New desk friendly case

a66as · 3 Nov 2014 at 02:00

Hey guys

I'm looking for a new case that has decent airflow for an sli setup and is much smaller than my current storm trooper.

The cases I were looking at were

Corsair air 540
Phanteks enthoo pro
Corsair 450d

Must have a window and easy cable management

RavenXXX2 · 3 Nov 2014 at 11:54

How about the NZXT 340.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-153-NX&groupid=2362&catid=35

a66as · 3 Nov 2014 at 12:24

Doesnt look like a good airflow case

and not too fond of the design either, im edging towards the corsair 450D.

Would that match my storm trooper for airflow? thats the only thing im concerned about

xGBHxPegasus · 3 Nov 2014 at 13:59

When you say desk friendly case I'm guessing its gonna go under the desk not ontop?

540 is basically twice as wide but about half the height of most PC cases, if you've got a wide desk you're have no problem.

Got mine sitting under a Ikea Malm desk with plenty of room.

a66as · 3 Nov 2014 at 14:03

No i meant on top of a desk

a66as · 3 Nov 2014 at 14:09

Thats the desk i'd ideally like to fit it on

xGBHxPegasus · 3 Nov 2014 at 14:12

Yeh it will fit on there, but your screen/keyboard wont comfortably.

Dimensions are: 415mm x 332mm x 458mm

RavenXXX2 · 3 Nov 2014 at 15:29

Get a bigger desk.

egnshane · 3 Nov 2014 at 16:03

You could get an intel NUC on there

In reality you need a bigger desk to put a PC on it.

gradyhawks · 4 Nov 2014 at 13:15

Ikea time! I got mine for £45. The OCUK XXXLLLL mouse mat fits perfect as well. Can fit a sub, 2 speakers, 24 inch screen and my H440.

P4Clock · 4 Nov 2014 at 15:56

RavenXXX2 said:
Get a bigger desk.

+1

i have a 1500mm desk and the pc tower is on the floor

a66as · 4 Nov 2014 at 21:54

Thats a solid wood desk i got! had it for 10+ years

I might just ikea a seperate small stand for my case

beasty6 · 5 Nov 2014 at 06:30

450D is the best case i have owned, i swapped out a storm trooper for it as well.

airflow is so much better, you can have 2x140mm in the front and nothing in the way of them. but as you know, the cm storm trooper can only have 120mm fans and has the horrid HDD rack system.

the 450D also supports two SSD sledges behind the motherboard tray and supports watercooling better.

the only downfall i found with the 450D was cable management behind the mobo tray, it lacks places to fix the cables to so makes it abit more tricky and time consuming.

hope this helps

beasty6 · 5 Nov 2014 at 06:31

oops double post

DotFifty89 · 5 Nov 2014 at 08:09

how about mounting the monitor on the wall so you have more desk space?

canuseemygrapes · 5 Nov 2014 at 09:40

I bought a small black table from a local poundstretcher for £9.99 for my 540 to sit on.