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Hello guys

 

I'm looking to buy a case that is suitable for LANs (easy to carry, not to heavy, not too big). 

I'd hope that you could give me some advice for good cases that suit my needs.

 

This would have to fit in there:

 

1 HDD 

2 SSDs

1 gtx 670 with a kraken g10 on it

1 thick 120mm rad with 1 fan

1 thin 120mm rad with 1 fan

1 bequiet StraightPower 600W PSU

 

 

Thanks :)

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Hello guys, I'm looking to buy a case that is suitable for LANs (easy to carry, not to heavy, not too big). I'd hope that you could give me some advice for good cases that suit my needs.

 

This would have to fit in there:

1 HDD,2 SSDs, 1 thick 120mm rad with 1 fan, 1 thin 120mm rad with 1 fan, 1 bequiet StraightPower 600W PSU

Hey Kapu! Welcome to the LTT Forum :) something like a bitfenix phenom m or prodigy might fit quite well. Not overly pricey but very portable for lans, decent build quality.

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That Lian li with the handle

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Not mine. But it does have handles.

Actually a build in an old G5 case would be great for that.

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corsair 380t, it is mini itx

CPU: i7 8700k Motherboard: MSI Z370 Krait Gaming RAM: 4x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro (2 white, 2 black) GPU: MSI RTX 2070 Armor Case: Corsair Crystal 570x White HDD: 2x 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm Sata 3 SSD: 240GB Corsair Force 3 + 500GB Samsung 970 Evo Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series™ H150i PSU: Corsair RM750i OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

Mouse: Logitech G600 Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Cherry MX Brown Monitor: Samsung S24C570L 1080p 23.6" + AOC AGON 240Hz 1080p Sound: HyperX Cloud Headset Black/Red + Logitech Z213 Speakers 2.1

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That Lian li with the handle

Perfect explanation!

Case: Corsair Carbdie 330R Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Asus Z97-A CPU: AMD FX-6300 i5 4690K 3.5 GHZ + 212 EVO GPU: ASUS GTX 760 DirectCUII Ram: Corsair Vengeance LP 8gb (2x4gb) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB PSU: Corsair CX500M
Monitor: AOC Q2963pm 29'' 21:9 IPS Mouse: Mionix Naos 8200 Mousepad: Mionix Sargas 320 Headset: HyperX Cloud Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70 RGBIKEA Headset/Headphone Holder
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what's the size of your motherboard?

Atx but I know that I'd be better of with a smaller one. So I'm probably going to buy one that fits the new case if necessary.

 

 

Hey Kapu! Welcome to the LTT Forum :) something like a bitfenix phenom m or prodigy might fit quite well. Not overly pricey but very portable for lans, decent build quality.

Hey! Thanks :). The prodigy already caught my attention tbh but I didn't know whether it was robust.

 

 

CoolerMaster HAF XB

'Nuff Said.

Looks pretty nice specwise but I think it would be a pain in the ass to carry around by hand.

 

 

That Lian li with the handle

Looks good but doesnt support my rads :/

 

 

corsair 380t, it is mini itx

Holy shit that thing looks amazing :o. But as it looks it not available yet. Do you know when it will be?

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Atx but I know that I'd be better of with a smaller one. So I'm probably going to buy one that fits the new case if necessary.

 

 

Hey! Thanks :). The prodigy already caught my attention tbh but I didn't know whether it was robust.

 

 

Looks pretty nice specwise but I think it would be a pain in the ass to carry around by hand.

 

 

Looks good but doesnt support my rads :/

 

 

Holy shit that thing looks amazing :o. But as it looks it not available yet. Do you know when it will be?

on pccasegear.com it says ETA 28/8/14 so a couple of days 

CPU: i7 8700k Motherboard: MSI Z370 Krait Gaming RAM: 4x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro (2 white, 2 black) GPU: MSI RTX 2070 Armor Case: Corsair Crystal 570x White HDD: 2x 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm Sata 3 SSD: 240GB Corsair Force 3 + 500GB Samsung 970 Evo Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series™ H150i PSU: Corsair RM750i OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

Mouse: Logitech G600 Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Cherry MX Brown Monitor: Samsung S24C570L 1080p 23.6" + AOC AGON 240Hz 1080p Sound: HyperX Cloud Headset Black/Red + Logitech Z213 Speakers 2.1

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Atx but I know that I'd be better of with a smaller one. So I'm probably going to buy one that fits the new case if necessary.

Hey! Thanks :). The prodigy already caught my attention tbh but I didn't know whether it was robust.

Looks pretty nice specwise but I think it would be a pain in the ass to carry around by hand.

Looks good but doesnt support my rads :/

Holy shit that thing looks amazing :o. But as it looks it not available yet. Do you know when it will be?

Woops, didn't see rad

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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on pccasegear.com it says ETA 28/8/14 so a couple of days

Definitely not happening. NDA itself isn't up till the 29th. I would expect retail availability 1-2 weeks from then on average. It is definitely worth the wait and will make a nice LAN case.

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@Kapu

 

Welcome to Linus Tech Tips!

Thanks! :)

@Kapu

 

If you can live with one 120mm rad then the Node 304 is a really small and light case

Well i could hardly live with only one because i had to put the stock cooler back On the cpu or GPU. I won't put it on the cpu for obvious reasons. My graphics card cooler was a twin frozr from msi before I put the kraken g10 on it. Trust me there is a reason ich exchanged that cooler... Man that thing was loud.

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Definitely not happening. NDA itself isn't up till the 29th. I would expect retail availability 1-2 weeks from then on average. It is definitely worth the wait and will make a nice LAN case.

It looks so nice and I'd also fit my weird watercooling setup in there. It's definitely worth the wait. I won't attend a lan anytime soon so I also can actually wait.

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What about that MSI nightblade barebone? You might have to do away with the rads, but it's the perfect LAN box :P

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Sooo I just noticed that the 380t will only support mITX which wouldn't be a problem if I didn't have a 4x4gb memory configuration :'(

 

Get 2x8gb or use 2 of those 4gb sticks. Keep the other 2 for another build. ITX isn't giving you more than 2 DIMM slots anytime soon!

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Well i could hardly live with only one because i had to put the stock cooler back On the cpu or GPU. I won't put it on the cpu for obvious reasons. My graphics card cooler was a twin frozr from msi before I put the kraken g10 on it. Trust me there is a reason ich exchanged that cooler... Man that thing was loud.

 

What CPU are you cooling? And the Twin Frozr I have is really quiet

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A 3770K. Not overclocked (Yet ;D)

For some reason mine became pretty loud after a while. But I'm not the only one with that issue apparently

 

Is it possible you could get an RMA from MSI? Cause if you're able to run with one rad then it makes life a lot easier when it comes to picking a SFF LAN case

 

With the Node 304 you could either RMA the GPU and liquid cool the CPU, or liquid cool the GPU with a slim rad and possibly external fan in pull, allowing you to put a tower cooler on the CPU

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