Moving rig into a smaller tower

[Scruffy90]

How many folks tried moving their rigs into a smaller case and was it worth it performance, time, and cost wise?

 

I know it's a pain in the ass to do so (previously moved my rig from a Rosewill Redbone U3 to the define R5). I am lusting over the smaller cases like the Node 202 and RVZ02, which I wish would've existed back when I was building my rig.

[Fgtfv567]

Unless you need to move your PC somewhere, you don't need to move your PC into a smaller case. If you do, you need to buy a new motherboard, (cooler and GPU if they conflict with the case), not to mention that you'll be giving up upgradeability and airflow

[Bluetac]

@Fgtfv567Not necessarily true if you do your homework and look at what you want  i have recently just done that.

I have gone down from a HAF-X (bought it due to needing EATX support and high airflow as I had a 3930k overclocked on air using an I30 cooler and needed the depth ) I have come down to a corsair carbide 400c which also takes EATX as does the NZXT H440 both will take a dual rad for water cooling. thermal requirements have changed a great deal the last tear or two.
I agree that you could end up coming unstuck, just look at what you need and plan it out before taking the plunge . I decided i no longer need an optical drive on this build  as i have other pc's in the house i can burn a disc on if i needed to , i also have a usb optical drive if it came to it)

Placed side by side ytou could almost get 4 of the 400c cases in the HAF-X but the new build is far more powerful that the last, the temps are just as good due to the newer cooler

[Fgtfv567]

13 minutes ago, Bluetac said:

@Fgtfv567Not necessarily true if you do your homework and look at what you want  i have recently just done that.

I have gone down from a HAF-X (bought it due to needing EATX support and high airflow as I had a 3930k overclocked on air using an I30 cooler and needed the depth ) I have come down to a corsair carbide 400c which also takes EATX as does the NZXT H440 both will take a dual rad for water cooling. thermal requirements have changed a great deal the last tear or two.
I agree that you could end up coming unstuck, just look at what you need and plan it out before taking the plunge . I decided i no longer need an optical drive on this build  as i have other pc's in the house i can burn a disc on if i needed to , i also have a usb optical drive if it came to it)

Placed side by side ytou could almost get 4 of the 400c cases in the HAF-X but the new build is far more powerful that the last, the temps are just as good due to the newer cooler

Not from EATX to ATX, I'm talking ATX all the way down to mini ITX drastic. From your situation, I agree with you