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I currently have a Coolermaster Masterbox Q300L paired with my Gigabyte X570 I AORUS Pro Wi-Fi and a h100i elite capellix AIO on a 240mm rad, in my current config I have to run my AIO in the front of the case, with the fans on the inside of the rad blowing into the case. This does work just fine and I see temperatures that sit pretty good, but my OCD doesn't like this config and I'm in the market for a new case. I'd prefer to run the rad/fans on the top of the case blowing out and through but with this case, I have zero room to add a radiator to the top of it, as I barely have enough room for the fans to fit on top alone. Any suggestions/recommendations for mini-ITX cases with plenty of room on the top from where the motherboard mounts? Bonus points for tempered glass and RGB hub management.

 

 

Running a EVGA 850GQ PSU (180mm max length) and a Geforce GTX 1080 SC with 6 fans inside the case, including the 2 on the rad.

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11 minutes ago, tkitch said:

I really like the Phanteks Evolv Shift 2:
 

but it's a funky board layout, so not /exactly/ what you're after.

It also doenst support a 240mm aio.

 

Coolermaster has thier NR200, but it can only do ottom and side mounted rads, not top. At this point, you're looking at more premium and expensive cases like th Ncas M1 V6, Sidearm T1 and Lian Li x Dancase A4-h20 (unreleased)

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5 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

It also doenst support a 240mm aio.

 

Coolermaster has thier NR200, but it can only do ottom and side mounted rads, not top. At this point, you're looking at more premium and expensive cases like th Ncas M1 V6, Sidearm T1 and Lian Li x Dancase A4-h20 (unreleased)

I did see the NR200 as an option, but I think the issue was PSU clearance then. However, I was debating buying an SFX PSU to replace this one since it has pretty awful coil whine and 850W is a bit overkill for my setup.

System Specs: (Click Expand)                                              

          "Beatrix"

  • CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800x3D
  • Motherboard GIGABYTE X570 I AORUS Pro Wi-Fi
  • RAM 2 x 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro @ 3200mhz CL16
  • GPU Gigabyte Eagle RX 6700XT
  • Case Corsair Crystal 280x
  • Storage 1x Samsung 980 Pro (1TB) 1x Samsung 970 Evo Plus (500GB) 1x Samsung 860 Evo (1TB)
  • PSU EVGA G5 850W
  • Display(s) 32" Odyssey Neo G7 & 27" Viewsonic XG2705
  • Cooling Corsair H100i Elite Capellix AIO | 4x QL120 RGB fans | 2x QL140 RGB fans
  • Keyboard Logitech G Pro
  • Mouse Logitech G502 Lightspeed /w Powerplay
  • Sound Logitech G Pro Wired
  • Operating System Windows 11 Professional 23H2
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