micro atx cases

[JULI4N0]

Any one know the top 5 micro atx cases for cooling and airflow? would be much appreciated!!!

[Middcore]

Cooler Master MB311L or NR400

 

Fractal Design Meshify C Mini

 

[TVwazhere]

19 hours ago, 8tg said:

Thermaltake Versa H15, simply the best case for matx airflow.

That’s all I got.

Fractal Design Focus G Mini

Coolermaster NR400

Versa H18 TG

15 hours ago, Middcore said:

Cooler Master MB311L or NR400

Fractal Design Meshify C Mini

(Ah you took two of my recommendations)

Silverstone PS15

Techware Forge M (UK only)

 

I'm assuming a budget of roughly $50-60 USD/EUR because a budget wasn't listed 

[Laytony]

In a perfect world, Lian Li would've drilled some damn holes in the front panel of the 205m, Coolermaster would've released a non-odd version of the NR400 for US, Silverstone would've made even one their cases just an inch deeper so it could fit a gpu bigger than 2 inches, Fractal Design would've released a meshify 2 mini to rule the market, and Darkflash would've made more than two DLM21s

 

It's got me digging deep into super unknown cases that may or may not have questionable build quality. Choosing a nice matx case has been almost as hard as sniping a 3000 card lol

[Middcore]

The Lian Li 205M is a pretty good case even as it is. Almost unbeatable for the money, IMO. I wouldn't expect most people to put an extremely hot build in a ~$70 mATX case anyway. 

 

The Meshify C Mini is still great. The important differences between the regular Meshify C and Meshify 2 Compact amount to USB-C and a hinged front.

 

 

[thewelshbrummie]

Pretty happy with my Thermaltake Core V21 cube case. Has a meshed front panel and a 200mm intake fann pre-installed, a mount for a 140mm rear exhaust and mounts for 4x 120mm (the mounting rails are movable, so you can have all 4 in the roof or put some on the side as required). I have a 240mm rad in the top, but you can install 2x240 rads or 1x280rad. You also gain massive flexibility as the sides/top/bottom are the same size, so the bottom of the case is simply wherever you install the bottom panel.

 

I have it in the default setup so the motherboard is flat in the case but you can rotate it as you want. And if that's not enough space you can by a 2nd case and stack it on top for a 2nd chamber to install water cooling (not that I'd bother as it's pretty big for mATX but the option is there if you want it)..

 

That said, the Versa H15 also looks good though there are obvious corner cuts (mainly the PCI brackets are break-out in design, so you can't re-attach them once you've removed them). It does allow 2x 120mm intake fans though so isn't a bad option for airflow.

On 8/16/2021 at 11:12 PM, Laytony said:

Choosing a nice matx case has been almost as hard as sniping a 3000 card lol

So true. There really aren't many options that come without compromise.

[LTUNova]

On 8/16/2021 at 5:29 AM, Middcore said:

Cooler Master MB311L or NR400

 

Fractal Design Meshify C Mini

 

Definitely, these 3
Depending from a pricing in your country, I would go for MB311L for a budget/mid range pc build and for a "Meshify C Mini" or NR400 for a mid-to higher end pc (it seems in some countries NR400 is more expensive than it should be).
There are more mATX cases, more expensive ones for like $150+, but most of them are fow looks only as they have solid and not mesh front panels.