mATX size-ish case ideas

Tart · 28 Apr 2023 at 11:45

I'm looking to replace an matx build I have and was looking for case ideas. The main requirement is that I would like to be able to put a normal size PSU in (I guess about 180mm long or so?) and maybe an AIO 280 radiator for the cpu. It's almost exclusively going to be for games and I'll be looking for a (relatively) small graphics card to put into it rather than squeezing in the largest card that will fit.

At the moment my matx build is in a Fractal Design 804 Node case and it's pretty light and easily portable if I need to take it somewhere.

Any ideas would be welcome though as googling around, looking on the usual retailers and youtube seems to come up with the same options however I phrase the search.

Cheers.

Tart · 2 May 2023 at 12:39

Thanks for the responses.

@Quartz - I had seen a couple of recommendations for this case. I'd not heard of Kolink before but they have some nice looking cases. How is the build quality? As good as it looks in the promotional materials?

@tamzzy - Have seen both of those mentioned and they look really good. Maybe on the smaller side of what I'm looking for.

@Aliexpress - haven't heard of those before but will check them out - thanks

Saw the O11 air mini mentioned and looks nice but maybe towards the larger side - I need to check out the dimensions

Cheers all.

Edit - corrected the O11 name

Tart · 3 May 2023 at 14:18

@Quartz Nice review - thanks.

Tart · 17 May 2023 at 11:34

Quick note to say thanks for the replies. I went with the O11 air mini. It's not quite production ready yet but I'm really liking the case.

A minor glitch in that I moved the setup from 7 slots to 5 slots to make more space at the top for the AIO cooler (that might be relevant so just mentioning it) and was initially using the onboard graphics for the cpu. When I went to put an actual card in it wouldn't fit. Faffed around a bit with what might be the problem (the motherboard has some protruding plastic fairings which I thought might have been getting in the way) and in the end I think it was just a tighter than expected fit between the case / motherboard / gpu bracket.

Cheers.