Question Small form factor case that fits an ATX motherboard?

[Tennis987]

Hey all,

I am building a small desk PC for my nephew on his birthday that he will use to play some light games like Minecraft and other's. I plan on giving him my old Ryzen 2600 CPU that currently sits in my MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard with a Hyper 212 EVO and was wondering what case's you all recommend for something small that is able to fit it in. I also have a spare Corsair CX600M PSU i can put in. That leaves me with money to spend on RAM, a case, SSD, and GPU. If there are none, I might just bite the bullet and order a micro/mini ATX case and do a cheap build from scratch with an integrated Ryzen GPU.

Let me know if there is anything I can elaborate on for use cases.

 

[COLGeek]

Define "small desk PC". Like a mini-tower or cube style case? Is there a physical limitation where the PC must fit?

For example: https://www.newegg.com/p/1B4-006X-0...atx-_-9SIBE02JD66492-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

[SkyNetRising]

I plan on giving him my old Ryzen 2600 CPU that currently sits in my MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard with a Hyper 212 EVO
I might just bite the bullet and order a micro/mini ATX case and do a cheap build from scratch with an integrated Ryzen GPU.
Let me know if there is anything I can elaborate on for use cases.

MSI B450 Tomahawk is ATX board and requires ATX case.
It will not fit into mATX nor mITX case.

 

[Tennis987]

Define "small desk PC". Like a mini-tower or cube style case? Is there a physical limitation where the PC must fit?

For example: https://www.newegg.com/p/1B4-006X-002P3?Description=cube matx&cm_re=cube_matx--9SIBE02JD66492--Product&quicklink=true

I was hoping something similar to a mini tower yes. The PC does not have to go anywhere, it will most likely be a desk or ground PC, but I figured, the less space that was able to be taken for a 11 year old's desk, the better. Ideally I was planning on adding a small screen that can stick to the PSU shroud to display a picture/video slidshow of his favorite games to spice it up a little but that seems more like something suited for a mid tower.

 

[COLGeek]

MSI B450 Tomahawk is ATX board and requires ATX case.
It will not fit into mATX nor mITX case.

Good catch. Had MATX in my noggin for some reason.

 

[COLGeek]

I was hoping something similar to a mini tower yes. The PC does not have to go anywhere, it will most likely be a desk or ground PC, but I figured, the less space that was able to be taken for a 11 year old's desk, the better. Ideally I was planning on adding a small screen that can stick to the PSU shroud to display a picture/video slidshow of his favorite games to spice it up a little but that seems more like something suited for a mid tower.

Should be just right for a kiddo.

https://www.newegg.com/white-fracta...-tower/p/N82E16811352067?Item=N82E16811352067

 

[Tennis987]

MSI B450 Tomahawk is ATX board and requires ATX case.
It will not fit into mATX nor mITX case.

I was hoping this was not the "case" and that there were some hybrid ones that popped up recently. Well then, what would you recommend for a slim micro atx chassis that ideally will fit my PSU? Preferably no glass side panel as I will be shipping it out and am worried about it cracking.

 

[punkncat]

Check out the Silverstone Grandia series.

For instance:
SILVERSTONE Black Grandia GD09B HTPC Case - Newegg.com

You would have to check the cooler height, I am not positive the Hyper 212 will fit. I recall it being close. Other aspects to watch in this case is build power and size of the GPU. It will fit ATX mobo and PSU. A Gaming X GTX 1080 is inside mine. I needed adapters to turn the GPU power 180* but there are plenty of cards smaller than that one.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I was hoping this was not the "case" and that there were some hybrid ones that popped up recently.
Well then, what would you recommend for a slim micro atx chassis that ideally will fit my PSU?

No mATX case can fit ATX board. That's not, how it works.
You'll need a new mATX board also, if you insist on using mATX case.

 

[kerberos_20]

meh guys...look at this, just 15L case
https://www.sfftime.com/n-atx-pictures
supports both ATX mainboard and ATX powersupply
and can handle some big GPU aswell
here some random reddit post with better picture
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/nrgxfe/14l_build_with_rtx_3080_using_the_new_sff_time/

they also have even smaller (10.4L) case, for ATX mobo, but that one will need SFX PSU
https://www.sfftime.com/p-atx

 

[punkncat]

That is a small (narrow) case for what it is. Would be concerned about tipping it over.

 

[Tennis987]

I was actually looking at the NZXT H1 case and the NZXT H400i MicroATX but it looks like they don't sell that anymore. Tragic.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I was actually looking at the NZXT H1 case and the NZXT H400i MicroATX

Neither of them fit ATX boards.