Need advice on motherboard/case for my old PC

[haroon158]

I posted this in case central:

So I built my PC about 6 years ago when I was quite naive, ended up wasting a lot of money on my build when I could potentially have saved 30% of my cost of my build. Long story short, the only thing I've ended up replacing so far is the graphics card but all my old parts are now out of warranty.

I have a cooler master haf-x, it's very large and heavy. about 600mm in height and length and the case has always been mostly empty, I don't have any extra peripherals inside. The front USB ports are broken and the stands are broken too.

So now I am looking to change to a smaller case my budget is about £70.

*About 450mm in length/height.
*Windowed Screen
*Dust filters on the intakes
*Strong bottom case stands
*Preferably at least 1 5.25" bay
*PSU Shroud
*Good cable management with grommets


Would appreciate any insight you guys can offer, another point to note, I'm not into overclocking thus I don't pay much attention to cooling. I've seen the NZXT s340 which seems quite nice but doesn't have a 5.25" bay.

But with my current motherboard, I have to go with an ATX case. It's an Asus p877v motherboard and I am potentially considering picking up a MicroATX version of the same chipset. But my worry is forking out an extra £40 for the motherboard only to have my CPU failing shortly after forcing me to upgrade.
Right now the smaller the case the better I don't feel like I will ever use the extra pci slots on an ATX motherboard.

TLDR I am feeling incentivized to get a new mATX motherboard (for my very old chipset) so that I can switch to a smaller PC case that fits the above requirments in the quote.


What would you guys recommend?

 

[Lemin]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Midi Tower Case with Window - Black= £71.99

Total: £83.09 (includes shipping: £11.10)


Waste of money going for smaller mobo​

 

[jabbz]

I have the Pro M case and its very good for the money. It is even wide enough to take my Noctua NH15-D cooler and that is the biggest you can get. Plenty of room for everything you need and very good airflow too.