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Casebuild - mITX or Big ?

Poll Results: What type of casebuild should i go with ?

 
  • 100% (5)
    1: Keep it very small (mITX Build)
  • 0% (0)
    2: All in, the bigger the better (Something like the Caselab M10)
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    4: Other - Tell me about it
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post #1 of 9
Thread Starter 
Hi

Im planning my first casebuild, but is the type of person thats keep planning and never get anything build - To many ideas can be a problem biggrin.gif

Things that the case no mather what will contain:

- The main build material will be acrylic, my showoff thread here:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1262113/acrylic-showoff-all-different-colors-surfaces-etc

- Pretty highend hardware = 3770k, GTX670, SSD

- Be watercooled ....

1: Keep it very small (mITX Build)

Good things:
It will be a challenge to fit it all in the smallest case possible
Nice to transport - LAN
Be able to outperform much bigger systems

Bad things
Limited room to fit cooling = Less overclocking
Limited space to design details = Maybe less impressive to some

2: All in, the bigger the better (Something like the Caselab M10)

Good things:
Be able to fit some really big RADS = High overclocking
Got room to all the ideas I have and then some.

Bad things
Not easy to transport
All the space and room to design details / ideas could end up beeing a mess = Not a single theme

Im dreaming about this entering Bit-tech mod of the month and ofther contest, but what way should i go ? ....

Im most into the small mITX case, but do you think that a cool custom mITX case, can be just as empressive as a big one ?
- Do people think about the time and planning that can go into a small case, or do a big case full of things just say "Vote on me" more ?

Hope that you understand what im trying to tell redface.gif

Regards Henrik
Edited by Fonne - 8/10/12 at 12:18pm
post #2 of 9
mITX systems are the new "cool thing" to come around - the main stream is just starting to get into building high end mITX hardware, if you can stuff an impressive amount of hardware into a custom system and make it look awesome I think that is more impressive than doing the same thing that everyone else has done with huge cases.
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post #3 of 9
I went from ATX to mATX (sig rig), to now wanting to go to mITX with a white BitFenix Prodigy. I am a fan of elegance and simplicity. Full towers look really ugly to me.

And while I know they are excellently crafted, Caselabs look hideous to me because of their blockiness and size, but that is just my opinion.
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post #4 of 9
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Thanks to both of you, just the answers i was hoping to get thumb.gif

Got 8 full A4 sheet of drawings to a mITX system, so sounds like i should stuck to that redface.gif
post #5 of 9
Picturing 8 full A4 sheets...that's not small lol. I know what you meant though. Just whatever you build, make it unique and don't make it too big if you go mITX. I have seen some mITX builds and many of them look like they might as well be mATX or ATX even. mITX is meant to be miniscule.
     
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post #6 of 9
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Silverstone SG08
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=317&area=en
- 222 mm (w) x 190 mm (h) x 351 mm (d), 14.8 liters

The one im planning will be around ~ 10 liters ... Sounds right when its mITX ? redface.gif
post #7 of 9
OK that sounds good lol. That SilverStone is a nice little case. Fractal Design has one similar to it, and Lian Li has some nice small cases. But as you can see, most of them are small rectangles, but then again, what computer case really isn't?

Also, I see you will be using acrylic, just don't go overboard with the clear (those all clear cases look tacky to me). I saw you have a ton of colors and you can etch as well, so I know you will make it look good. I sound like I am commissioning you or something, sorry. Do what you want and I look forward to the results. thumb.gif
     
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post #8 of 9
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Also, I see you will be using acrylic, just don't go overboard with the clear (those all clear cases look tacky to me). I saw you have a ton of colors and you can etch as well, so I know you will make it look good.

The only clear acrylic will be to showoff things like the Graphic card redface.gif .... Trying to keep it really clean, not 10 different colors and flashing light overall ...

Trying to get some special acrylic, but the only supplier I can find is in Germany, and they will only sell me a full sheet = 3000x2000 mm = $$$
post #9 of 9
Thread Starter 
mITX it will be redface.gif

Been looking at the design again, and hope my drawings is not to far away from reality biggrin.gif
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