Micro ATX Case Recommendation

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Hi all, thinking of buying a micro atx case for a build I'm piecing together. Will be a gaming machine with an evga 680 for the gpu. Trying to keep it as small as possible without compromising the cooling.;)

What would you buy?
 
Silverstone case looks good. Was toying with buying an itx but thought an atx would be better suited for a 680.

Will probably buy an asus maximus v gene z77 for the mobo.
 
DefiantAsh said:
It's a mini-ITX, but its still slick!
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but won't fit a mAtx motherboard...

colthillary said:
Silverstone case looks good. Was toying with buying an itx but thought an atx would be better suited for a 680.

Will probably buy an asus maximus v gene z77 for the mobo.
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Read reviews on the TJ08-E, it the smallest mAtx case that can hold a super size GPU and Big air cooler (aswell as a H100, with a few mods)

Perfect way to keep it small and plenty powerful..
 
Consider the 670 GPU aswell. It's basically a cutdown 680 but they cut off very little. The MSI Frozr IV is £311 overclock it a bit more and you basically have a 680. The 7950 is worth considering from AMD but if you want Nvidia that's fair enough

For a small gaming rig I usually spec something like this (mini-itx with onboard wifi)........

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £311.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £94.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775 / LGA1155 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM2+ / AM3+) £84.98
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £39.95
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,043.45 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
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