Best Case for a home theatre

[TheJackle]

I'm looking for a case for use in an upcoming home theatre. It needs to accommodate an r7 260x GPU, have water cooling support,. Most importantly be under £70, but cheaper is better

 

[wolverine96]

Which motherboard size? And I assume that you would want a plain looking case (not too fancy or busy)? Also, what all do you plan on water cooling? (CPU-only, CPU+GPU, etc.)

 

[TheJackle]

Which motherboard size? And I assume that you would want a plain looking case (not too fancy or busy)?

My motherboard is Micro ATX. I plan to only watercool the CPU, as that will hopefully make the PC thinner

 

[wolverine96]

Here's the best options I can find:
Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£29.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£32.98 @ Amazon UK)
Two great cases for liquid cooling, although a bit big.

Aerocool Qx-2000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£43.47 @ Amazon UK)
A very cool case for a home theater, although I don't know if you can use liquid cooling. video

Here's a list of all Micro-ATX cases organized by price.

 

[wolverine96]

Here's a couple more options:
Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case (£43.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Silverstone GD09B HTPC Case (£51.71 @ Scan.co.uk)

 

[g-unit1111]

Here's the best options I can find:
Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£29.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£32.98 @ Amazon UK)
Two great cases for liquid cooling, although a bit big.

Aerocool Qx-2000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£43.47 @ Amazon UK)
A very cool case for a home theater, although I don't know if you can use liquid cooling. video

Here's a list of all Micro-ATX cases organized by price.

Micro tower for a HTPC? Silverstone and Fractal Design both make HTPC-specific cases like this:

- Silverstone :GD05B: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/silverstone-gd05b-usb-30-grandia-htpc-micro-atx-black-w-o-psu
- Fractal Design Node 605: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/fractal-design-node-605-black-desktop-quiet-case-with-usb-30

Both of those will be better options for a HTPC than a micro tower will be. Most HTPC cabinets aren't made to fit micro towers or full towers.

 

[wolverine96]

Micro tower for a HTPC? Silverstone and Fractal Design both make HTPC-specific cases like this:

- Silverstone :GD05B: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/silverstone-gd05b-usb-30-grandia-htpc-micro-atx-black-w-o-psu
- Fractal Design Node 605: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/fractal-design-node-605-black-desktop-quiet-case-with-usb-30

Both of those will be better options for a HTPC than a micro tower will be. Most HTPC cabinets aren't made to fit micro towers or full towers.

Simply because he wanted liquid-cooling. I suggested some HTPC cabinets, too.

 

[g-unit1111]

Simply because he wanted liquid-cooling. I suggested some HTPC cabinets, too.

I don't know why, that I think would be a bit impractical if you want to put your PC in a home theater cabinet.

 

[wolverine96]

I don't know why, that I think would be a bit impractical if you want to put your PC in a home theater cabinet.

You mean liquid-cooling would be a bit impractical?