MATX small form factor build

cdawall · Jan 11, 2016

I am building a SFF for my mother in law to update her noisy Athlon II X3 build. I already have a MATX A68 board and an A6-7400k. Plan is to toss in a single SSD, 8GB of ram and move on.

The only thing she wants is a small form factor case, which I am having a hell of a time finding. Does anyone have a small MATX case they know of? If it happened to fit an H50 I wouldn't be upset.

peche · Jan 12, 2016

Tt Core V21 : Excellent for almost anything you would like to do!
Tt Suppressor F1: pretty silent, micro !

Regards,

Devon68 · Jan 12, 2016

I dont know why but I just love how this thing looks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353097
you also have these other options as well:
Fractal Design Core1100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352039
Cooler Master N200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6ZP3KT0437
but if you can spare a bit more I would definitely go with this one since I've heard nothing but good things about it
Cooler Master Silencio 352
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119302

cdawall · Jan 12, 2016

I was looking at the Fractal pretty heavily I thought about the Tt ones as well, but they might be to wide for the desk it is going in. I will have to tape the width.

Anarki · Jan 25, 2016

Deepcool Steam Castle, looks very good and fits 240mm rads, not sure about the case size tho.

Frick · Jan 25, 2016

AeroCool DS Cube and like it. It's pretty massive though.

Ithanul · Jan 25, 2016

There is a guy on another forum board who is making a custom mATX that supports water cooling. Though, that probably not the cheap route. But they are nice looking case.

Pic of the case.

cdawall · Jan 25, 2016

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129185

All I really want is one of those, but big enough for MATX. No idea why they don't exist. Dell has something similar that they sell (smidgen thicker as it can fit half height cards).

Prophecylife · Jan 27, 2016

imo best matx case is silverstone sg09/sg10

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Processor	7940HS
Motherboard	HP trash
Cooling	HP trash
Memory	2x8GB
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Storage	512GB+2TB NVME
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Storage	Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
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System Name	Moving into the mobile space
Processor	7940HS
Motherboard	HP trash
Cooling	HP trash
Memory	2x8GB
Video Card(s)	4070 mobile
Storage	512GB+2TB NVME
Display(s)	some 165hz thing that isn't as nice as it sounded

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Case	Modded Silverstone Raven 05
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 5.1
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Mouse	Logitech G402
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MATX small form factor build

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

Devon68

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

Anarki

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

Ithanul

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

Prophecylife

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Storage	Kingston KC3000 1TB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Plantronics 5220, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Dell SK3205
Software	Windows 10 Pro
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