The ultimate compact case?

[minervx]

<$120

Accepts SFX power supply

Supports liquid cooling

Window panel

Good ventilation

Fits a video card

 

Must smaller than something like a H200i and Nano S.

 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Fitting a video card is ambiguous I'm afraid. Many these days are at least 12", which limits a lot of cards you can use. Worse yet, an increasing number are 5" wide, making anything with side PCIe plugs too big unless you can find 90 degree connectors or something.

 

In any case, the only one I can think of off the top of my head is Silverstone's RVZ-01/03 or FTZ-01. Maybe a Cooler Master Elite 130. Though Silverstone's SG series might also work.

[minervx]

it doesn't need to accomodate the widest cards.  but if it accomodates a form factor that a variety of different cards support that would be great

 

None of those cases have glass panels though.  I really hope we get a case like a 25% smaller version of the NZXT H200i.

[Enderman]

ncase?

[Nicnac]

Cougar QBX

[minervx]

3 hours ago, Nicnac said:

Cougar QBX

it's a nice little compact case at the budget price.  but that's unfortunately the problem.  there are really expensive ones like the dan sfx and loque ghost s1, and there's good budget $40-50 options, but there's not a lot of $75-100 options that look premium but aren't extremely expensive

 

3 hours ago, Enderman said:

ncase?

expensive.  no window panel.

 

right now, the best option seems like the Raijintek Metis Plus, with a custom acrylic panel, but I'm not sure how well the case ventilates

[Nicnac]

4 hours ago, minervx said:

it's a nice little compact case at the budget price.  but that's unfortunately the problem.  there are really expensive ones like the dan sfx and loque ghost s1, and there's good budget $40-50 options, but there's not a lot of $75-100 options that look premium but aren't extremely expensive

 

they offer a kaze version which looks pretty good imo. has mesh all around it.

You won't find anything with tempered glass at that size because those cramped cases don't have a lot to show off^^

 

Jonsbo/Cooltek also makes a bunch of really nice mITX cases. Check out the Jonsbo U1.

[kelvinhall05]

GEEEK A30. The only downside IMO is that you can't fit a big cooler, you can't have a 3.5" drive, and it only supports flexATX PSUs. But otherwise, it's a great budget case IMO.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Linus has used one a couple times, if I recall correctly it was the Dancase A4 or something along those lines.

 

You're gonna be in for a headache if you're planning a custom loop in a very compact case.

[minervx]

12 hours ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Linus has used one a couple times, if I recall correctly it was the Dancase A4 or something along those lines.

 

You're gonna be in for a headache if you're planning a custom loop in a very compact case.

a4, loque ghost and ncase m1 are all great cases but very expensive.  

 

custom loop isnt necessary

[minervx]

13 hours ago, kelvinhall05 said:

GEEEK A30. The only downside IMO is that you can't fit a big cooler, you can't have a 3.5" drive, and it only supports flexATX PSUs. But otherwise, it's a great budget case IMO.

 

lookin good! we might have a winner

[kelvinhall05]

5 hours ago, minervx said:

 

 

lookin good! we might have a winner

 

Oh, and I forgot to mention, IIRC it's mostly or all acrylic. I personally don't mind, but I know some people will get triggered.

 

And like I mentioned above, you will be limited by the flex ATX PSU more than anything else.

[minervx]

Yeah.  I would love for a company to make a $100 version of this case with an aluminum chassis and tempered glass panel.

[TVwazhere]

On 5/20/2018 at 6:53 AM, minervx said:

Yeah.  I would love for a company to make a $100 version of this case with an aluminum chassis and tempered glass panel.

Aluminium is an expensive material to work with, hence why you dont see it often, and when you do the price is high.

[Nicnac]

On 5/19/2018 at 6:20 PM, kelvinhall05 said:

GEEEK A30. The only downside IMO is that you can't fit a big cooler, you can't have a 3.5" drive, and it only supports flexATX PSUs. But otherwise, it's a great budget case IMO.

wow thats such a sweet case! 

[minervx]

2 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Aluminium is an expensive material to work with, hence why you dont see it often, and when you do the price is high.

even steel + tg.

[TVwazhere]

On 5/19/2018 at 12:20 PM, kelvinhall05 said:

GEEEK A30. The only downside IMO is that you can't fit a big cooler, you can't have a 3.5" drive, and it only supports flexATX PSUs. But otherwise, it's a great budget case IMO.

Interesting actually. Looks like theyre using aluminum extrusions (cheap pieces of 80/20 bars that allow flexible mountings) so it's not 100% ACrylic, but still relatively not rigid. The Flex psu is a major downside in my mind, becasue with a case this decent loking it shouldnt be tainted by ketchup and mustard cables, or limited in power draw (it's not like we're gonna be sticking 1080ti's and 8700K's in there anyways)

 

If they went with an external power brick, they could have gotten something like this

http://nfc-systems.com/s4-mini/

 

[Ron1999]

why not look for parvum systems  very nice looking but may be over budget

lazer systems via overclockers.co.uk

and really the nano s is well designed and good value

inwin also make some nice mitx cases

lian li if they reduce prices by %50