Smallest ATX case

[Froggo56]

Smallest case with 3 120mm rads, 2 gpus, full size psu, 3.5inch drive, ssd, and a atx motherboard (i like to run 2 fans per rad)

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, Froggo56 said:

Smallest case with 3 120mm rads, 2 gpus, full size psu, 3.5inch drive, ssd, and a atx motherboard (i like to run 2 fans per rad)

Why 3 separate radiators? 2 water cooled GPUs?

Budget/Country?

 

New PC or old parts? What's it for?

[Crunchy Dragon]

I assume you mean fullsize ATX, not mATX?

[Froggo56]

5 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Why 3 separate radiators? 2 water cooled GPUs?

Budget/Country?

 

New PC or old parts? What's it for?

yes 2 watercooled gpus, both AIO's. Im downsizing PC's from a Crysal Cube to something smaller

[Froggo56]

4 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I assume you mean fullsize ATX, not mATX?

indeed fullside

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Froggo56 said:

indeed fullside

Alright, I'll see what I can dig up.

1 minute ago, Froggo56 said:

yes 2 watercooled gpus, both AIO's. Im downsizing PC's from a Crysal Cube to something smaller

Why not set up a custom loop?

[Froggo56]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Alright, I'll see what I can dig up.

Why not set up a custom loop?

easier not to, and not going to buy all the parts. easier to AIO it

[Crunchy Dragon]

NZXT's H500 is pretty compact: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/p8x2FT/nzxt-h500-black-atx-mid-tower-case-ca-h500b-b1

 

Corsair 200R doesn't seem too bad: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/cTQypg/corsair-case-200r

 

Fractal Design tends to make really good cases as well: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZHmxFT/fractal-design-focus-g-black-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-focus-bk-w

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, Froggo56 said:

yes 2 watercooled gpus, both AIO's. Im downsizing PC's from a Crysal Cube to something smaller

 

2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Alright, I'll see what I can dig up.

Why not set up a custom loop?

There's not much to downsize for ATX...Lian Li is the best bet maybe.

You could potentially mod a Q300L micro ATX case, though you lose the bottom PCI-e slots

[Froggo56]

Just now, Streetguru said:

 

There's not much to downsize for ATX...Lian Li is the best bet maybe.

ive seen the www.sliger.com/products/cases/cerberus_x/ and i was going for something like that! just cant fit the rads and fans

 

[Froggo56]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

 

There's not much to downsize for ATX...Lian Li is the best bet maybe.

You could potentially mod a Q300L micro ATX case, though you lose the bottom PCI-e slots

maybe... i might do this

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Froggo56 said:

ive seen the www.sliger.com/products/cases/cerberus_x/ and i was going for something like that! just cant fit the rads and fans

 

Small run/expensive might do it

 

but it seems like there's no cable management to be had in that system?

Where do you need the PC to go?

[Streetguru]

Just now, Froggo56 said:

maybe... i might do this

Like you could put an ATX Motherboard in the case if you move the power supply somewhere else. and then the rest of the case is covered in holes and you can mount radiators anywhere you can fit them.

Thinking one could turn the PSU on it's side, or cut out some parts to the right of the motherboard.

Taichi X399M in a Q300L, 280mm AIO, not officially supported.

[Froggo56]

Just now, Streetguru said:

Small run/expensive might do it

 

but it seems like there's no cable management to be had in that system?

Where do you need the PC to go?

ive heard good things about it so far

 

There are builds of more ridiculous things then mine, worse comes to worse i just dont manage the cables and have it all stuffed in

 

on a desk

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, Froggo56 said:

ive heard good things about it so far

 

There are builds of more ridiculous things then mine, worse comes to worse i just dont manage the cables and have it all stuffed in

 

on a desk

Why don't you just mount the PC under the desk?

