Case + Setup help!

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I have to travel a lot. I do a lot of digital art work, from 3D assets to motion graphics. Use Blender, Maya, Photoshop, and After effects, as well as using my system to play relatively heavy games.

Now I'm currently hauling around my mid-tower everywhere I go, as a university student, I travel between my flat and my parents, as well as across the country to my partner, who also travels between her flat and parents- Its a lot of train journeys.
I'd like to streamline this experience a bit, and have been trying to look into cases that would be good for me, I've looked into micro-atx cases (as thats what my mobo is) but I keep finding myself a little lost in all the details, and what I should get/need for the setup.

I dont mind buying some fans and such, my system isnt water cooled, so I need something that is compact but wont explode under pressure with my current gear.

Budget isnt too big an issue? If I have to drop £200 on a case and some fans, I can get some work to cover it.

My System:
GPU: Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER MINI 8192MB
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600x (stock Cooler)
MOBO: ASUS AMD PRIME A320M-K
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3200 MHz

I'm PC savy enough to put my system together, not enough to know all the ins and outs of what perfectly works together etc, etc- So let me know if I'm shooting myself in the leg with the general gear too...

Cheers for any help! Its massively appreciated, ADD type brain is strugglin :cry:
 
If you're traveling a lot then wouldn't a laptop be better? Maybe something with a 4800H and a 3070.

I'd love for that to be the case, but a laptop of a similar calibre isn't really in my range- As I mentioned I'm a student, I can get a bit of money for like, AN upgrade lol. Cheers for the response :D
 
I have to travel a lot. I do a lot of digital art work, from 3D assets to motion graphics. Use Blender, Maya, Photoshop, and After effects, as well as using my system to play relatively heavy games.

Now I'm currently hauling around my mid-tower everywhere I go, as a university student, I travel between my flat and my parents, as well as across the country to my partner, who also travels between her flat and parents- Its a lot of train journeys.
I'd like to streamline this experience a bit, and have been trying to look into cases that would be good for me, I've looked into micro-atx cases (as thats what my mobo is) but I keep finding myself a little lost in all the details, and what I should get/need for the setup.

I dont mind buying some fans and such, my system isnt water cooled, so I need something that is compact but wont explode under pressure with my current gear.

Budget isnt too big an issue? If I have to drop £200 on a case and some fans, I can get some work to cover it.

My System:
GPU: Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER MINI 8192MB
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600x (stock Cooler)
MOBO: ASUS AMD PRIME A320M-K
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3200 MHz

I'm PC savy enough to put my system together, not enough to know all the ins and outs of what perfectly works together etc, etc- So let me know if I'm shooting myself in the leg with the general gear too...

Cheers for any help! Its massively appreciated, ADD type brain is strugglin :cry:

If you dont care on glass etc,, and a bit of an older case. Its still in stock with some suppliers.

SilverStone SG12 INTRODUCTION (silverstonetek.com)
 
My first thought would be something like the Thermal take V21 or the SG12 linked above.

I absolutely wished i'd downgraded from a full tower at uni, i'd say go all the way down to a mini itx but it's probably not worth the money it'd cost to do that. Although if you can sell your current motherboard and PSU for an ok amount it's very doable for that budget.
 
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