m-atx?

[kinkywink]

is it the way to go? i want to see your opinions..

 

im looking for a windowed m-atx case so you can actually see them sexy gpu's!

 

post links to themas well please

 

EDIT - needs to have a horizontal (flat) motherboard tray

 

EDIT again - accepting mini-itx form factors

[Guest]

mATX personally I see is the way to go. Compact yet has the ability to run SLI + RAID card with the right stuff. 

[SSOB]

Get the Corsair 350D windowed , awesome case and it isn't that expensive. as far as i know there aren't any good horizontal cases with a window.

[kinkywink]

Get the Corsair 350D windowed , awesome case and it isn't that expensive. as far as i know there aren't any good horizontal cases with a window.

 

I personally prefer mATX as ATX is really just wasted space. Very few ATX builds have enough graphics/sound/raid cards and things of the sort to actually justify needing the room for them.

 

For windowed cases something like a Arc Mini R2 or 350d are very nice options. You can always just add your own with a dremmel though

okay thx for input but

reason i said horizontal is so you can actually see the gpu, like it has amazing cooling system yet its facing downwards, you cant see it, just the ugly pcb

[kinkywink]

mATX personally I see is the way to go. Compact yet has the ability to run SLI + RAID card with the right stuff. 

true that! 350 dollar motherboard (nzd) so many slots.. uses one with a gpu and nothing else..

[CwGoh]

Cases suitable are the 350D, Define and Arc mini.

[Andrew0472]

350d in my opinion is the best looking obsidian series case  

[JaeDee884]

m-atx is beast, Just wish they'd have a different layout
4x
16x
4x(or gap) 
16/8x 

That would be the beast layout so you could have two GPU's and a sound card/raid card without needing a raiser or Watercooling.

In fact I'm water-cooling my system just to run 2x GPU and my sound card at once (prefer internal)
I use a Haf XB case, it supports up to ATX, but mATX looks just fine in it. 

[Guest]

m-atx is beast, Just wish they'd have a different layout

4x

16x

4x(or gap) 

16/8x 

That would be the beast layout so you could have two GPU's and a sound card/raid card without needing a raiser or Watercooling.

In fact I'm water-cooling my system just to run 2x GPU and my sound card at once (prefer internal)

I use a Haf XB case, it supports up to ATX, but mATX looks just fine in it. 

16, 4, 16, 16(8x) 

[JaeDee884]

16, 4, 16, 16(8x) 

nope, cause

4  x---- (sound card)

16x---------------- (GPU)

Gap

16x---------------- (GPU)

Might jump in ts and explain lol

 

[Kiwiandapple]

okay thx for input but

reason i said horizontal is so you can actually see the gpu, like it has amazing cooling system yet its facing downwards, you cant see it, just the ugly pcb

 

Get the 350D and turn it 90c. Then mod the bottom part and make a window. Problem solved!

I personally don't know any matx cases with a horizontal motherboard. I only know the Bitfenix Prodigy (not M) that has a window and horizontal motherboard. (but im sure there are alot more mITX cases with this option.