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Recommend me a mATX (small + stylish) PC Case

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Sep 10, 2008
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Recommend me a mATX (small + stylish) PC Case

I'm looking for a (very) small case that I can bring with me to lan parties. I'm so far liking the Lian Li case:

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=41123 ... re=LIAN-LI

It has to be able to support the following:

Asus M2A-VM motherboard
8800GTX
AMD 6000+ X2 processor
(The rest of the parts I will be buying, the above listed are parts I already own)

Any other suggestions? I know ''gaming'' and ''portable'' normally shouldn't go together, I suppose I could buy a modular power supply to help with cooling?
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Silverstone SG03.
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flyz wrote: Silverstone SG03.
This, I really like the Sugo line.
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While the Silverstone cases recommended here are good, but they're not practical for a lan box.

I just built 2 Lan boxes w/ Crossfire setup (890 chipset) with these cases:

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... cture=NZXT.

I cant recommend them enough. They're amazing! If you're building a crossfire or SLI setup, i recommend NOT using tower CPU HSF. Get a good non-tower HSF and 200/250mm side fan. Positive pressure will work wonders in a small volume chassis.

Trust me ;)

EDIT*: get this HSF : http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... ure=Noctua
and this fan : http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6835146003
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Sep 10, 2008
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Thanks for the replies everyone. The NZXT Vulcan does seem like it would be by far my best option for my needs. I don't have plans on SLI/Crossfire, but do you think the zerotherm butterfly would be able to fit?

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... No=2882721

I already own this HSF and I'm really hoping I can still use it.
jetway1212 wrote: While the Silverstone cases recommended here are good, but they're not practical for a lan box.

I just built 2 Lan boxes w/ Crossfire setup (890 chipset) with these cases:

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... cture=NZXT.

I cant recommend them enough. They're amazing! If you're building a crossfire or SLI setup, i recommend NOT using tower CPU HSF. Get a good non-tower HSF and 200/250mm side fan. Positive pressure will work wonders in a small volume chassis.

Trust me ;)

EDIT*: get this HSF : http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... ure=Noctua
and this fan : http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6835146003

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