find an absolutely clean front with 5.25 bays. These are close. I'm going assume clean being no mesh. But these all have side vents. Again, hard to find any without at this price point anymore.

 

Fractal Design Core 1100

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352039&cm_re=matx_case-_-11-352-039-_-Product

 

DIYPC MA01-R

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353108&cm_re=matx_case-_-11-353-108-_-Product

 

Rosewill Micro-ATX

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147255&cm_re=matx_case-_-11-147-255-_-Product

 

Another Rosewill Micro-ATX

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147248&cm_re=matx_case-_-11-147-248-_-Product

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coolermaster silencio series looks very nice

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OWAZUB8/?tag=pcpapi-20

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On 2/17/2018 at 12:34 AM, gameboy3800 said:

coolermaster silencio series looks very nice

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OWAZUB8/?tag=pcpapi-20

Corsair Carbide 88r, mATX case with better airflow than the silencio series.

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built in card reader got me the silencio series. thanks for all suggestions.

y[e]  |  I am king giraffe. Hail me.  |  I build computers as a hobby and sometimes resell them to make a profit. | Current rig's specs:

OS: Win10 Pro x64 | CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6900XT | MB: ASUS X570 Tuff | RAM: 32gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3600mhz | Bootup: Adata 1tb NVME Gen4 | SSD: Intel SSD6 P600 1tb | HDDs: 16tb total | PSU: Seasonic 1200w 80+ Gold | Cooling: Noctua NH-D15 | Case: Voodoo Omen R (yes, THAT Voodoo) | Screen: Acer XF270HU 1440p 144hz FreeSync | total spent: $too much | (lol empty space)

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Look at the Zalman T5.  I just bought one for my bedroom htpc I'm building.  haven't gotten it yet though.  its a low power system so im only going to use intake fans on the side panel.

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How about cooler masters silencio 352, it is professional looking, has sound deadening, and has 5.25 drive bays.

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On 2/24/2018 at 8:09 PM, om puri said:

How about cooler masters silencio 352, it is professional looking, has sound deadening, and has 5.25 drive bays.

ye thats the one i went for.

y[e]  |  I am king giraffe. Hail me.  |  I build computers as a hobby and sometimes resell them to make a profit. | Current rig's specs:

OS: Win10 Pro x64 | CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6900XT | MB: ASUS X570 Tuff | RAM: 32gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3600mhz | Bootup: Adata 1tb NVME Gen4 | SSD: Intel SSD6 P600 1tb | HDDs: 16tb total | PSU: Seasonic 1200w 80+ Gold | Cooling: Noctua NH-D15 | Case: Voodoo Omen R (yes, THAT Voodoo) | Screen: Acer XF270HU 1440p 144hz FreeSync | total spent: $too much | (lol empty space)

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