smaller ATX cases WITHOUT tons of drive bays?

ChinBo37

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Hi all, my first post on the OCUK forums but I am usually ordering all my parts from OCUK.


I am having a bit of trouble deciding on a case. I currently have a full ATX NZXT Switch 810 case (awesome case btw), but its just so BIG. I mean its huge. When my wife saw it she thought it was a joke lol. Anyways I have a great ATX MSI Mobo and a GTX 680 that I am thinking about SLI-ing. I also have a Asus sound card which I use mainly for Dolby Digital 5.1 encoding for games.


I am currently building a NAS server and I realize that after I finish this server and get everything networked together, I dont really need to have a bunch of drives in my NZXT case.


So this is my question, Is there any small(er) ATX cases which take a full ATX MOBO, SLI Video cards, 1 sound card, one 5.25 drive bay (DVDR drive), one 2.5 drive for my SSD and one for a 3.5 inch 1 TB backup drive. Again I dont need four or five 3.5 bays and I cant seem to find a case which fits my needs...
 
Thanks for your quick reply!

Budget would be 150 or 175 pounds maximum.

Your suggestions look interesting, especially the first two choices. I guess if you want to fit graphics cards (full size) then you kind of need a long case, no way around it.
 
ChinBo37 said:
Hi all, my first post on the OCUK forums but I am usually ordering all my parts from OCUK.


I am having a bit of trouble deciding on a case. I currently have a full ATX NZXT Switch 810 case (awesome case btw), but its just so BIG. I mean its huge. When my wife saw it she thought it was a joke lol. Anyways I have a great ATX MSI Mobo and a GTX 680 that I am thinking about SLI-ing. I also have a Asus sound card which I use mainly for Dolby Digital 5.1 encoding for games.


I am currently building a NAS server and I realize that after I finish this server and get everything networked together, I dont really need to have a bunch of drives in my NZXT case.


So this is my question, Is there any small(er) ATX cases which take a full ATX MOBO, SLI Video cards, 1 sound card, one 5.25 drive bay (DVDR drive), one 2.5 drive for my SSD and one for a 3.5 inch 1 TB backup drive. Again I dont need four or five 3.5 bays and I cant seem to find a case which fits my needs...
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The Corsair Carbide Air 540, might be your best bet then.
 
ChinBo37 said:
Looks liek the LIan-Li cant do SLI due to the front mounted PSU. Shame the case looked great.
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rly?
id of thought most cards would fit? unless im guessing the sizes all wrong
and it has a fan on the bottom which is nice

i love the look of that case im rly tempted
its that or the Silverstone FT05 for me
which i think isnt until july :(
 
As mentioned previously my choice would be the 450D given your criteria but if you want something slightly bigger the 750D would be an excellent choice too, and being an owner of one I can vouch for it first hand. It is a beautiful case to work with and very well thought out.

There are some excellent reviews on both cases from Tiny Tom Logan on youtube.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £124.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
Total : £231.98 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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