Mini ITX Chassis

Melvis · Jun 2, 2016

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MIRTAZAPINE · Jun 2, 2016

I am a huge fan of itx cases. Haven't got the funds to build one yet. If you wanna go the smallest size possible the dan a4 case it as small as you go at 7.25 litres.

There is another case which is of similar or close to the volume of dan a4 case. It is the sentry case. Here is the site. I have been eyeing both dan a4 and this sentry case for a long while. I prefer more toward the sentry due to its looks and portability in a laptop bag. The huge downside of both this case is the cost and its availability of them which is rather prohibitive. By going this small you are sacrificing quite substantial amount of cooling space which you can use. I still think with a bit of ingenuity and planning many itx case can get good cooling.

My advise when building in itx case is to go sfx psu even when the itx case allows atx psu. This would give you space more airflow, adding fans or using a bigger cpu cooler if an atx psu affect the height of the cooler.

Valeriant · Jun 3, 2016

Some ITX-related updates from Computex:

- Streacom DB4, Fanless ITX Chassis (260x260x270mm): http://www.streacom.com/products/db4-fanless-chassis/
- Silverstone Milo ML07-VR prototype chassis
- Silverstone SX800-LTI PSU
- FSP new SFX PSUs line called Dagger, 500W and 600W 80+ Gold
- Raijintek SFX 450W

Lots of SFX PSUs announced this year. Also Lian Li showing cases with room only for SFX PSU: PC-Q22, PC-Q37, and the PC-O10. Shows that PSU's components are getting better and smaller. Would make space for non-ITX build too.

Melvis · Jun 3, 2016

MIRTAZAPINE said:
I am a huge fan of itx cases. Haven't got the funds to build one yet. If you wanna go the smallest size possible the dan a4 case it as small as you go at 7.25 litres.

There is another case which is of similar or close to the volume of dan a4 case. It is the sentry case. Here is the site. I have been eyeing both dan a4 and this sentry case for a long while. I prefer more toward the sentry due to its looks and portability in a laptop bag. The huge downside of both this case is the cost and its availability of them which is rather prohibitive. By going this small you are sacrificing quite substantial amount of cooling space which you can use. I still think with a bit of ingenuity and planning many itx case can get good cooling.

My advise when building in itx case is to go sfx psu even when the itx case allows atx psu. This would give you space more airflow, adding fans or using a bigger cpu cooler if an atx psu affect the height of the cooler.

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Wow thats thin lol what GPU is in that?

System Name	Night Rider \| Mini LAN PC \| Workhorse
Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D \| Ryzen 1600X \| i7 970
Motherboard	MSi AM4 Pro Carbon \| GA- \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz\| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s)	MSI AMD 6750XT \| 6500XT \| MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage	1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black \| 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 \| WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320
Display(s)	LG 27" 1440P\| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" \| 22" DELL/19"DELL
Case	LIAN LI PC-18 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Atrix C4 9001
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone 850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-750
Mouse	Coolermaster Pro \| Rapoo V900 \| Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard	MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 \| Creative Fatal1ty eluminx \| Some POS Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home

System Name	Fat NCASE
Processor	Ryzen R9 3900X
Motherboard	ASUS TUF GAMING B550M ZAKU (WIFI) Edition
Cooling	Scythe Fuma with 3 SCYTHE Wondersnail 2400RPM + Arctic MX2
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 128GB @3200Mhz Cl16 (32GB X 4)
Video Card(s)	Palit RTX 3060 StormX ITX 12GB
Storage	MX500 4TB SATA + Toshiba MG08 16TB HDD
Display(s)	LG 27UL500 4K monitor
Case	Jonsbo W2 black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard realtek 1200 & Soundblaster G3 usb
Power Supply	ASUS ROG STRIX 850W Gundam Edition
Mouse	Elecom wireless mouse :)
Keyboard	RK100 Royal Kludge
Software	Windows 10 HOME
Benchmark Scores	Don't know any benchmark. It runs good enough for me.

System Name	Isabella
Processor	Intel i7-4790K OC
Motherboard	Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark I
Cooling	NZXT Kraken X61, 2x Corsair SP PWM, 2x Noctua iPPC 3K PWM
Memory	Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB 1866
Video Card(s)	Zotac GTX 980Ti AMP! Extreme
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO 250GB & 500GB, 2xPatriot Blaze 240GB, WD Green 6TB
Display(s)	Dell U2410f, Viewsonic VP720b, Sony Bravia 40"
Case	NZXT H440 Blue
Audio Device(s)	FiiO K3
Power Supply	Corsair AX760i
Mouse	Logitech G700
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB

System Name	Night Rider \| Mini LAN PC \| Workhorse
Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D \| Ryzen 1600X \| i7 970
Motherboard	MSi AM4 Pro Carbon \| GA- \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz\| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s)	MSI AMD 6750XT \| 6500XT \| MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage	1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black \| 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 \| WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320
Display(s)	LG 27" 1440P\| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" \| 22" DELL/19"DELL
Case	LIAN LI PC-18 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Atrix C4 9001
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone 850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-750
Mouse	Coolermaster Pro \| Rapoo V900 \| Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard	MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 \| Creative Fatal1ty eluminx \| Some POS Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home

Mini ITX Chassis

Melvis

MIRTAZAPINE

Valeriant

Melvis