Question about cases

[oronor24]

Whats the best case to use to make it easy to carry your pc to a different home? Something light (easily to hold with the arm) and also small enough to fit in a big bag , i also saw portable cases what exactly is this? a hybrid laptop/desktop? how much do they cost?

 

[Eximo]

Couple of different questions here:

Gaming Laptop: Mobile processors, mobile GPUs. Some mobile GPUs are slightly disabled full desktop GPUs running at a lower clock frequency. Some of the available processors are nearly as fast as their desktop counterparts, and starting this generation. Intel is offering a few actual desktop CPUs for mobile.
NUC: A Nuc is essentially a laptop without a battery, screen, keyboard/mouse. These are extremely portable if you have carry wireless peripherals. You can even get a USB display or at least a very small display to carry around.
SFF - Small form factor computers are available. These are usually a pairing of a laptop CPU with a discrete desktop GPU. Not sure I know of any recent ones, not much of a market for them. They had a brief renaissance with the introduction of Steam OS.
ITX - A small computer you can build yourself. 8" square motherboard with a 10.5" or smaller full GPU. Almost any class of hardware is available up to workstation class processors and dual GPU cards. (Though you are limited by power supply size, some have SFF supplies, others support full ATX supplies, but they are bigger of course)

Plenty of portable cases out there. Look up LAN party cases (they generally have carrying handles)

Once you have narrowed down what you are after, and decide on a budget, maybe we can put together a build.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

Are you building this PC from scratch? I have seen a few nice, semi-portable desktops that look real nice.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

I like this;

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Graphite-380T-Mini-ITX-Portable/dp/B00LA70SKO

 

[Eximo]

I'll take the $75,908 dollar one please...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00LA6X38O/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all

Yikes.

That one is pretty popular of late, though.

Just so many ways to achieve portable gaming. Not really sure a desktop is the appropriate answer anymore. Very popular with College/University kids where space is limited. Also you can pack quite a punch with a GTX1070 and an i5-6500 without breaking the bank.

I stick with mid-towers for gaming. Did build a Mini-ITX HTPC though and it is an impressively powerful machine. Mostly because I am wasteful and just wanted to put cool stuff in it. Debating what to do for the next build. Might actually go for a Micro ATX if I can find a case I like.

I should also point out there are a few more options out there, but they lean towards expensive and custom.