Recommend a SFF case

[Eek_A_Bear]

Hi guys. I've been looking into a SFF/HTPC for some time now and pretty much have what I want specced up. I just can't find a suitable case for it all! It's going to be on show, so I want a case that's nice looking. Looking for relatively small dimensions as it's going to be a HTPC and needs to have 2 x 3.5" bays as well as 1 x 2.5" bay. Any suggestions guys?

 

[Eek_A_Bear]

I was going for ITX. I'd pick the cooler and PSU once I have the case sorted out. I'm going to wait for the release of Haswell i3s as well, which are rumoured to be released shortly.

I'm thinking:

2 x 3.5" 2TB hard drives
ASRock H87M-ITX motherboard
i3 1150 socket processor
8GB DDR3 memory
120GB Samsung 840 Evo

Any recommendations on a case would be appreciated

 

[Eek_A_Bear]

I thought that was pretty much the case (no pun intended) mjones, I was just wondering if you tech gurus could think of a nice HTPC style case that would be suitable. I'm relatively new to SFF builds you see. Thanks for your input, anyone have other suggestions / advice?

 

[Eek_A_Bear]

Thanks Doom! That looks pretty much perfect And cheaper than a lot of the Lian Li cases I've been looking at. And the cooler looks top quality, again better than the Noctua low profile cooler I had seen. I was thinking of a Haswell i3 as it's lower TDP than most Richland CPUs and will be more than capable of handling HD content.

 

[Eek_A_Bear]

Richland will certainly be better for HD content because of their IGP, but I'm sure an i3 will have lower TDP, more efficient, and I'm sure they have graphics better than the 3rd gen i* processors. I'll have to wait for until release for the actual numbers I guess