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Fuzzleworth1
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Hey ya'll,

So I'm leaving for college in about 7 weeks and I need to get a smaller case for my matx board, it needs to be able to fit:

  • 240mm aio rad
  • 1 hdd
  • 1 ssd
  • asus dual graphics card

I really like the cube design but I'm open to suggestions. Thanks!

 

Edit:  Forgot to mention I don't want tempered glass as it will be traveling with me

CPU: Intel I5-7500 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master ML240

Motherboard: ASRock B250M PRO 4

Memory: 16GB Patriot Viper Elite

Gpu: Asus Dual 1060 3GB

Storage: Corsair 120GB M.2 NVME

500GB Samsung 860 EVO

1TB WD Blue

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+Bronze

Case: Phanteks P350X

Monitors: HP Omen 25in 144hz

and some 25in Acer

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX RGB

Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro

Headphones= VModa Crossfade Wireless(but used wired)

Speakers: Some janky speakers I jerry-rigged

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12 minutes ago, Fuzzleworth1 said:

240mm aio rad

Um, why?

 

Budget and AIOs make no sense, but sure.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rnGxFT/cooler-master-masterbox-q300l-microatx-mini-tower-case-mcb-q300l-kann-s00

 

Here is the case.

 

13 minutes ago, Fuzzleworth1 said:

asus dual graphics card

Could have specified its gtx 1060 3GB.

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3 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Budget and AIOs make no sense, but sure.

I got the aio for the same price as a air cooler so I said why not.

 

4 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

 Could have specified its gtx 1060 3GB.

It's in the drop down, and there wasn't really a need to specify it, was more to just say it needed to fit a graphics card

CPU: Intel I5-7500 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master ML240

Motherboard: ASRock B250M PRO 4

Memory: 16GB Patriot Viper Elite

Gpu: Asus Dual 1060 3GB

Storage: Corsair 120GB M.2 NVME

500GB Samsung 860 EVO

1TB WD Blue

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+Bronze

Case: Phanteks P350X

Monitors: HP Omen 25in 144hz

and some 25in Acer

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX RGB

Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro

Headphones= VModa Crossfade Wireless(but used wired)

Speakers: Some janky speakers I jerry-rigged

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2 minutes ago, Fuzzleworth1 said:

Said why not

Reliability, performance, noise........ One of those reasons.

 

3 minutes ago, Fuzzleworth1 said:

It's in the drop down, and there wasn't really a need to specify it, was more to just say it needed to fit a graphics card

If you need to specify. At least give the card model. Which could be an actual issue. 

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Cougar, Corsair, ThermalTake, and a few others have good cases Matx that're cheap and come with 1 to 2 fans. Make sure not to buy a case with no fans like I just did (Inwin301) because I had to put an additional $40-50 in for fans and filters. Honestly your best bet is cube cases unless you can still swap to a mini itx mobo, because mini itx cases are bomb, cheap and look good.

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@Ladicius Do you any links to them? The one I'm currently looking at is DIYPC Cuboid

CPU: Intel I5-7500 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master ML240

Motherboard: ASRock B250M PRO 4

Memory: 16GB Patriot Viper Elite

Gpu: Asus Dual 1060 3GB

Storage: Corsair 120GB M.2 NVME

500GB Samsung 860 EVO

1TB WD Blue

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+Bronze

Case: Phanteks P350X

Monitors: HP Omen 25in 144hz

and some 25in Acer

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX RGB

Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro

Headphones= VModa Crossfade Wireless(but used wired)

Speakers: Some janky speakers I jerry-rigged

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2 minutes ago, Fuzzleworth1 said:

@Ladicius Do you any links to them? The one I'm currently looking at is DIYPC Cuboid

I looked at that case too, it has very bad quality control. There's a Youtuber called AVTechy who reviews MicroATX cases and how they cool, I just spent 2 weeks trying to pick a Matx case and wanting to pull my hair out so sadly I don't have links, I just used Newegg, pcpartpicker, Amazon, BH, etc. to browse the cases and check the clearances, sizes, etc. I'm on a 30 day no Youtube thing so I can't link his channel but be sure to check out AVTechy.

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| CPU: R5 3600 | AIO: Stock | GPU: Undecided (Vega 56 prob) | MB: B450M | RAM: 32gb 16x2 DDR4 3000mhz | PSU: Undecided | HDD 1TB m.2 SSD | Case: Inwin 301 | $800-1000 PCPartpicker

 

Old Build (Vader):

Spoiler

 

| CPU: FX 8350 | AIO: h100i | GPU: G1 GTX 970 | MB: 990FXA-UD3 | RAM: 8gb Vengence LP 1600mhz | PSU: EVGA 500B | HDD 1TB x2 & 120GB Kingson SSD | Case: NZXT Noctis 450 |

Idle: 11-17c, Browsing: 13 - 23c, Load: 22 - 39c | Fedora & Arch Linux | $1,053 PCPartpicker

 

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20 hours ago, Fuzzleworth1 said:

Hey ya'll,

So I'm leaving for college in about 7 weeks and I need to get a smaller case for my matx board, it needs to be able to fit:

I really like the cube design but I'm open to suggestions. Thanks!

Cube mATX cases wont be much smaller than your current P350x sadly. Your P350x is about 40L in volume, that DIY Cubooid is 46L (same for the Thermaltake Core V21)

 

Q300L is a decent Pick

Thermaltake Versa H15/H18

Focus G Mini

Define Mini C with solid side panel option 

 

Cases like the Silverstone PS08 exist which are very small, but they cant hold the AIO you have. 

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23 hours ago, Fuzzleworth1 said:

needs to be able to fit:

  • 240mm aio rad
  • 1 hdd
  • 1 ssd
  • asus dual graphics card

I really like the cube design

Bitfenix Prodigy? With mods.

 

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