PoyBoy Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 When I built my rig, there was a great deal on tiger direct: Cheasy steel case with some LED lighting and two fans Keyboard Mouse Ultra - v series 600 watt!!! PSU all for just 29.95 when you buy a 7800 GT with it, which I was planning on anyways, so I bought this. Now I am looking for a decent portable case. Maybe an Aspire q-pack, or something else equally portably/small. Unfortunately, I have an ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe which is 3 inches too long for the micro atx standard. Im wondering If anyone has any suggestions on a portable atx case, or has anyone managed to use an atx mobo in microATX cases? microATX : 9.6 in x 9.6 in A8N-SLi Deluxe 9.6 in x 12 in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 You can't use an ATX mobo in a mATX case. mATX specification has room for 4 slots (PCI/PCIe) were ATX has room for 7 slots. Therefore impossible. The smallest case you can probably get for a ATX mobo is one where the PSU sits basically on top of the CPU HSF. Like this: http://lian-li.com/Product/Chassis/Middle_...C_PS_PC-G50.htm So you loose the PSU height off the total height of the case. Other than that you'll have to trade in your ATX mobo and get a mATX mobo if you want to go any smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoyBoy Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 thats what I thought thanks though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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