mATX case choice(s)

[Xiauj]

Sooo I'm looking for a case as you can probably tell by the title (lol) and I need it to be an mATX-Sized cube case. My motherboard is an mATX Form Factor.

Also I want it to:

• Have a window on the LEFT side.
• Have the case be black with or without LEDs.
• Have the power button, USB ports (USB 3.0 and 2.0 please), Audio ports etc... on the TOP, LEFT or FRONT side of the case.
• Oh and to have some space for only one optical drive on the FRONT.

 

Would prefer £70 (GBP) or less.

One very last thing, I need the case to have plenty of space for a Noctua D15 AIR-CPU-Cooler.

 

Thanks!

~Xiauj

[aisle9]

Thermaltake Core V21

 

It is a mATX cube. The window can be on any side you choose. The case is black, no LEDs. The front panel buttons default to the left side, but the orientation of the case can change where they're located. Mine are on top. The negative is that there is no optical drive bay, but I've found that a USB optical drive is more than sufficient for my needs.

 

Oh, and it's got more than enough room for an NH-D15. 170-180ish mm of headroom. I'd be more concerned about the NH-D15 fitting on a mATX board without eating up the PCIe x16 slot and half the RAM.

[Xiauj]

2 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Thermaltake Core V21

I really want to get this one but I can't stand USB Optical drives.

Any other recommendations?

[Senzelian]

These are the only cases that fulfill all your requirements:

• AeroCool DS Cube
• Rajintek Aeneas
• Cooler Master N200
• Sharkoon MA-W1000

[Xiauj]

3 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

These are the only cases that fulfill all your requirements:

• AeroCool DS Cube
• Rajintek Aeneas
• Cooler Master N200
• Sharkoon MA-W1000

Oh my goodness...  I LOVE the top 2! Have never seen them before, somehow. 

 

You sir @Senzelian are a beast and I really appreciate the help!

Thank you!

[Senzelian]

2 minutes ago, Xiauj said:

Oh my goodness...  I LOVE the top 2! Have never seen them before, somehow. 

 

You sir @Senzelian are a beast and I really appreciate the help!

Thank you!

Well, thank you
I just checked Skinflint.co.uk
You should check it out.

[Xiauj]

@Senzelian,

Do you have a PCPartPicker link for the Aerocool case?

I can't seem to find it on mine

[Senzelian]

3 minutes ago, Xiauj said:

@Senzelian,

Do you have a PCPartPicker link for the Aerocool case?

I can't seem to find it on mine

Nope, doesn't exist on PCPP. (That's why I hate it...)
 

But I can give you two links you can buy it from in GB:
https://www.cclonline.com/product/126514/EN52261/Cases/Dead-Silence-Black-Gaming-Cube-Case-0-8mm-M-ATX-2-x-USB3-Side-Window/CAS0960/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aerocool-Silence-Gaming-0-8mm-Window/dp/B00FLC9670?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&redirect=true&ref_=nosim&tag=geizhals07-21

[Xiauj]

1 minute ago, Senzelian said:

Nope, doesn't exist on PCPP. (That's why I hate it...)

Dang  Does PCPP have one for the Raijintek one perhaps?

[Senzelian]

2 minutes ago, Xiauj said:

Dang  Does PCPP have one for the Raijintek one perhaps?

Nope. Why do you want a PCPP link? o:

[Xiauj]

2 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

Nope. Why do you want a PCPP link? o:

To see if it's compatible  

[Senzelian]

1 minute ago, Xiauj said:

To see if it's compatible  

With what? Maybe I can help you.

[Xiauj]

2 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

With what? Maybe I can help you.

Everything on this list:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/psLsZ8

[Senzelian]

2 minutes ago, Xiauj said:

Everything on this list:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/psLsZ8

The AeroCool DS supports CPU coolers up to 180mm and graphics cards up to 350mm if you take the floppy drive slot out of the case.
So that shouldn't be a problem.
You can also put both your 3.5'' drives and your SSD in there and there is still space for a aditional 2.5'' drive.

 

For the Rajintek Aeneas its pretty much the same. But it only supports GPUs of up to 310mm, which would still be fine for your G1 Gaming GPU.

[Xiauj]

3 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

The AeroCool DS supports CPU coolers up to 180mm and graphics cards up to 350mm if you take the floppy drive slot out of the case.
So that shouldn't be a problem.
You can also put both your 3.5'' drives and your SSD in there and there is still space for a aditional 2.5'' drive.

 

For the Rajintek Aeneas its pretty much the same. But it only supports GPUs of up to 310mm, which would still be fine for your G1 Gaming GPU.

Ooh sweet! Very nice!

Thank you!

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Xiauj said:

Everything on this list:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/psLsZ8

The D15 covers the top pcie slot on that board so you would have to use the 2nd slot which runs at x8. Not a huge issue if you are just running the one gpu. but if you swap the cooler to the Noctua D15S then you won't have that problem as it has an offset design.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/xCL7YJ/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd15s

[Xiauj]

1 minute ago, lee32uk said:

The D15 covers the top pcie slot on that board so you would have to use the 2nd slot which runs at x8. Not a huge issue if you are just running the one gpu. but if you swap the cooler to the Noctua D15S then you won't have that problem as it has an offset design.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/xCL7YJ/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd15s

Sweet! Will go ahead and change it now. Thanks Lee32UK