New Case Advice

Mr_Flibble

Mr_Flibble

Mr_Flibble

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Hello all,

I am on the market for a new case and am after some advice on which one to buy.
Ideally i would like the Antec Super Lanboy but it seems to have dissapeard from OCUK and seems to be difficult to track down elsewhere.

What im after is quite a simple, small aluminium ATX case with nothing fancy. I plan to fit my watercooling kit so having enough space between the PSU and front of the case to fit a PA120.2 is pretty essential.

Lian-li cases look nice but are often come with lots of air-cooling features im not going to use and are quite expensive for something im going to hack up a bit. PLus their small cases has the PSU im a rather awkward position for water cooling.

I currently have a sugo sg01 which gave me planty of practice fitting lots of kit in a small space so as long its a atx case the smaller the better.

Any suggestions welcome, ive done lots of searching but have come up relatively dry. Maybe im just too fussy....
 
Lian Li G50.

Lian Li PC30.

Lian Li v600.

Try fitting it into one of those, be very eventful and fun. :)

Being just alu it has limited your choice somewhat, although the PC30 could be had for £30 at one point I think it is harder to track down now but you may have some luck.

G50 would be a good option in my opinion. :)
 
G50 should be fairly easy to water cool, thats what I'm starting with :D

Theres plenty of space in the top for a 120.2 (cutting involved, obviously) or on the bottom if you remove the HD cage.
 
Hi, thanks for the replies.

Ive just had a look at the cases suggested and they do look pretty good but the problem is the PSU is located above the CPU socket. I currently have this setup in the sugo SG01 and with the Swiftech Storm the only way got get the tubing to it is with 90 degree fittings. I was hoping to avoid this as i believe they have added a big restriction in the loop and is hurting the storms performance.
Looks like i cant have my cake and eat it so i may opt for a larger case such as the lian li PC7 plus.
Does anyone know if the ones OCUK stock are the ones with the 2 120mm fans? I know the description says its got 120mm and 80mm but looking around almost all reviews have the 2 120mm.
 
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