Suggestions for a good general case for office and home?

Defc0n6

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Hey,
I am going to be building 3 computers in the next week or so. Two of them will be for a office and one for a home. I have looked and looked, but can't really find a nice small cheap case. If you guys know of any that you think would be suitable for either a home or office, I would really appreciate if you told me since I wanna get started on these comps. Keep in mind, I am not looking for anything with mods, and also, I am looking for something pretty small. Thank You Very Much!!!
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bradolson

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I always liked the Enermax cases from newegg, but it looks like they have changed models since I bought mine. If you are interested in going the microATX route, check out the Inwin 523 case. It fits microATX motherboards but can accept full size ATX power supplies. Very nice, small, cheap case.

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Defc0n6

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thanks for the reply. Do micro require any special components? Thanks! BTW, other suggestions for cases are welcome!!! Thanks Again!
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yruffostsif

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In a tower or full height desktop, then no. In a slim design, half hight pci/agp cards must be used. The Inwin noted above is a nice case, I can vouch for it.
 

Defc0n6

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Originally posted by: RedDog75
how small... how cheap?

How was thinking somewhere around 80 max with PSU. As for how small, maybe something like the 2600 AMB by Antec, and if possible, slightly less wide. Thanks Again!
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A mATX (micro ATX) case usually needs a mATX mobo. How to tell? If there are 7 card slots, it will take a full size ATX. If only 4 card slots, then only mATX
. I sort of like the Ahanix Audi or Platinum. And if you can go really small, these cases would blow your users away, IMO. Athenatech A100 series or the similar Chenbro model PC80569.
. If you want to use AMD CPU, you will have to be very careful what mobo you use as the Athena has 230W and the Chenbro 200. They should both be true power units that may be able to put out a little more in a pinch. But for typical office uses and internet, they should be plenty.
. The MSI KM2M Combo L or the new KM4M would be good as they are among the few AMD mobos that have a P4 connector (4pin, 12V) to power the CPU. The P4 connector is mandatory to power AMD with small PSUs.
.bh.
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