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Does there exist a mATX and/or ITX case like this?

dtgq

I'm looking for a mATX and/or ITX chassis that has the following features:

 

 - can mount two single-rads (CPU and GPU)

 - standard PSU, top or bottom mounted (not side mounted)

 - no window, noise absorbing foam on side panel instead

 - no 5.25" slots

 - no random holes/unfiltered vents

 

Does this case exist?

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2 minutes ago, dtgq said:

I'm looking for a mATX and/or ITX chassis that has the following features:

 

 - can mount two single-rads (CPU and GPU)

 - standard PSU, top or bottom mounted (not side mounted)

 - no window, noise absorbing foam on side panel instead

 - no 5.25" slots

 - no random holes/unfiltered vents

 

Does this case exist?

define mini c 

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Fractal Define Nano S maybe?

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Fractal Design Define Nano S. 

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Both these look good initially but there are some things I don't like:

 

 - Define Mini C has an unfiltered vent in the back

 - Define Nano S has a lot of wasted space at the front and they don't let you use it for hard drives

 - Both these would leak air above or below the rear 120mm fan

 

I've also heard a lot of bad things about Fractal's quality control. I'm sure it's fine for most people, but personally I'd like to find another manufacturer if possible.

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Other than the psu mounting the ncase m1 sounds perfect for you.

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Ncase m1 looks pretty good, especially confident if it's manufactured by Lian-Li. It says it has "limited" ATX PSU support, not sure what that means. Weird that they went with 3 PCI slots, maybe they just had extra space at the bottom from the HDD slots so might as well. The PSU position is strange, but makes sense from a Tetris perspective... My only concern about it is that there would always be an electrical efficiency loss from that extra connector. Gonna look into this some more, thanks for the suggestion.

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2 minutes ago, dtgq said:

limited" ATX PSU

Basically you can have an sfx psu and a radiator/hdd or an atx psu that takes up that 120mm spot.

Want to custom loop?  Ask me more if you are curious

 

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17 hours ago, dtgq said:

Both these look good initially but there are some things I don't like:

 

 - Define Mini C has an unfiltered vent in the back

Maybe you can explain better why this is a big deal...in my mind, as long as the intakes are filtered and you have positive air pressure in the case, the vent in the back shouldn't need to be filtered.

 

As far as Fractal's quality control I can't speak to that since I haven't bought a huge number of cases from them, but I just built a PC in the Define Mini C the other day and it is a really solid case. The only problem I had was the bottom of the case where the power supply slides in was slightly warped in shipping...UPS bashed the box hard enough to tear the cardboard, so getting the power supply in was a little rough until I realized what the problem was.

 

 It's not the smallest case you can get though, so if small form factor is what you are going for, you may want to look elsewhere.

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