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#177529 5-Aug-2015 14:29
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Need to rehouse a couple of computers here into something less beige and rusty and with better cooling.

Anyway, need on that has no side vent as the machine is basically tied to a desk on the left side so I can move the desk and PC and everything around. Most things I look at seem to have an intake directly above the CPU.

Ideally looking for something that takes a standard PSU, and has all the incoming air from the front. 2 stacked 5.25" bays to take the sata hotswap caddy thing, and somewhere to stick a couple of SSDs inside.




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  #1361398 9-Aug-2015 08:25
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The Zalman Z1 might be what you are looking for.

PB tech have it

It has a front air intake with a fan and another blowing air out of the back.

It takes a standard PSU which is mounted at the bottom of the case.

I have two of these at home and I am pleased with them for under-desk use.

I think that it is a good price for a case that includes fans.



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  #1364952 12-Aug-2015 20:38
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thats a full size atx case with way to much wasted space in it. My current case is smaller than that.

Im after a micro atx case, thats the one with only 4 slots in it.

My old one has the PSU over the CPU which doesnt work with most current coolers for decent cpus which is why I have moved it back in to the crusty old beige case for now. Seems that cases are just getting needlessly bigger and bigger for some reason.




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  #1393650 24-Sep-2015 15:09
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Have you looked at the Corsair Air 240? It is one of our best selling micro-ATX cases, due to it's extremely compact size.
Restricted airflow is usually the drawback to most SFF cases, and the Air 240 has excellent airflow:

http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?partid=23076

EDIT: I see that this thread is now over a month old, let me know if you still haven't found anything suitable :)



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  #1393731 24-Sep-2015 17:12
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Looks too wide. The pc is still stuck in the Zalman junky case I got cheap from PB. Loads of wasted space in it. No idea why they still build cases with 6 3.5 and 3 5.25 slots. Just ends up vacant air in the case making it bulky.




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  #1394913 26-Sep-2015 16:24
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The Silverstone PS07 would be my pick, dimensions: 210mm(W) x 374mm(H) x 400mm(D)
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=314


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