Looking for quality £100 case, cannot be more than 503mm high...

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Title says it all really :)

Looking for an Antec 300 replacement, required specs below:

- Max height of 503mm (have triple checked this!)
- I really want a side window panel
- £100 budget... ish
- Good cabling routing options
- Good air cooling abilities (happy to add fans later)

I was dead set on a Silverstone Raven RV02, but I just don't think it will fit... 2mm in it I think :rolleyes: Also toyed with the idea of a Lancool K62 Red Dragon Windowed Edition.

Ideas weclome!
 
Lian Li PC7-FW or similar. Mines 44cm tall and is decent for a small case. There's one 140mm intake and one 120mm exhaust but I think it cools well enough for its size and the build quality is fantastic. You could probably mod in extra fans (ceiling panel comes off easily for cutting) and you could add a fan bay if you don't use 3 of the 5 1/4" bays.
 
I quite like the look of the Antec Skeleton too, but am concerned that various video cards/CPU coolers may not fit...
 
Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W. I know its over budget on OcUK, but look around and if you strike it lucky, its a lot closer than you think ;)
 
Just found the 'Coolermaster HAF 922 Case with Window' at just under £90.

I have 503mm, case height... 502mm!
 
Ok, so I have my final list in place after an evening of research!

- Antec Skeleton
- Lian Li PC-7FNW
- Silverstone FT02B-W (price issues here phaps!)
- Lancool K62 Red Dragon Window Edition (2nd fave?)
- Coolermaster HAF 922 Window Edition
- Silverstone RV02B-W (still fave...)

So the RV02 Raven is apparently 503mm tall. My gap in literally 503mm *GULP*

I wanna gamble, but I think it might be a wasted £110!
 
jmp_78 said:
Quick update...

Anyone know the exact height of the Silverstone RV02 MINUS the removable top panel?
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From what I can work out from the technical drawing in the manual (resized it to exactly 503mm high in Illustrator), it is 481mm (orange) to the top of the front rounded edge, and 483mm (green) to the top of the sloped section near the front.

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EDIT - for your info, those little feet at the bottom of the larger feet are 2mm high. Maybe they could be removed if it was a very tight fit?
 
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Just a suggestion, but if it's to fit under a desk could you not buy a set of feet to jack it up a few cms?
 
Thanks guys, I appreciate all of your help with this - loving the tech drawing!

It will be on a desk, but under shelves, so there's really no leeway there. However, I would be happy to remove the top as the shelves will cover it anyway.
 
Turambar said:
A lot of these cases vent out of the top, if it is going to be a tight fight wont the airflow be restricted?
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Agreed Turambar, but luckily only the back third of the case will be under cover. I would therefore assume that airflow wouldn't be too restricted (but good point!)
 
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