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I need help. I bought a full tower case for my first build this summer as I was worried about cable management headaches and having enough room to fit everything. I quickly realized that these concerns were unfounded, and upon returning to university that this size case would not be practical.

 

SO with this in mind, I'm on the market for a portable case into which I can cram the following:

 

• ATX motherboard

• Corsair H100i v2 240mm radiator & fans

• EVGA Supernova 650GS PSU

• Nvidia GTX 1080 Founders Edition GPU

• 1x 3.5" HHD

• 2x 2.5" SSD

 

No need to worry about price, just on portability as I anticipate I'll be moving around a bit after I graduate next year. Thanks!

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My computers as of 2017/03

 

My Old PC

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Dell Vostro 260 $150 2010

CPU: i3-2120@3.3Ghz, GPU: Intel HD Graphics 2000, ATI Radeon X1300, RAM: 4GB Axevir Budget Series, SSD: 240GB Radeon R7, HDD: random 250GB and random 160 GB, CASE: Crap from Dell, OS: Windows 7 Enterprise

My Current PC

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Custom Build $1200 2016

CPU: i5-6600k@3.6Ghz, GPU: Sapphire R9 Fury, RAM: 16GB Geil EVO X, SSD: 240GB Radeon R7, HDD: Hitachi 500GB, CASE: Deepcool Kendomen, OS: Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit

Laptop

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ASUS F8S $1150 2008

CPU: Core 2 Duo T7500, GPU: ATI 2400 Mobility, RAM: 8GB Mushkins, SSHD: 1TB Seagate Hybrid Drive, OS: Windows 7 Ultimate N and Windows 10 Professional

HTPC

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MSi Cubi $200 2016

CPU: Pentium 3805u@1.9Ghz, GPU: Intel HD, RAM: 4GB Crucial DDR3L, SSD: 120GB Radeon R7

 

Other Laptop

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HP 2210b $400 2009

CPU: Core 2 Duo T8100@2.1Ghz, GPU: Intel GM965, RAM: 2GB Hynix, HDD: Hitachi 160GB, OS: Linux Mint 17.3 and Lubuntu

*All Prices in the Canadian Dollar

 

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Hmm... I don't think this case might be very portable, as it does have tempered glass side panels which are very fragile, but the Phanteks Evolve ATX Tempered Glass case is a great one!!

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| CPUi7 9700K @4.8GHz | Motherboard - ASUS ROG Maximus XI Code | Cooler - NZXT Kraken X52 | RAM - Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB @3600MHz | GPU - EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 Hybrid @2.1GHz | Storage - Samsung 960 Pro 512GB; Samsung 850 Evo 1TB; WD Black 2TB | Power Supply - EVGA G3 1000 Watt (with CableMod Cables) | Case - Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX TG (Anthracite Gray) | Case Fans - Too many Corsair ML120 Pro fans :P |

Peripherals

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| Keyboard - Corsair K95 RGB Platinum with Cherry MX Brown switches | Mouse - Logitech G Pro + Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum | Audio - Sennheiser PC37X + GSX 1000 |

 

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Maybe the Rosewill Stryker M? It looks like it would fit all of your components easily. It is a good low price too, even though you did mention in your post that budget was not the highest priority.

==ECHELON (Main Rig)==

CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 1700x @ 3.4 GHz
Mobo | Asus ROG Strix X370-F Gaming

GPU | Sapphire NITRO+ RX-580

RAM | 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX @ 2133

SSD | Plextor 512GB

HDD | 3x WD Black 3TB

PSU | EVGA 750G2

Case | Fractal Design Define R6

Disp | 2 x Acer K242HQL

Keys | Corsair K70 RGB Mk2, MX-Red

Mouse | Logitech M215v2 Wireless

 

==Snow (Server)==

APU | AMD A6-5400K

Mobo | ASRock FM2-A88XM

RAM | 4GB Kingston ValuRAM

SSD | 120GB Adata

HDD | 2x Toshiba 3TB, 3x Hitachi 2TB

PSU | EVGA 600B

Case | Cooler Master N300

 

==DISHFIRE (laptop)==

MODEL | Asus X550IU "Signature Edition" (whatever that means)

APU | AMD FX-9830P with Radeon R7 Graphics
GPU | Radeon RX-460

SSD | Mushkin Triactor 500GB

HDD | 1x HGST 1TB

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7 hours ago, nielski55 said:

The Phanteks Enthoo Evolve ATX TG is the best looking case out there in my opinion. he is a bit expensive at around $200 but it is a verry premium case with a lot of nice features.

 

18 hours ago, KSP said:

Hmm... I don't think this case might be very portable, as it does have tempered glass side panels which are very fragile, but the Phanteks Evolve ATX Tempered Glass case is a great one!!

The issue here is portability, which tempered glass cuts down on a bit by adding weight and the danger of shattering. Even without the tempered glass this case is pretty heavy, at around 22lbs/10kg and not much smaller than the NZXT Phantom that I'm currently dealing with.

 

Totally agree that the Phanteks is a great looking case nevertheless.

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15 hours ago, No Signal said:

 

The issue here is portability, which tempered glass cuts down on a bit by adding weight and the danger of shattering. Even without the tempered glass this case is pretty heavy, at around 22lbs/10kg and not much smaller than the NZXT Phantom that I'm currently dealing with.

 

Totally agree that the Phanteks is a great looking case nevertheless.

it´s true that this case is quite havy yes

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