"Portable" Case Suggestions?

[Fatty 227]

For work I'm building a mobile video editing station. The part I've been struggling with is finding a...relatively small case that can travel.

 

I've been able to find a few really great cases for Mini ITX, but not for Micro ATX.

 

Here are my requirements:

1. Relatively small/portable
2. Micro ATX compatible (I need to have one additional PCI card in addition to the GPU)
3. Space for a full size graphics card

 

Anyone have suggestions for a good case?

[Guest]

 The Cerberus at least has a handle, but idk how well portable and mATX go together.

https://www.sliger.com/products/cases/cerberus/

 

Tagging in @TVwazhere

[Fatty 227]

22 minutes ago, Den-Fi said:

 idk how well portable and mATX go together.

Yeah thus me saying "Portable" haha. Really what this means is I want to be able to put it in a suitcase and fly with it without too much drama.

 

Yeah that case looks great! Definitely on the pricy side, but just that sort of thing.

[VIVO-US]

How about the Nanoxia Rexgear 2? https://www.amazon.com/Rexgear-Micro-Removable-Trays-Installation/dp/B07QJSL6R1

 

It doesn't have a central handle, but it does at least have two side handles to ease carrying.  Seems like this one's taken the place of the Apevia X-QPACK for portable gaming cases.

[Guest]

Just now, Fatty 227 said:

Yeah thus me saying "Portable" haha. Really what this means is I want to be able to put it in a suitcase and fly with it without too much drama.

 

Yeah that case looks great! Definitely on the pricy side, but just that sort of thing.

Yeah. Compact/SFF cases are pretty niche, so you only have boutique case companies who manufacture in relatively low volume, so cast is high.

[TVwazhere]

The sliger cerberus is probably your best best for as small as possible mATX while being good build quality and good airflow potential. 

 

A cheaper and larger option would be the Silverstone PS15, it's notably a lot wider since it has full height CPU cooler support though.

 

There's also the Q300L, but having worked with that case personally in RGB Build log 2016 (signature) I'd probably lean toward the PS15 if I do another mATX build (which could very likely happen)

[Fatty 227]

Thanks for all the suggestions! Since this is going to be a "travel" case I'm going to steer clear of tempered glass. It looks like although pricey, the cerberus is the perfect intersection of size and durability. Guess I'll just have to swallow it haha. Beggars can't be choosers