Small MicroATX case

[justin2926]

I am building a MicroATX pc and was wondering if there is any case that would fit on my drawer. This is my drawer that I play on https://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/art/20360464/. I am on a budget of around $50. I know it’s kind of weird playing on a drawer but it works as a desk haha.

 

Parts I am getting:

Ryzen 5 1600

MSI B350M Mortar

2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws V

ZOTAC GTX 1060 6GB Amp!

120GB SSD 2.5” (I already have a 3.5” 1TB)

EVGA 500 BQ 500W 

[light-v]

You could modify your drawer so it can house pc components which isn't too difficult (drill and tap a few holes and done) 

 

You'll have to punch a few holes in the drawer anyway for ventilation or you PC will fry 

[justin2926]

1 minute ago, light-v said:

You could modify your drawer so it can house pc components which isn't too difficult (drill and tap a few holes and done) 

 

You'll have to punch a few holes in the drawer anyway for ventilation or you PC will fry 

I have clothes in there. I just want to find a small micro atx case that would fit ON it, not in it.

[light-v]

1 minute ago, justin2926 said:

I have clothes in there. I just want to find a small micro atx case that would fit ON it, not in it.

Sorry I misread, have you thought about going itx? I have this exact drawer and even the smallest MicroATX would be too large for everything to fit

[justin2926]

6 minutes ago, light-v said:

Sorry I misread, have you thought about going itx? I have this exact drawer and even the smallest MicroATX would be too large for everything to fit

I’m on a $675 budget and I want to at least have a Ryzen 5 1600 and a GTX 1060 6GB in it. I would definitely go for ITX if it’s in my budget range and have at least those 2 parts. Mixed of used and new parts are fine for me.

[light-v]

12 minutes ago, justin2926 said:

I’m on a $675 budget and I want to at least have a Ryzen 5 1600 and a GTX 1060 6GB in it. I would definitely go for ITX if it’s in my budget range and have at least those 2 parts.

As far as MATX goes there isn't a lot of choice. The Fractal Core 1100 is the cheapest and is not bad but is about the same price of the much smaller Silverstone SG13. The Cooler Master N200 is another good budget MATX option. Problem with the case market is either go big or go small, medium not so much because most of the good MATX cases are high end 

 

Tho if I had the time, I'd still mod the hell out of that drawer to get my parts in there and move my clothes elsewhere but that's and entirely different topic haha

[justin2926]

43 minutes ago, light-v said:

As far as MATX goes there isn't a lot of choice. The Fractal Core 1100 is the cheapest and is not bad but is about the same price of the much smaller Silverstone SG13. The Cooler Master N200 is another good budget MATX option. Problem with the case market is either go big or go small, medium not so much because most of the good MATX cases are high end 

 

Tho if I had the time, I'd still mod the hell out of that drawer to get my parts in there and move my clothes elsewhere but that's and entirely different topic haha

Haha I would do the same thing. I went for Mini ITX instead. Anyways, thanks for helping!

[geo3]

2 hours ago, justin2926 said:

Ryzen 5 1600

The 2600 is only $10 more.

[justin2926]

4 hours ago, geo3 said:

The 2600 is only $10 more.

Performance not that much faster than the 1600 also there aren’t any B450 mobos currently.

[geo3]

2 minutes ago, justin2926 said:

Performance not that much faster than the 1600 also there aren’t any B450 mobos currently.

It works in a B350 if you update the bios.

[Invader-Peridot]

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[TVwazhere]

an mATX that could fit in that drawer? Easy.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#t=11&f=7&m=63&sort=price&page=1&X=328,123700

 

The first two options would only hold low profile GPU's, but the rest are definitely capable of fitting it. 

 

Obviously if you went mITX you'd have even more options though (possibly some less expensive like the Cougar QBX, Node 202 Or RVZ03)

[justin2926]

3 hours ago, Invader-Peridot said:

MATX case that'd fit on the drawer? Air 240 Might fit the bill as it's a rather a realy small case, or the tesoro case

I was thinking about the Air 240 earlier

[justin2926]

56 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

an mATX that could fit in that drawer? Easy.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#t=11&f=7&m=63&sort=price&page=1&X=328,123700

 

The first two options would only hold low profile GPU's, but the rest are definitely capable of fitting it. 

 

Obviously if you went mITX you'd have even more options though (possibly some less expensive like the Cougar QBX, Node 202 Or RVZ03)

Most of them aren’t in my budget range of $50

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, justin2926 said:

Most of them aren’t in my budget range of $50

Ironically the smaller you go, the more expensive cases get. 

 

Heres a list of sub $50 mITX cases. You'll have to check dimensions to see that A everything fits the hardware you want (like exactly which 1060 GPU you have) as well as the drawer dimensions to make sure cases fit. (The Thermaltake V1 will mostly likely be too big for example)

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#X=0,6407&t=9,12,10&m=50,11,106,680,63,56