Case Ideas

byalexandr · June 2, 2016

Well, I've decided on getting a GTX 1070 later this June. The thing is it won't fit my current case, the custom chassis that plenty of you have seen. So I am transferring most of my parts to a new rig, still mITX of course (other wise I couldn't live up to my SFF member title). The thing is, I fabricate my own cases because nothing on the market really suits my needs (as in, nothing is small enough). But I'm willing to make a change this time around. The case can be a bit bigger, just not too large, still in SFF territory. But not only that, I will probably be replacing my PSU along with my CPU cooler, if the case has space for it.

So I need the following:

-A case. mITX only, probably an ATX PSU, and probably support for a tower style CPU cooler. Like I said I'm willing to have a bigger system just to have nicer temps and all. I'd like to have a case that arranges the components like you'd normally have in an ATX tower, so I was thinking of the Phanteks Enthoo Mini or whatever it is, not sure yet. Leave your suggestions.

-A choice on the GTX 1070, so far I was thinking of the MSI Twin Frozr VI cooled card since the ACX 3.0 and Strix and what not are butt ugly. But I also don't know if it would be a bad idea to get the reference card (Founder's Edition or whatever), since people had some throttling issues with it.

-A new PSU, capable of powering the rig in my signature, just with a GTX 1070 instead of an R9 380. It also has to fit whatever spec the case has, so take that into account when you suggest the case and PSU.

-A new CPU cooler. I'd like to have an air cooler as AIO coolers are expensive and I like how the heatsink tower wastes little room in the case. I'd prefer something black, but it has to fit in the case of choice and keep my 4570 cool, which should be no problem. I have some AS5 lying around so I can use that for thermal compound.

And I think that's it, just suggest away at what case and all. Thanks! Will miss my 6.2L rig but my hardware choice is so limited that I'm willing to give it up.

byalexandr · June 2, 2016

Oh and a big thing, I'd like to have a window to show off my parts and all. So the case has to have a window, tinted or something would be cool, and the PSU has to at least have black cables.

Budget isn't really a problem either, I'll be selling my old GPU and PSU to pay for some of it, my parents might pay for the 1070 (birthday), and I have a job to pay for the rest.