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Small Build Case Suggestion

TheFlyingSquirrel
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So I love my CM Storm Trooper, however as a living room pc it is just too big for my lifestyle.  Especially as I am gaming less.

 

CPU i7-4770k

EVGA GTX 1070

 

Things I assume that I need to change:

  • Asus Maximus Hero VI C2
  • Noctua NH-D14
  • Corsair AX760
  • Asus Xonar STX

 

Ideally, this needs to be as cheap as possible.

Intel 12400F | 2x8 3000Mhz Corsair LPX | ASRock H570M-ITX  | Noctua DH-N14 | Corsair MP50 480GB | Meshilicious | Corsair SF600 |  Fedora

 

Thanks let me know if I said something useful. Cheers!

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@fasauceome Time to recommend an ITX case ; )

 

good options:

Silverstone SG05Lite

Thermaltake Core V1

CM Elite 110

my preferred for aesthetics: Silverstone RVZ-series

Life is really challenging. I don't always suceed: )

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2 hours ago, TheFlyingSquirrel said:

So I love my CM Storm Trooper, however as a living room pc it is just too big for my lifestyle.  Especially as I am gaming less.

 

Ideally, this needs to be as cheap as possible.

It depends on HOW small you want to go. DO you just want a Compact ATX case like the Meshify C? (which can natively support all of that) or are you looking for something SFF (which would require a motherboard change, most likely a CPU cooler change and also likely a PSU change as well)

 

Seeing as you have a sound card I'm assuming you dont want to give that up?

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Sugo

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

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On 4/19/2019 at 2:18 PM, TVwazhere said:

It depends on HOW small you want to go. DO you just want a Compact ATX case like the Meshify C? (which can natively support all of that) or are you looking for something SFF (which would require a motherboard change, most likely a CPU cooler change and also likely a PSU change as well)

 

Seeing as you have a sound card I'm assuming you dont want to give that up?

As small as possible, happy to buy an itx board.

 

Yes, I need to support 150 ohms headphones. Magmi are a bit deer. 

Intel 12400F | 2x8 3000Mhz Corsair LPX | ASRock H570M-ITX  | Noctua DH-N14 | Corsair MP50 480GB | Meshilicious | Corsair SF600 |  Fedora

 

Thanks let me know if I said something useful. Cheers!

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On 4/20/2019 at 3:20 PM, TheFlyingSquirrel said:

Yes, I need to support 150 ohms headphones. Magmi are a bit deer. 

A mITX board will only have a single PCI-E slot which will be taken up by your GPU, so if you're okay with getting an external DAC/AMP system then you can definitely go ITX

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Purple Build Post ---  Blue Build Post --- Blue Build Post 2018 --- Project ITNOS

CPU AMD R7 7800X3D    Motherboard Asrock B650E Taichi Lite    RAM Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB 5200mhz    GPU ASUS RTX4080 STRIX 

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