So after selling my monsterous A71F system, I'm going to be switching to the mini form factor.
Initially I wanted the prodigy because it had easy support for watercooling. But for its size I dont consider it m-itx so a m-itx case was making more sense (which in somem-atx are smaller), and enable expandability with mobo options.
M-ITX options
Prodegy
Node 304
Lian-LI Q25B
M-ATX options
Fractal design Define
Fractal Design Arc Mini
Silverstone PS07
Lian Li A04
These are all ones I'm looking at. I'm liking the Node 304 and Q25B for itx. Also now the A04 (because its resemblence to the a71F). Al the m-atx cases I listed seem to have pros and cons. Are there any that would be better than others?
To me the A04 seems to be able to be modded to have at least 2 240 rads (front and bottom? top even maybe)
I really want a small case but at the same time able to potentially watercool (cpu and gpu). I'm torn between wanting the small size of itx or options to water cool at the expense of size. I'm also wanting the system to be efficient, using little power
The parts I'll most likely have is as follows
asrock z77 itx
i3 3220
7770 or 7850
Silverstone SFX450 (used in a m-atx to save space to potentially add a radiator?)
1TB HDD, 2 120gb SSD (or if a good sale, may have 4 SSDs)
I'd like to hear thoughts from you experts of these cases. What about cable management with the m-atx (behind mobo spacing). WC'ing options for the m-itx (aside from the prodigy)
Initially I wanted the prodigy because it had easy support for watercooling. But for its size I dont consider it m-itx so a m-itx case was making more sense (which in somem-atx are smaller), and enable expandability with mobo options.
M-ITX options
Prodegy
Node 304
Lian-LI Q25B
M-ATX options
Fractal design Define
Fractal Design Arc Mini
Silverstone PS07
Lian Li A04
These are all ones I'm looking at. I'm liking the Node 304 and Q25B for itx. Also now the A04 (because its resemblence to the a71F). Al the m-atx cases I listed seem to have pros and cons. Are there any that would be better than others?
To me the A04 seems to be able to be modded to have at least 2 240 rads (front and bottom? top even maybe)
I really want a small case but at the same time able to potentially watercool (cpu and gpu). I'm torn between wanting the small size of itx or options to water cool at the expense of size. I'm also wanting the system to be efficient, using little power
The parts I'll most likely have is as follows
asrock z77 itx
i3 3220
7770 or 7850
Silverstone SFX450 (used in a m-atx to save space to potentially add a radiator?)
1TB HDD, 2 120gb SSD (or if a good sale, may have 4 SSDs)
I'd like to hear thoughts from you experts of these cases. What about cable management with the m-atx (behind mobo spacing). WC'ing options for the m-itx (aside from the prodigy)
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). Which Silverstone are you speaking of dbterp?
). How short are these cables? If I did go with a m-atx build would they reach? if I went with m-atx I'd probably get the PS07 or prodigy
