MATX board in midtower case

[Agena_]

Hi if i make a build with matx in a mid tower case.

how much space would be left about it, would it look funny? i cant find any pictures of one.

 

thanks in advance

[Semper]

This is a difficult question to answer without a specific chassis in mind. "Mid tower" isn't a cut and dry form factor, you have variance in size, shape, and layout, as well as the layout of your hardware (vertically mounting a GPU? a lot of any potential "empty" space might be hidden, water cooling? a radiator and/or pump/res may consume open space)

As a high level overview, here's an mATX in a 200R

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From this Reddit thread

[minibois]

1 minute ago, Agena_ said:

Hi if i make a build with matx in a mid tower case.

how much space would be left about it, would it look funny? i cant find any pictures of one.

 

thanks in advance

ATX: 305mm tall

mATX: 244mm tall

so that's a 61mm/2.4" height difference.

 

 

Example of an mATX board in a mid-tower case (NZXT H500):

Source: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3226748/how-to-buy-pc-case.html

 

The 'worst' looking thing with a combo like this, is the cable management on the bottom IMO.

That is why I will usually recommend going mATX case+board or ATX case+board, but it's totally possible to use an mATX board in an ATX case.

[alyen]

One of things to consider is if it really bothers you if it looks empty with all of your components in it. I don't have an example of a short case like the Meshify C Mini, but I do have the regular size with the components filled out quite nice with a thick GPU that extends nearly to the front fans. If I were to put my components into the mini the lower part of the GPU would have very restricted air flow with the PSU shroud being so close.

 

The picture above with the NZXT case doesn't look good because its so empty the front and lower part is so empty.