Asked before but to no avail

HplusGaming

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Ok, so I've asked this before, but I haven't had much luck.

I'm in need of the smallest Micro ATX case I can find. No regard for my specs here, because if it's too small of a case I just won't purchase it. I have ideas on some cases, but I want to know what other people can find. Can anyone help me find some small cases? 😀
 


Both I'd say. My current case is ENTIRELY too big
 


Please give the forum members and idea of physical dimensions you are interested in. If you current PC is too big, the what width x depth x height do you need.
 


I'm not sure about the width or depth needed. I have an Evga Geforce gtx 650, which is a pretty small sized card. Not sure on my power supply, but I do know that it's not too big either. All I'm really looking for right now is a list of small cases for micro atx. then afterwards I'll worry about the specs.
 
i went with a Silverstone SUGO SB02

i had space limitations at my work station and didn't want to put it on the floor - this was the smallest case that still gave me two 5.25" external bays - I'm using one for a BD writer and the other for a 3.5" bay with a two 2.5" hot swap SSD thingee

my only complaint with it, i have no idea why silverstone chose to orient the PSU so it draws it's air from inside the case - i'd rather have it flipped so the fan side is facing upward, but the mounting holes on the rear do not allow for that (they're asymetrical) and there's no grill opening on the top side. It draws air from right over top of the cpu cooler, i mean it sits about 1 & 13/16" above the cooler - big fan sucking air upward, and little fan sucking air from same spot downward, guess which one wins

I've ended up adding a noctua NK-L9i cooler and then 3 60mm fans blowing air straight to the cpu cooler to help keep the air pressure positive inside the case and bring my temps down where they should be.

here's a pix

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the SUGO SB02 ran $75 shipped, have seen it for $64 shipped, after i bought

in another thread, someone posted this Aerocool case that is about twice as tall as the SUGO at 16" at the same depth and width, but i wish i'd known about it, i don't think there's an aftermarket cooler i couldn't use in it

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=25701&cPath=547

i might still buy it, for the hey of it