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Heard good things about the Fractal Design R2 Mini ITX case, one of my friends used that to build his NAS I believe.

Case: Meatbag, humanoid - APU: Human Brain version 1.53 (stock clock) - Storage: 100TB SND (Squishy Neuron Drive) - PSU: a combined 500W of Mitochondrial cells - Optical Drives: 2 Oculi, with corrective lenses.

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This.

 

http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-ck101/

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Don't like the 300w PSU.

I was yanking you. THe Fractal R2 Mini sounds nice though.

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Heard good things about the Fractal Design R2 Mini ITX case, one of my friends used that to build his NAS I believe.

 

Yeah it's nice. But now it's just called MIni right? http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-mini

I was yanking you. THe Fractal R2 Mini sounds nice though.

 

Yeah, seems good.

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Yeah it's nice. But now it's just called MIni right? http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-mini

 

Yeah, seems good.

Yep. ITX and MATX compatible.

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I would get a node 304, or maybe one of the new colossus minis.

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Caselabs S3, Fractal Node 304, Bitfenix Prodigy, etc.

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Yeah it's nice but I can't fit a h100i :(

Why would you WANT to mount a h100i in an ITX build? O-o

 

Surely something more compact is perfectly reasonable, you're not going for a super heavy overclocking rig in an ITX form factor right?

Case: Meatbag, humanoid - APU: Human Brain version 1.53 (stock clock) - Storage: 100TB SND (Squishy Neuron Drive) - PSU: a combined 500W of Mitochondrial cells - Optical Drives: 2 Oculi, with corrective lenses.

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Yeah it's nice. But now it's just called MIni right? http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-mini

 

Yeah, seems good.

 

he probably meant the Fractal Design Array R2 (which is an aluminium mini itx case manufactured by Lian Li)

Predecessor of the Node 304.

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Why would you WANT to mount a h100i in an ITX build? O-o

 

Surely something more compact is perfectly reasonable, you're not going for a super heavy overclocking rig in an ITX form factor right?

 

Well why not? If I'm ready to put a h100i in a ATX, why not in a small compact case?

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Why would you WANT to mount a h100i in an ITX build? O-o

 

Surely something more compact is perfectly reasonable, you're not going for a super heavy overclocking rig in an ITX form factor right?

 

Why not? :P An ITX board can overclock just as well as a full size ATX one.

 

I put a custom CPU loop in my Prodigy and a R9 290x.

 

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Well why not? If I'm ready to put a h100i in a ATX, why not in a small compact case?

Why do you even want to use an ITX form format for something like that? Maybe I'm being to practical for your sensibilities, but for something like that you should just use a proper size.

Case: Meatbag, humanoid - APU: Human Brain version 1.53 (stock clock) - Storage: 100TB SND (Squishy Neuron Drive) - PSU: a combined 500W of Mitochondrial cells - Optical Drives: 2 Oculi, with corrective lenses.

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Why do you even want to use an ITX form format for something like that? Maybe I'm being to practical for your sensibilities, but for something like that you should just use a proper size.

 

Because I like it small, and portable. If I get a ATX size, it's complicated, big box to transport and all. Also it will be my first PC, I always had a Msi GT70 laptop, so I'm used to transport it and all.

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Why do you even want to use an ITX form format for something like that? Maybe I'm being to practical for your sensibilities, but for something like that you should just use a proper size.

 

No such thing as a "proper" size. That's the beauty of custom PC's, build them however you like.

 

 

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No such thing as a "proper" size. That's the beauty of custom PC's, build them however you like.

Ehh, wrong word, lost in translation. Just meant larger.

Case: Meatbag, humanoid - APU: Human Brain version 1.53 (stock clock) - Storage: 100TB SND (Squishy Neuron Drive) - PSU: a combined 500W of Mitochondrial cells - Optical Drives: 2 Oculi, with corrective lenses.

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