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Just picked up a G3528. I want my next build to be a budget build with it. Thinking maybe 750 Ti and ASRock Anniversary motherboard? Does anyone know any really good LAN cases? Will be running Linux, not Windows.

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Just picked up a G3528. I want my next build to be a budget build with it. Thinking maybe 750 Ti and ASRock Anniversary motherboard? Does anyone know any really good LAN cases? Will be running Linux, not Windows.

 

Are you looking for mITX, mATX or ATX? You can get LAN cases like the Scout that support ATX motherboards, but it would be a hassle to carry around. The Bitfenix Prodigy comes to mind which is mITX but has an mATX counterpart.

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Are you looking for mITX, mATX or ATX? You can get LAN cases like the Scout that support ATX motherboards, but it would be a hassle to carry around. The Bitfenix Prodigy comes to mind which is mITX but has an mATX counterpart.

I'm not sure. I was looking at the Prodigy M, not sure if there's anything less mesh-y at that price point/form factor.

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a few smaller cases come to mind. If it's mATX, then the Bitfenix Prodigy/Phenom M and Fractal Design has a small tower type case as well
for mITX, the Prodigy/Phenom/Colossus mini from Bitfenix are supossed to be good. There's also the Fractal Node 804. if you want a fun project, i'm pretty sure you can turn a bigger PS2 into a nice rig with a PCIe riser card(more for cool factor than actually using, so i don't recommend this)

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I'm not sure. I was looking at the Prodigy M, not sure if there's anything less mesh-y at that price point/form factor.

 

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Well, I think mITX is your best bet since you aren't going to be running dual graphics or crazy cooling with a G3258. I would recommend the Prodigy, but the Lian-Li PC-TU200B is even better. It's full aluminum and has a handle.

They aren't going to have an Anniversary edition board in mITX. I do have a Titanium HD to put in as well. And the TU200B looks nice, but again mITX and way more than I'd ever spend on a case, especially of that size.

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