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coolermaster storm scout (2)  not to big and with a handle

 

or change your mobo to a Asrock FM2a75 Pro4-M and get a NZXT Vulcan

I am trying to find a good small portable atx case for a media center and video capture computer for me and my family to use i wanted to go a little overkill. I was looking at the HAF XB but its 100 dollars and i want a cheaper case if possible. I will be moving it around from my desk to tv.

Parts

CPU- A6 6400k

Ram- 8gb Crucial balistix sport

Motherboard asrock- pro 4 fm2

HDD's- WD blue 1tb and WD green 3tb

PSU- cx 500m

 

My rig  case- Graphite 600t white CPU-i5 3570k OC 4.0Ghz RAM- 8gb Vengeance memory HDD-WD Black 1tb PSU-tx650 GPU- MSI 770 gameing edition 2gb , gtx 650 1gb Motherboard- asrock extreme 3 z77 Fan controller- NZXT sentry lx CPU cooler- H60 Peripherals- g300 mouse G630 headset k70 silver cherry mx red switches  my free nas nas Case- Dell something.. Ram- 8 gb ecc ddr 2 CPU - Pentium D 3.0ghz HDD currently 160 gb adding 3tb wd red “Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something” –Jake the Dog

 

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You wont get a good case for less than $100 for atx. You will want something that is as much metal as possible. But the best is probably the haf xb. imo 

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the bitfenix shinoby is pretty cool....

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If it's just for the living room I would go with the cheap Antec one

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/19qJH

 

 

It won't be the best quality, but it is a very full featured cheap case :)

 

Oh and if you want true portability I would go with an M-ATX motherboard/case, or even a mini-ITX size... with perhaps the Bitphenix prodigy for example

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What do people even put in these things?

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Im looking for more of a cube that i can pick up or a smaller tower with good handles but Joelthezombie15 is most likely right

My rig  case- Graphite 600t white CPU-i5 3570k OC 4.0Ghz RAM- 8gb Vengeance memory HDD-WD Black 1tb PSU-tx650 GPU- MSI 770 gameing edition 2gb , gtx 650 1gb Motherboard- asrock extreme 3 z77 Fan controller- NZXT sentry lx CPU cooler- H60 Peripherals- g300 mouse G630 headset k70 silver cherry mx red switches  my free nas nas Case- Dell something.. Ram- 8 gb ecc ddr 2 CPU - Pentium D 3.0ghz HDD currently 160 gb adding 3tb wd red “Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something” –Jake the Dog

 

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I would go prodogy but im going to use an APU from AMD and i have not seen any itx fm2 boards

My rig  case- Graphite 600t white CPU-i5 3570k OC 4.0Ghz RAM- 8gb Vengeance memory HDD-WD Black 1tb PSU-tx650 GPU- MSI 770 gameing edition 2gb , gtx 650 1gb Motherboard- asrock extreme 3 z77 Fan controller- NZXT sentry lx CPU cooler- H60 Peripherals- g300 mouse G630 headset k70 silver cherry mx red switches  my free nas nas Case- Dell something.. Ram- 8 gb ecc ddr 2 CPU - Pentium D 3.0ghz HDD currently 160 gb adding 3tb wd red “Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something” –Jake the Dog

 

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I did not do enough searching then im going to get the Vulcan and get the M atx MOBO they have all the same features i cared about

My rig  case- Graphite 600t white CPU-i5 3570k OC 4.0Ghz RAM- 8gb Vengeance memory HDD-WD Black 1tb PSU-tx650 GPU- MSI 770 gameing edition 2gb , gtx 650 1gb Motherboard- asrock extreme 3 z77 Fan controller- NZXT sentry lx CPU cooler- H60 Peripherals- g300 mouse G630 headset k70 silver cherry mx red switches  my free nas nas Case- Dell something.. Ram- 8 gb ecc ddr 2 CPU - Pentium D 3.0ghz HDD currently 160 gb adding 3tb wd red “Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something” –Jake the Dog

 

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