Looking for a HTPC case.

[extory]

Hello,

I'm looking for a HTPC case that can hold the parts I have. My old one does not really have much room for airflow thus causing it to suffocate(high temps). The best results I found are Silverstone Grandia and Thermaltake core G3. I have doubts fitting a 240mm radiator in the grandia and I don't really want to change my old 600w psu with a smaller SFX PSU for the core G3. Oh and it has to be  300mm or shorter to fit under my TV stand. The parts I have;

 

Standard ATX power supply,

MATX motherboard,

Gigabyte windforce 980ti (3 fans)

240mm Corsair h100i

 

They all need to fit inside of the case and won't overheat by opening the 3rd tab on firefox.

 

[Slottr]

Q300L will do this 

Sike didnt see the height requirement 

 

Double Sike - if you place the Q300L sideways you should be good to go lol 

[extory]

5 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Q300L will do this 

Sike didnt see the height requirement 

 

Double Sike - if you place the Q300L sideways you should be good to go lol 

I kinda like it. I'll look for more then decide for the best option.

[Slottr]

2 minutes ago, extory said:

I kinda like it. I'll look for more then decide for the best option.

Its probably your best bet for airflow for an mATX pc. Besides- its like 30$ USD 

[Anomnomnomaly]

I have this one

 

https://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=331&area=en

 

It's a thing of beauty, will take full size ATX PSU and MB, has room for 6 fans and fairly tall coolers... as well as a 240mm rad.

 

Mine is whisper quiet and has been since I built it about 4/5 years ago.  I keep expanding storage (it's got room for 8 HDD's + 2 SSD's

 

It's not a cheap one and it's about the size of a large home cinema amp... but it's sleek and looks great and can be rack mounted too with a couple of extra brackets.

[extory]

10 hours ago, Anomnomnomaly said:

I have this one

 

https://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=331&area=en

 

It's a thing of beauty, will take full size ATX PSU and MB, has room for 6 fans and fairly tall coolers... as well as a 240mm rad.

 

Mine is whisper quiet and has been since I built it about 4/5 years ago.  I keep expanding storage (it's got room for 8 HDD's + 2 SSD's

 

It's not a cheap one and it's about the size of a large home cinema amp... but it's sleek and looks great and can be rack mounted too with a couple of extra brackets.

Well as I said, I have doubts about the radiator placement for the grandia cases, most of them have an optical drive bay I would love to use but it'll be impossible if the space occupied by the radiator. Bottom place seems to be an idal place for GD09 and some others, then I saw a picture of the front IO connectors seems to be very close to the fans. I don't really want to take that risk. I'm still keeping the GD09 in my list. It's a beatiful looking case.

 

I forgot to mention I'm currently using an external optical drive for the current setup but I also have a spare internal one from my old rig. if the case has a drive bay I would like to use it.

[Anomnomnomaly]

1 hour ago, extory said:

Well as I said, I have doubts about the radiator placement for the grandia cases, most of them have an optical drive bay I would love to use but it'll be impossible if the space occupied by the radiator. Bottom place seems to be an idal place for GD09 and some others, then I saw a picture of the front IO connectors seems to be very close to the fans. I don't really want to take that risk. I'm still keeping the GD09 in my list. It's a beatiful looking case.

 

I forgot to mention I'm currently using an external optical drive for the current setup but I also have a spare internal one from my old rig. if the case has a drive bay I would like to use it.

I've taken a pic of mine with the bdrom drive in place on the GD08, A rad would probably fit but the fans would have to go externally in a pull config... However a 120mm rad would fit perfectly well.

[extory]

18 hours ago, Anomnomnomaly said:

I've taken a pic of mine with the bdrom drive in place on the GD08, A rad would probably fit but the fans would have to go externally in a pull config... However a 120mm rad would fit perfectly well.

Likewise, I could place the radiator or the fans externally. But can it be possible to fit another fan next to the one you have? I've got a feeling there isn't enough room for it. If there is I may probably get the GD09 for the "aesthetics".

[Anomnomnomaly]

34 minutes ago, extory said:

Likewise, I could place the radiator or the fans externally. But can it be possible to fit another fan next to the one you have? I've got a feeling there isn't enough room for it. If there is I may probably get the GD09 for the "aesthetics".

Then there's the pipes for the AIO, they'd be external and no way to route them back inside the case and the 2 rear vents are only 80 or 92mm, so can't mount there.

 

I also check the 2 bottom intake vents... there's room for a rad but not a rad & standard sized fans.

 

As you can see with mine I went with a Noctua aircooler... which is not only whisper quiet but cools the FX4350 @ 4.2Ghz perfectly and that gets rather toasty, so it's a very good alternative should an AIO not be suitable. It was about £50-60 when I bought it 4-5yrs ago. just be sure to check the height of them as many are about 10-20mm too tall.