Decisions, Decisions ITX cases

[ThyNameisWAR]

So I have a Ryzen build in the works on paper. I have most of the parts set in stone except for the Case/CPU cooler and that primarily due to portability/ possible thermal issues. I also have a slim Blu-ray drive which will have to be used externally on the Silverstone case vs internally on the fractal with my bracket. mainly to rip my Blu-ray collection to offload to my home server. I don't go to LAN parties much but I like the separate chamber design on the Silverstone.

 

core 500 pros

Blu-ray drive support

small shoe box design

better drive support

 

cons

components crammed in small space 

possible thermal issues as a result

 

Milo pros

slim design

handle for transport

separate chambers for GPU and CPU

 

Cons 

no DVD drive support for ripping blurays

 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7kzsMZ

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LvnG3C/fractal-design-case-fdcacore500bk

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6htWGX/silverstone-case-sstml08bh

[shooter2749]

cougar qgx, node 202, 

[RAM555789]

There both beautifully designed cases. If you end up with a beefier CPU cooler you may want the Fractal Design case but if you get a low profile one I would go for the Silverstone.

[ThyNameisWAR]

4 minutes ago, shooter2749 said:

cougar qgx, node 202, 

I checked them out beforehand the QBX has a little too much plastic and the node 202 is built almost identically to the ML08.

[ThyNameisWAR]

21 minutes ago, RAM555789 said:

There both beautifully designed cases. If you end up with a beefier CPU cooler you may want the Fractal Design case but if you get a low profile one I would go for the Silverstone.

just download the ML08 manual it does support Bluray drives. I'm sold.