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Old November 5th, 2007, 10:41 AM
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Recs for new SMALL case
hey, i am looking for a case that is small enough for me to easily put in my dorm room. should i get a mini? or one of those MATX/HTPC cases? i don't have much build experience, none with smaller cases so i think i probably need one big enough for me to still work with. anyway i've never gotten bad advice from this forum so I just wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations. thank you.
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Old November 5th, 2007, 10:47 AM
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Go ahead and list he actual hardware that you plan on putting in and we can go from there.

Also, how much are you trying to spend on this?
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Ya budget and hardware are important. I mean if you already have a rig and its atx then an matx case is out of the question.
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Currently in the case (CASE ASPIRE| XNAVIGTOR SL/BK 500W) i have the following:

POWER SUPPLY ANTEC TP2-550 EPS12V
HD 250G|WD 7K 16M SATA2 WD2500KS
CPU AMD|A64 3200+ 2.0G 939 512K R
MEM 512Mx2|CRUCIAL BL2KIT6464Z402 R
CASE ASPIRE| XNAVIGTOR SL/BK 500W
MB ASUS A8N-E NF4U 939
VGA XFX 7600GT 256MB PV-T73G-UDF3
DVD BURN SAMSUNG|SH-S162L/BEBN BK

i think thats everything, and i would like to keep it under $100 dollars if possible, but making sure everything fits is the most important thing

thanks again
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Currently in the case (CASE ASPIRE| XNAVIGTOR SL/BK 500W) i have the following:

POWER SUPPLY ANTEC TP2-550 EPS12V
HD 250G|WD 7K 16M SATA2 WD2500KS
CPU AMD|A64 3200+ 2.0G 939 512K R
MEM 512Mx2|CRUCIAL BL2KIT6464Z402 R
CASE ASPIRE| XNAVIGTOR SL/BK 500W
MB ASUS A8N-E NF4U 939
VGA XFX 7600GT 256MB PV-T73G-UDF3
DVD BURN SAMSUNG|SH-S162L/BEBN BK

i think thats everything, and i would like to keep it under $100 dollars if possible, but making sure everything fits is the most important thing

thanks again


antec makes a nive small cube case for matx and itx boards
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I've been loving this case I bought a few months ago for a protable gaming rig. Its an Apevia XQpack2. Even comes with a 500 watt PSU, but I didn't use it.

Here's some pictures of it

Apevia XQpack2

Unfortunately, your A8N-E ATX mobo won't fit in this micro ATX case

The smallest ATX cases are called Desktop ATX cases
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121010

would that case work with my motherboard?
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that case is a full size ATX case so it should fit everything you have.
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that case is a full size ATX case so it should fit everything you have.
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okay nice, thanks a lot
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