M-ITX case

will13 · 25 Jul 2012 at 01:15

Hoping somebody can help

I want a M-ITX case for my HTPC build, I want it small but still able to hold 3 or more 3.5" drives and a SSD, not bothered about optical drive

Noticed the Fractal Array R2 does what I want, however most places its £140+ which is a lot more then I was looking to pay really

Also noticed the Lian Li PC-Q07B on OcUK which is a nice little case, however it seems I would only be able to fit 2 3.5" drives in with a adapter, and maybe the SSD with a mod

Max I really want to spend is £80, however might go abit higher if its a great case

gropingmantis · 25 Jul 2012 at 08:26

PC-Q11?

The Array mini is priced so high because it comes with a PSU, much like the Silverstone cases.

But in your case it pretty much looks like the Q11 is the way to go.

Although if you dont care about optical drives the Q07 can fit a 3.5 and a 2.5 in the bottom already (2.5 sits under the 3.5) Then you could get a 5.25" to 3.5" bay converter and put the second 3.5 in the optical bay?

will13 · 25 Jul 2012 at 08:30

gropingmantis said:
PC-Q11?

The Array mini is priced so high because it comes with a PSU, much like the Silverstone cases.

But in your case it pretty much looks like the Q11 is the way to go.

Although if you dont care about optical drives the Q07 can fit a 3.5 and a 2.5 in the bottom already (2.5 sits under the 3.5) Then you could get a 5.25" to 3.5" bay converter and put the second 3.5 in the optical bay?

Yeah thats what I was thinking for the Q07, honestly never noticed the Q11 which seems to be the bigger brother

Noticed the Q25 which if I could get it for same price as Q07 would be a good choice

And yeah I know the Array comes with PSU, just few months ago a few places had it for £85 which was a good deal

gropingmantis · 25 Jul 2012 at 08:57

Was just thinking that as an HTPC build you may want it under/near your TV so as small as possible is order of the day and the Q25 is rather large compared to the Q07.

Bradmax57 · 25 Jul 2012 at 11:11

I Just got this today for my ITX server (which is currently in a full tower with 3 hdds lol) its a coolermaster elite 120 advanced will take 3 hdd's (has two 3.5" to 2.5" adapters with it)1 optical (tooless fitting) or another hdd if required, has a front mounted 120mm fan with space for one of the back of hdd rack and a side mounted 80mm fan, takes a standard atx psu too for under £40 I thought it was a steal, will be building it this evening and depending on how it goes I might replace my gene v and tj08-e

The only issue is the motherboard I have doesnt have a usb 3 header so the usb 3 front port will be redundent

will13 · 25 Jul 2012 at 11:31

Bradmax57 said:
I Just got this today for my ITX server (which is currently in a full tower with 3 hdds lol) its a coolermaster elite 120 advanced will take 3 hdd's (has two 3.5" to 2.5" adapters with it)1 optical (tooless fitting) or another hdd if required, has a front mounted 120mm fan with space for one of the back of hdd rack and a side mounted 80mm fan, takes a standard atx psu too for under £40 I thought it was a steal, will be building it this evening and depending on how it goes I might replace my gene v and tj08-e The only issue is the motherboard I have doesnt have a usb 3 header so the usb 3 front port will be redundent

Totaly forgot about this case, was less then £40 on OcUK a little while ago, not a bad case

gropingmantis said:
Was just thinking that as an HTPC build you may want it under/near your TV so as small as possible is order of the day and the Q25 is rather large compared to the Q07.

Well its going ontop of my desk (once I get my tv wallmounted above the monitor) but yeah, another reason why I want it small is I was gonna build a frame to hold the HTPC, and games consoles in, so didn't want it looking out of place