Which mATX case?

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I'm considering getting a mATX case to replace the Fractal Design R2, which while it's a brilliant case it's very big and very heavy.

Being a fresher at uni, having a big and heavy case is not ideal as I occasionally move the PC to and from my room and communal area, and i'll be moving in and out of different flats/houses during the next 4 years so hopefully moving to SFF would make things a lot easier. Especially as all the other peripherals take up so much room already!

A quick look over the cases and the one that stands out is the Sugo SG01, but i'm wondering if there's a better/cheaper case out there that fits my needs.

So here it goes:

1. Something that will fit a H50 or Freezer7Pro or similar size.
2. DVD drive bay fitting a normal sized drive (i.e. not slimline).
3. At least two 3.5" internal bays.
4. Fits something similar size to the 4870/5770.
5. Fits both GPU and sound card and has appropriate expansion slots.
5. Takes an ATX power suppy.
6. Not required but ideally front panel HD audio.

Thanks :)
 
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MasterPlan1 said:
black box of awesome
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crisbduck said:
My V351 JUST fit a freezer7pro (scraped my stick on my power supply tho=( ) and i know it can fit h50 with a tad or modding
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Dayum that's a nice looking case!
I'm not looking to do any modding, and unfortunately I'd like to spend the other side of £70, the cheaper the better without compromising too much on quality.

gropingmantis said:
NZXT Vulcan.

I travel on trains a lot to get home and nothing beats mITX for being able to put in a bag and carry around so I've downsized and its freed up a lot of desk space which is nice.
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Nice case but still quite big, not much smaller than a midi tower.

I thought about mITX and if I didn't game then yeah I would go for it but it probably wouldn't fit everything I wanted in the case.
 
You fit all of that into a mITX case?? Which takes ATX PSU as well? :eek: That's impressive.

As said above though, not looking to spend that much on it. Do you think the Q07 will be big enough?

Edit: And if I do go mITX, that means buying a new mobo and swapping my 4x2GB RAM for 2x4GB..
I'd actually much rather stay mATX I think.

Edit2:And there would be no space for my sound card.
So yeah I'll stick to mATX.
 
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Thanks for the advice.
I think I've narrowed it down to either the SG01 or SG03 as they come in at around the same price.
I don't think the SG01 looks that bad actually but everyone has their own opinion.
Just to decide whether I want a 'cube' (01) or more tower-like (03) case now.
 
Thanks very much for the pictures! :)
The SG01 is a bigger case than expected, probably due to the width of the thing.
The H50 definitely can't fit in the SG01?
Which case do you prefer chipps?
And does the SG03 have HD audio for the front panel?
 
chipps101 said:
as tute says the h50 can't fit in the sg01 without modding the case as there is nowhere to mount the rad.

out of the two the sg03 is the only one that suits your needs and i have to say that i honestly prefer it to the sg01 anyway (they both need time taken to route the cables neatly but most small cases do), i was going to spray the front fan grill black so it matched my sony subwoofer from my 5.1 system when i was going to use it for my htpc but i ended up with my htpc in a lian li pc-c33 instead.

yes the sg03 has both ac 97 and hd audio connectors for the front panel :)
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Thanks for the all the advice everyone :)
I think my mind has been set on the black SG03 then. It's shame that the case is not widely available (have they discontinued it or something?).
And brilliant that it has front panel HD audio.

For my budget of about £70 there's not really any much smaller case is there?
 
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