Smallest Case for ATX Board

[mr cheese]

Hey all, I've got an ATX build I got from a friend: full ATX board, full ATX PSU, tower cooler (probably something like a Hyper 212 Evo, not sure) and the most awful most gigantic case I've ever used, the Gamdias Talos P1A. It sits in the corner of my room for a general use server, with no GPU as it's not needed. I want to see what the smallest case I can get for it would be, given that it's a full sized ATX build I'm not expecting I can get anything ITX sized of course, but anything that fits these parts and can do it compactly or (ideally) without considering a full-sized GPU would be fantastic. I'm okay downsizing the CPU cooler, it's a 9700k, it'll manage LOL. Thanks in advance!

[BoomerL4D]

6 minutes ago, mr cheese said:

Hey all, I've got an ATX build I got from a friend: full ATX board, full ATX PSU, tower cooler (probably something like a Hyper 212 Evo, not sure) and the most awful most gigantic case I've ever used, the Gamdias Talos P1A. It sits in the corner of my room for a general use server, with no GPU as it's not needed. I want to see what the smallest case I can get for it would be, given that it's a full sized ATX build I'm not expecting I can get anything ITX sized of course, but anything that fits these parts and can do it compactly or (ideally) without considering a full-sized GPU would be fantastic. I'm okay downsizing the CPU cooler, it's a 9700k, it'll manage LOL. Thanks in advance!

You can add your parts, and when you get to cases, you can sort by volume.

[mr cheese]

Just now, BoomerL4D said:

You can add your parts, and when you get to cases, you can sort by volume.

On PCPartPicker?

[BoomerL4D]

Yes.

[Dedayog]

20 minutes ago, mr cheese said:

Hey all, I've got an ATX build I got from a friend: full ATX board, full ATX PSU, tower cooler (probably something like a Hyper 212 Evo, not sure) and the most awful most gigantic case I've ever used, the Gamdias Talos P1A. It sits in the corner of my room for a general use server, with no GPU as it's not needed. I want to see what the smallest case I can get for it would be, given that it's a full sized ATX build I'm not expecting I can get anything ITX sized of course, but anything that fits these parts and can do it compactly or (ideally) without considering a full-sized GPU would be fantastic. I'm okay downsizing the CPU cooler, it's a 9700k, it'll manage LOL. Thanks in advance!

Just get a Fractal North and be happy

 

Or do what Boomer said as well.

[mr cheese]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

Just get a Fractal North and be happy

Far too much money on this piece of crap little machine that will sit in the corner of my room generating heat unfortunately

2 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Or do what Boomer said as well.

13 minutes ago, BoomerL4D said:

Yes.

Newegg was a great suggestion but unfortunately the majority of the cases are either actually mATX, or so old they aren't even on the market anymore, not having much luck. It's a very, very bad search engine for parts

[8tg]

Tower cooler, ATX, and compact don’t fit in the same categories.

Its like asking for a BLT with no bacon or tomato.

 

The smallest atx case in general comes in two forms, the Sliger Cerberus X

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

Which is slim, over-cpu psu mount, so it’s not very tall. So the air cooler is off the table.

And then there’s the SFFtime P-ATX which is as small as you can go with a 7 slot board. Though it defeats the purpose of an atx board by only allowing one GPU via a riser.

https://www.sfftime.com/shop-sfftime-cases

Neither of which are going to be suitable for your uses.

What you should look at are just older, low end atx cases. Something like a zalman T6 is cheap and has no room for cable management, barely any internal clearance, and it’s short. Inherent attributes to a cheap atx case also make them fairly small.

Thats what I’d go for, in just wanting a small atx case, while still using an atx psu and tower cooler. Just low end atx cases.

[mr cheese]

10 minutes ago, 8tg said:

Tower cooler, ATX, and compact don’t fit in the same categories.

Its like asking for a BLT with no bacon or tomato.

True, but I'm just trying to make the most out of free parts without spending a bunch of money, just asking for just the lettuce :3

I'm flexible with the cooler, some older corsair single radiator AIOs are cheap on eBay and would work for me.

2 minutes ago, 8tg said:

And then there’s the SFFtime P-ATX which is as small as you can go with a 7 slot board. Though it defeats the purpose of an atx board by only allowing one GPU via a riser.

https://www.sfftime.com/shop-sfftime-cases

This, actually, would be perfect! I mentioned I didn't need a GPU so that's exactly what I was looking for. Price is a little steep for what I would be using it for but the idea is perfect. 

10 minutes ago, 8tg said:

What you should look at are just older, low end atx cases. Something like a zalman T6 is cheap and has no room for cable management, barely any internal clearance, and it’s short. Inherent attributes to a cheap atx case also make them fairly small.

I'll take a look at these!

[OhYou_]

I was recently looking for a small atx case and went with a lian li o11 air mini. its wide as but otherwise a good compact setup, bit like a cube.