Looking for a new case.

[IcyLetters]

So I originally built my PC back in June of last year. Now I wasn't really expecting my case, Fractal Design Refine r4, to be this big. Its fine and I do have the space its just that I kind of want to put it on my desk instead of on the dusty floor. I have a regular atx motherboard, atx psu, 2 HDD, Radeon r9 390, and a stock intel cooler on an i5-4440. I would really like a smaller case to put on my desk and just look better. I hate how clunky and big this case is plus I can't stare at the insides of my pc. Preferably something with a glass side panel so I can add leds and a nice cooler when I have the spare cash. Budget doesn't really matter at the moment but I would prefer something cheaper so I can buy a nice looking cpu cooler and some leds. I would like to keep all my parts too since it is less than a year old and is still running perfectly fine.

 

TL;DR: Need new smaller case for atx motherboard, keep it cheaper and preferably with a glass side panel.

[Slottr]

S340/ S340 Elite

[Daniel Z.]

s340 is nice but the cable management is average

 

[IcyLetters]

Yeah kind of thought about that. They look really good plus appear to be a lot smaller.

Also cable management would be a lot better since it has a basement.

[Daniel Z.]

quote us when you respond

[IcyLetters]

Just now, Daniel Z. said:

quote us when you respond

Yeah kind of forgot about that sorry.

[Daniel Z.]

1 minute ago, IcyLetters said:

Also cable management would be a lot better since it has a basement.

yeah, but the bar is kinda crap. Also the other panel has little room, I have to shove mine in

[IcyLetters]

Just now, Daniel Z. said:

yeah, but the bar is kinda crap. Also the other panel has little room, I have to shove mine in

Interesting. Just wondering is there any real difference with the elite version?

[Daniel Z.]

Just now, IcyLetters said:

Interesting. Just wondering is there any real difference with the elite version?

other than the TG and extra 2.5 bay, I don't think so

[IcyLetters]

5 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

other than the TG and extra 2.5 bay, I don't think so

So I just watched a shorter review of it and it looks to be a little better. You have more ssd mounts which I probably won't need but who knows. The cable management clips look pretty useful and easy to use especially since I rather suck at cable management and some other features like more space for an AIO and a better dust filter. I do like the look of this one more because of the tempered glass. It looks pretty good especially since it appears to be only 20 bucks more.

[Zusafek]

10 hours ago, IcyLetters said:

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You can also check out the Phanteks P400 series. Has good cable management and is solidly built. Plus it has dust covers everywhere. Here are the side pics of my P400S acrylic window and my wife's P400 Tempered Glass. 

 

[TVwazhere]

Define R4

18.27" x 9.13" x 20.59"

 

S340

17.51" x 7.87" x 17.00"

 

If thats not small enough

 

RIOTORO CR1080

15.8 x 11.5 x 18 inches is as small as an ATX case gets, though at that point depending on if you have a triple fan r9 390 the gpu might not fit with one out of two front intake fans installed.

[Quaker]

If budget doesn't matter too much, you'd be best off to include the purchase of a mATX (or mini-ITX) (new or used) motherboard, rather than trying to stuff a full ATX motherboard into a small case.

There's a lot more choice in mATX desktop cases, than there are ATX.