Smallest ATX case?

supernova9 · 31 Aug 2008 at 08:51

Hey guys,

I want to change my case, I'm using the Akasa Zen at the moment but it's just too big for my liking. I've seen the Lian Li-A06, but is there a case smaller than that that'll take an ATX motherboard?

Thanks!

shadowscotland · 31 Aug 2008 at 15:12

Silverstone LC02 and LC04 are very small if you like a HTPC format.

LC02- 380 mm (W) x 100 mm (H) x 295 mm (D)
LC04 - 420 mm (W) x 115.5 mm (H) x 309.4 mm (D)

but you need riser cards and non-atx psu's (included)

LL-A06 180mm x 388mm x 489mm (W,H,D)

p4radox · 31 Aug 2008 at 16:58

The PC-A05 is the one to go for. 120mm fans all 'round.

CraigN · 31 Aug 2008 at 17:03

Antec 300 ?

AJ_ · 31 Aug 2008 at 20:49

p4radox said:
The PC-A05 is the one to go for. 120mm fans all 'round.

And a brilliant case to boot.

**looks over at the A05-B to his right**

p4radox · 31 Aug 2008 at 23:17

*Looks over at A05-B to the left*

RobH · 31 Aug 2008 at 23:33

The Lian-Li look like they use the room quite well considering there is a full ATX board still inside them, does the PSU fan sit facing the hard drives? Also are there any cases that take a Micro ATX board but still use a full ATX PSU and are tower form-factor (not cube like the Lian-Li V350)? I'm guessing that if there are then the amount of space saved would be minimal compared to the A05/A06.

DavidS14 · 1 Sep 2008 at 09:39

RobH said:
The Lian-Li look like they use the room quite well considering there is a full ATX board still inside them, does the PSU fan sit facing the hard drives?

Nope it's facing downward but there's a bracket on the bottom of the case that supports it (about 15mm above the case floor).

Tute · 1 Sep 2008 at 09:55

I find the Antec Superlanboy to be pretty small for an ATX case.

Blackhawk47 · 1 Sep 2008 at 10:16

RobH said:
The Lian-Li look like they use the room quite well considering there is a full ATX board still inside them, does the PSU fan sit facing the hard drives? Also are there any cases that take a Micro ATX board but still use a full ATX PSU and are tower form-factor (not cube like the Lian-Li V350)? I'm guessing that if there are then the amount of space saved would be minimal compared to the A05/A06.

Antec Mini p180, thats probably the best matx case...i was going to buy it as it looks ace.

alg1a · 1 Sep 2008 at 14:56

Blackhawk47 said:
Antec Mini p180, thats probably the best matx case...i was going to buy it as it looks ace.

OP wants smallest ATX not mATX.

Blackhawk47 · 1 Sep 2008 at 15:04

alg1a said:
OP wants smallest ATX not mATX.

read through what i quoted...

RobH said:
Also are there any cases that take a Micro ATX board but still use a full ATX PSU and are tower form-factor (not cube like the Lian-Li V350)?

RobH · 1 Sep 2008 at 17:12

Thanks for the suggestion Blackhawk, I didn't mean to hijack the thread and confuse people. I just measured my case I have now compared to the A05/A06 and I save about 20mm in the height which is nearly nothing, I guess my case is a Midi-Tower even though it has the PSU mounted above the motherboard, it seems huge to me, probably because I've never had anything bigger. I think I will have to go with a Micro ATX motherboard, I guess there is a limit on how small you can go with ATX.

Blackhawk47 · 1 Sep 2008 at 17:18

RobH said:
Thanks for the suggestion Blackhawk, I didn't mean to hijack the thread and confuse people. I just measured my case I have now compared to the A05/A06 and I save about 20mm in the height which is nearly nothing, I guess my case is a Midi-Tower even though it has the PSU mounted above the motherboard, it seems huge to me, probably because I've never had anything bigger. I think I will have to go with a Micro ATX motherboard, I guess there is a limit on how small you can go with ATX.

well if you do go micro atx, then there are a couple of great motherboards, this is probably the best http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard baby brother of its atx counterpart.