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The Carbide 200R is a fine case, and it's almost comfortably large to work in, even for an ATX build with a 280mm radiator. At 45L it's definitely larger than it needs to be which is what makes working inside it so easy, so why do Corsair produce an mITX option that's almost as large? (41.5L)
localhostrulez wrote:I'm a bit surprised actually - a lot of those mini-ITX cases are the same volume or larger than a business SFF machine - and those, unlike ITX, usually have 4 PCI slots. I guess it's the price you pay to have a full size power supply and GPU in there.
Redocbew wrote:I thought the Prodigy was actually pretty good.
Mr Bill wrote:One could make the argument that a smaller swept volume can be cooled better by a given CFM. You could use fewer fans to get a given flow through the case if it had a smaller volume. Or you could get higher velocities of cooling air for a given CFM.
Mr Bill wrote:Suggestion: keep updating the list at the top with any new ones that get posted. Here is a link to a list that slowriot posted on the front TR page (AMD slashes nano prices)
Flatland_Spider wrote:localhostrulez wrote:I'm a bit surprised actually - a lot of those mini-ITX cases are the same volume or larger than a business SFF machine - and those, unlike ITX, usually have 4 PCI slots. I guess it's the price you pay to have a full size power supply and GPU in there.
Pretty much. Adding in room for aftermarket coolers doesn't help either. I'm one piece away from being able to shift to an SFF prebuilt, which would be a quarter of the size of my current micro-atx build.
localhostrulez wrote:don't need a fancy GPU, and you need a quiet, stable machine
Redocbew wrote:I'm using a NUC as my work machine. I have two 34" 21:9 monitors hooked up to it, and everyone who sees the home office looks at me funny when I tell them both of these displays are running from that little box.
Personally, I've never really understood why some people seem to be annoyed at mini-ITX cases that aren't super-tiny. I've always thought ITX was more about building a less complicated system than it was being physically smaller than some other form factor, but maybe that's just me.
Redocbew wrote:I'm using a NUC as my work machine. I have two 34" 21:9 monitors hooked up to it, and everyone who sees the home office looks at me funny when I tell them both of these displays are running from that little box.
Personally, I've never really understood why some people seem to be annoyed at mini-ITX cases that aren't super-tiny. I've always thought ITX was more about building a less complicated system than it was being physically smaller than some other form factor, but maybe that's just me.
localhostrulez wrote:Eh, I always thought it was about being smaller. (Hey, I don't have a super fancy use case, and even I need more than one PCIe slot! Though it's one for the video card, one for USB 3 - might want to change that for type-C eventually - plus the GT730 video card heatsink needs another internally, and I have a parallel port bracket for some reason. There goes all 4 slots.)
One of my friends has a compact mini-ITX box with a high wattage GPU, and that thing gets freaking hot - usually throws a thermal warning in the BIOS if you reboot it warm. He says it's fine, laptops get that hot anyway, and it's the same chip design. Umm, I guess? I can feel slightly warm air coming out of the 8200, but it's nowhere near worrying me. (And it's been a while since I cleaned out the vents, come to think of it - those older HPs aren't the best at this. The newer ones are more annoying, but filter dust quite well.)
Redocbew wrote:I'm using a NUC as my work machine. I have two 34" 21:9 monitors hooked up to it, and everyone who sees the home office looks at me funny when I tell them both of these displays are running from that little box.
Personally, I've never really understood why some people seem to be annoyed at mini-ITX cases that aren't super-tiny. I've always thought ITX was more about building a less complicated system than it was being physically smaller than some other form factor, but maybe that's just me.
JustAnEngineer wrote:The most inefficient waste of space yet appeared on the front page today.
NZXT Manta Matte Black Mini-ITX: 9.65" wide x 17.7" deep x 16.8" tall
Footprint: 171 in², Volume: 2866 in³ (47 L)
This fat whale of a mini-ITX case (single PCIe slot) is larger than many good ATX cases with seven PCIe slots. NZXT's matte black monstrosity is also larger than two Sugo SG10 micro-ATX (4 PCIe slots) cases or three Raven RVZ02 mini-ITX cases.
Having recently built a mini-ITX system, I have resolved to go back to micro-ATX for my next gaming PC.
bhtooefr wrote:The point of Mini-ITX was really to enable smaller, cheaper, quiet systems.