Hi all
i've been looking about for a short case. Width and height doesnt matter to much, but i want it as short as possible.
Any thoughts on a case that will fit regular sized components that is quite short front to back?
Long version:
Ive bought a friends second PC which makes a great backup/second PC that i want to leave at work for lunchtime gaming when i have the office to myself.
its an ATX board, ATX PSU, GPU is about 280mm long. It has one 2.5" SSD, and i may add an m.2, so there isnt really much to house.
Its Ryzen 2600 with a Vega 64, 32gb ram over 4 sticks.
Ive looked around at loads of cases, the design of many boggle the mind, but most of them are soooo deep. ATX is about 250mm deep, many cases are 430mm+ deep. i dont need a load of space at the front of the case for a radiator etc, but there doesnt seem to be many cases that are much shorter.
I could drop to mATX, but they are the same depth anyway, though the cases tend to come up a bit shorter.... changing the board would inevitably spiral and lead to a cpu and mobo upgrade... which is both good and bad. the Silverstone Fara H1M looks good at 366mm deep... though they could just make it a bit taller to fit ATX. the ATX equivalent is 390mm deep, but it need not be.
I could go ITX, but they are spendy, and the cases then often go the way of SFX PSUs etc, by which point ive largely replaced everything. plus i have 4 sticks of ram, though 16gb is probably enough.
I just want a case that is just deep enough for the board, some fans and thats it. PSU at the bottom, SSD behind that, job done....
Cheers guys
i've been looking about for a short case. Width and height doesnt matter to much, but i want it as short as possible.
Any thoughts on a case that will fit regular sized components that is quite short front to back?
Long version:
Ive bought a friends second PC which makes a great backup/second PC that i want to leave at work for lunchtime gaming when i have the office to myself.
its an ATX board, ATX PSU, GPU is about 280mm long. It has one 2.5" SSD, and i may add an m.2, so there isnt really much to house.
Its Ryzen 2600 with a Vega 64, 32gb ram over 4 sticks.
Ive looked around at loads of cases, the design of many boggle the mind, but most of them are soooo deep. ATX is about 250mm deep, many cases are 430mm+ deep. i dont need a load of space at the front of the case for a radiator etc, but there doesnt seem to be many cases that are much shorter.
I could drop to mATX, but they are the same depth anyway, though the cases tend to come up a bit shorter.... changing the board would inevitably spiral and lead to a cpu and mobo upgrade... which is both good and bad. the Silverstone Fara H1M looks good at 366mm deep... though they could just make it a bit taller to fit ATX. the ATX equivalent is 390mm deep, but it need not be.
I could go ITX, but they are spendy, and the cases then often go the way of SFX PSUs etc, by which point ive largely replaced everything. plus i have 4 sticks of ram, though 16gb is probably enough.
I just want a case that is just deep enough for the board, some fans and thats it. PSU at the bottom, SSD behind that, job done....
Cheers guys