Good Micro ATX case?

[Justin]

Who makes good micro ATX cases? Antec? Powermax? I know Lian Li is
good, but they're pricey.

 

[Praxiteles Democritus]

Who makes good micro ATX cases? Antec? Powermax? I know Lian Li is
good, but they're pricey.

This one is rated highly. That price is CAD.
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=11711&vpn=ARIA&manufacture=ANTEC

 

[Jan Alter]

Hi,

I've been building since about 1996. I've found Antec to produce
excellent cases, but I've had similarly good results with Enlight and Inwin
cases.

 

[J. Eric Durbin]

Who makes good micro ATX cases? Antec? Powermax? I know Lian Li is
good, but they're pricey.

I built an MATX system using the Morex Venus which has a nice retro
look:

http://www.directron.com/venus668.html

 

[Justin]

I built an MATX system using the Morex Venus which has a nice retro
look:

http://www.directron.com/venus668.html

Not bad. Now I have to find a board with no on board video, Firewire
(with headers for the case) and AGP.
Intel based.

 

[me]

I'm curious...

Why go micro ATX over say SFF?

 

[J. Eric Durbin]

Not bad. Now I have to find a board with no on board video, Firewire
(with headers for the case) and AGP.
Intel based.

Do a Froogle search. There are plenty of MATX boards with Firewire and
AGP slots. As for the integrated graphics, if you plan to use a
graphics card, you can just disable onboard graphics in BIOS unless
you have a reason for not wanting to do that. High-end boards designed
for gamers and artists tend be the one's w/o integrated graphics but
they also tend to be full-sized ATX.

BTW, firewire cards are cheap so lack of integrated Firewire shouldn't
be a showstopper.

Monarch Computers makes a small form factor gaming system called the
Hornet using a u-atx motherboard. You might take a look at how they
set things up:

http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=80407

 

[Tim]

On 30 Aug 2005 20:48:17 -0700, "Justin" <[email protected]>
wrote:

I built an MATX system using the Morex Venus which has a nice retro
look:

http://www.directron.com/venus668.html

That's a Mini-ITX case, does a Micro-ATX mobo fit well?

 

[SMS]

Hi,

I've been building since about 1996. I've found Antec to produce
excellent cases, but I've had similarly good results with Enlight and Inwin
cases.

Antec is probably the best, but like you, I've used Enlight and Inwin as
well.