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Kind of half looking for a new case and half curious.

 

What do you think is the best micro atx case of all time?

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Corsair Air 240 in white! Microwave powa!

Main Rig

 

Case: NZXT H440 White | CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K @5.2GHz | CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Hydro Series | Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition | RAM: HyperX Fury White & Black Series 16GB (4x4GB) OC to 2133MHz | Graphics Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm | SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB & Samsung 840 256GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA 750W Supernova G2 80+ Gold | Display: BenQ XL2420G & Samsung S20D300 | Headset: Corsair 1500 | Mouse: Logitech G700S | Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Silver RED LED

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Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @3.3GHz | Intel DZ68BC | Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x4GB 1866MHz | Kingston HyperX 3k 240GB | MSI GeForce GTX 680 | Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium Grey | Seasonic 520W 80+ Platinum Fanless

Office Build:

 

Case: Fractal Focus G White | CPU: i5-8600K | CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB-2666 | GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB GAMING X | SSD: Kingston A400 240GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA BT 450W+ Bronze

 

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iPhone XS Max 512GB Gold

 

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Corsair Air 240 in white! Microwave powa!

Yeah I was thinking that, it's one of my favs too.

 

Off topic, why does your bed room PC have a better processor?

 

Ncase M1 is gorgeous. Dont know small cases too well tbh. 

Wow that is pretty. Looks too compact for my constant fiddling though.

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Wow that is pretty. Looks too compact for my constant fiddling though.

 

Yeah not great for tinkering, but you can get some surprisingly good build in it, considering it's size. :)

 

There was a great one here recently,.. ill try find it. 

 

EDIT; cant seem to find it, but made for a beautiful minimalist build and setup!

Bleigh!  Ever hear of AC series? 

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I really like the silverstone TJ08-E/PS07, as they're extremely small yet can pack in some very high end hardware with outstanding silverstone cooling, as per usual.

I also like the Silverstone FT03, because it's such a badass looking case, as proven by Metallicacid and his top notch mod of it.

A non silverstone case I like is the Fractal design arc mini R2, because I think it's the best watercooling mATX case out there.

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Branwen (2015 build) - CPU: i7 4790K GPU:EVGA GTX 1070 SC PSU: XFX XTR 650W RAM: 16GB Kingston HyperX fury Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPower MAX AC SSD: Crucial MX100 256GB + Crucial MX300 1TB  Case: Silverstone RV05 Cooler: Corsair H80i V2 Displays: AOC AGON AG241QG & BenQ BL2420PT Build log: link 

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Netrunner (2020 build) - CPU: AMD R7 3700X GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 (from 2015 build) PSU: Corsair SF600 platinum RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix RGB 3600Mhz cl16 Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus X570i pro wifi SSD: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB Case: Lian Li TU150W black Cooler: Be Quiet! Dark Rock Slim

 

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12700, B660M Mortar DDR4, 32GB 3200C16 Viper Steel, 2TB SN570, EVGA Supernova G6 850W, be quiet! 500FX, EVGA 3070Ti FTW3 Ultra.

 

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Well I like my cooler master silencio 352

Not the best looks wise IMO but looks good feature wise.

 

Yeah not great for tinkering, but you can get some surprisingly good build in it, considering it's size. :)

 

There was a great one here recently,.. ill try find it. 

Yeah I would use it to build a PC for someone who doesn't bother opening their PC.

 

raidmax hyperion is nice and element

Eh, looks dull to me.

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Phanteks Evolv

FD Define Mini/Arc Mini R2

CM N200

Off Topic: How is the 750 in games? Contemplating buying it for a friend..

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Yeah I was thinking that, it's one of my favs too.

Off topic, why does your bed room PC have a better processor?

Wow that is pretty. Looks too compact for my constant fiddling though.

The balancing tho, no clue but I think the i5 performs equally but I'm probably wrong, both are pretty solid, I like to spend time in both rooms, that rig was built around 400$ as it was mostly built with used parts and parts I had laying around. The processor and the motherboard was 210$ off eBay, processor was already in the motherboard

Main Rig

 

Case: NZXT H440 White | CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K @5.2GHz | CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Hydro Series | Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition | RAM: HyperX Fury White & Black Series 16GB (4x4GB) OC to 2133MHz | Graphics Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm | SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB & Samsung 840 256GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA 750W Supernova G2 80+ Gold | Display: BenQ XL2420G & Samsung S20D300 | Headset: Corsair 1500 | Mouse: Logitech G700S | Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Silver RED LED

 XENON Build:  

 

Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @3.3GHz | Intel DZ68BC | Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x4GB 1866MHz | Kingston HyperX 3k 240GB | MSI GeForce GTX 680 | Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium Grey | Seasonic 520W 80+ Platinum Fanless

Office Build:

 

Case: Fractal Focus G White | CPU: i5-8600K | CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB-2666 | GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB GAMING X | SSD: Kingston A400 240GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA BT 450W+ Bronze

 

Phone

 

iPhone XS Max 512GB Gold

 

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The balancing tho, no clue but I think the i5 performs equally but I'm probably wrong, both are pretty solid, I like to spend time in both rooms, that rig was built around 400$ as it was mostly built with used parts and parts I had laying around. The processor and the motherboard was 210$ off eBay, processor was already in the motherboard

Solid.

i7 does better at rendering at has more cores so performs multitasking better.

What does that mean in everyday life? (browsing web and gaming) Absolutely nothing!

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Solid.

i7 does better at rendering at has more cores so performs multitasking better.

What does that mean in everyday life? (browsing web and gaming) Absolutely nothing!

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/kt604/saved/n4DMnQ

Main Rig

 

Case: NZXT H440 White | CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K @5.2GHz | CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Hydro Series | Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition | RAM: HyperX Fury White & Black Series 16GB (4x4GB) OC to 2133MHz | Graphics Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm | SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB & Samsung 840 256GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA 750W Supernova G2 80+ Gold | Display: BenQ XL2420G & Samsung S20D300 | Headset: Corsair 1500 | Mouse: Logitech G700S | Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Silver RED LED

 XENON Build:  

 

Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @3.3GHz | Intel DZ68BC | Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x4GB 1866MHz | Kingston HyperX 3k 240GB | MSI GeForce GTX 680 | Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium Grey | Seasonic 520W 80+ Platinum Fanless

Office Build:

 

Case: Fractal Focus G White | CPU: i5-8600K | CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB-2666 | GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB GAMING X | SSD: Kingston A400 240GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA BT 450W+ Bronze

 

Phone

 

iPhone XS Max 512GB Gold

 

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Pretty beast at that kind of price!

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I loved the air 250 but the fact it can't fit a MSI or Asus 970 was a massive let down.

Going for the 350D now. Super happy

Redstone:
i7-4770 / Z97 / GTX 980 / Corsair 16GB  / H90 / 400C / Antec EDGE / Neutron GTX240 / Intel 240Gb / WD 2TB / BenQ XL24

Obsidian:

MSI GE60 2PE i7-4700HQ / 860M / 12GB / WE 1TB / m.Sata 256gb/Elagto USB HD Capture Card

Razer Deathadder Chroma / Razer Blackwidow TE Chroma / Kingston Cloud2's / Sennheiser 429 / Logitech Z333

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I loved the air 250 but the fact it can't fit a MSI or Asus 970 was a massive let down.

Going for the 350D now. Super happy

WHAT REALLY?!

NOOOOOOOOO THAT'S MY CARD.

Eh it already didn't fit my Hyper 212 EVO

 

I'm guessing because of the heatpipes for MSI?

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