downsizing time, case advice

silent · 15 Feb 2015 at 23:43

hi

i have the build in my signature and want to downsize it, even though it's lovely but takes ages to move it anywhere and it's heavy.

i will sell it to help the funds, looking at a good atx case, to house the equipment listed although i may get a NAS box or microserver for the network. if i go that way, i will only have the msata ssd, 120 gig ssd and 1 of the 1 tb discs which has my games on.

i may even upgrade the components but it might not be worth it as it runs lovely.

i like the corsair air cases but i doubt it'll fit into the gap the inwin's in at the moment, it sits in the corner bit between the two seperate desks- i have this desk:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281282843774?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

i like nice looking, may go mini itx but had a prodigy but didn't like that.

smilertoo · 15 Feb 2015 at 23:46

I liked the look of the fractal design m-atx case, was like a dwarf r4.

silent · 16 Feb 2015 at 08:17

why don't ocuk sell fractal anymore?

smilertoo · 16 Feb 2015 at 13:42

They say they were getting a lot of damaged stock.

AtticusFinch · 16 Feb 2015 at 13:50

I'm about to transplant a similar set-up into a NZXT s340 from a much larger case as there's just not enough room in my new office for the big beast. I am optimistic that it'll be the business.

silent · 16 Feb 2015 at 15:57

that looks nice and it has a white version but no optical bays which i will need.

milko · 16 Feb 2015 at 16:24

I'm making the same move as AtticusFinch after much deliberating. It's about £23 for a decent USB bus-powered external DVD rewriter - I think I just about use one enough (ripping my CDs mainly) to bother but otherwise I'd even just open the side of the case and plug in an internal one temporarily via SATA.

silent · 18 Feb 2015 at 16:07

i have an ext blu ray writer i can use to be fair.