Or use one of the Thermaltake basically test bench cases for mounting it to a wall or under a desk? Just put dust filters on all your fans so it doesn't clog a radiator

 

Also why 2 GPUs? If it's for gaming just sell one

https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Tempered-Panoramic-Certified-CA-1H9-00T1WN-00/dp/B06XFW9W43

^ITX version I think, same idea

[Froggo56]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Like you could put an ATX Motherboard in the case if you move the power supply somewhere else. and then the rest of the case is covered in holes and you can mount radiators anywhere you can fit them.

Thinking one could turn the PSU on it's side, or cut out some parts to the right of the motherboard.

Taichi X399M in a Q300L, 280mm AIO, not officially supported.

As long as its smaller then this

[Froggo56]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Why don't you just mount the PC under the desk?

Or use one of the Thermaltake basically test bench cases for mounting it to a wall or under a desk? Just put dust filters on all your fans so it doesn't clog a radiator

 

Also why 2 GPUs? If it's for gaming just sell one

https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Tempered-Panoramic-Certified-CA-1H9-00T1WN-00/dp/B06XFW9W43

 

2 GPU's long story short i have a 970 EVGA FTW for physx and some other small stuff(rendering, video edits, etc)  and a 1070 Gigabyte

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Froggo56 said:

2 GPU's long story short i have a 970 EVGA FTW for physx and some other small stuff(rendering, video edits, etc)  and a 1070 Gigabyte

Sell both for a cheap used 1080ti soon? Downsize to a proper ITX case like a Core 500?

[Froggo56]

Just now, Streetguru said:

Sell both for a cheap used 1080ti soon? Downsize to a proper ITX case like a Core 500?

Maybe, i know i have the stock cooler for the 1070 laying around. I might do that

[LamoidZombieDog]

27 minutes ago, Froggo56 said:

Smallest case with 3 120mm rads, 2 gpus, full size psu, 3.5inch drive, ssd, and a atx motherboard (i like to run 2 fans per rad)

rad? just say radiators 

 

 

7 minutes ago, Froggo56 said:

As long as its smaller then this

thats literarly just 2 computers smooshed together into a thicker computer lol

[Froggo56]

3 minutes ago, LamoidZombieDog said:

rad? just say radiators 

 

 

thats literarly just 2 computers smooshed together into a thicker computer lol

Yes, yes it is. BUT THAT CUBE CASE LIFE, lmao

 

[Froggo56]

3 minutes ago, VegetableStu said:

wait, 360mm rads or 3 of 120mm rads? o_o Pretty sure you could fit two on the front and one on the bottom (or vice versa) if it's 3x 120mm

(do you have the dimensions of the radiators?)

 

CM actually wanted to design that into the Q300L, but they're kinda concerned about first time builders not getting the point and complaining about losing the last few slots

 

 

3-120mm radiators all with 2 fans (they are https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Liquid+%2F+Water+Cooling-_-N82E16835181010&gclid=Cj0KCQjww8jcBRDZARIsAJGCSGttsQlBRZkiyH5zMkK5d3S-ZY51QD-kW_DzAImMV2DrjvFNnhQrl4gaAv8GEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds)

[Streetguru]

8 minutes ago, Froggo56 said:

 

The extra fans probably aren't doing too much for cooling

[WoodenMarker]

Why 2 fans per rad? What graphics cards are you using?

You can probably go with a Define / Meshify C if you use a single fan per rad. Example here: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/7xV6Mp

Rads could be mounted at the front, top, and rear.

[Froggo56]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

The extra fans probably aren't doing too much for cooling

the fans dont do well to move air through them(https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?p=FAN-A312O4&c=fr&hash=7d4cCyUdsJiq42SaKssWnvz4Kw%2F7BkIj%2BeuQXLoXoSRNu9GGN7V3Ur29t7MAIC3dXetFb0wYlD4AKSIBTmK1VG%2B6LKZmET8jJLXjdnxWubojdzXlIaS1ZtNt7A&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5s3cBRCAARIsAB8ZjU2jEny9AAvoqUNvCcrW7XNh3DLzBUypqnWLahwqUNNGYscgtzr474MaAtiaEALw_wcB) 

it does a lot more then you'd think believe me