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sim
Sep 24, 2003

What country are you in? USA
What are you using the system for? Mostly 2-3 year old games
What's your budget? $400

Building a gaming/Youtube PC for my daughter. Will be using a Ryzen 5 2400 and RX 580 I already have. I don't have experience with this Thermaltake case, but it gets good reviews and I think everything will fit.

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($69.44 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA BR 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Walmart)
Total: $332.40

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sim
Sep 24, 2003

Klyith posted:

Things will deff fit, because that case is a lot bigger than it looks. You see the pics and think about mini-itx shoebox cases with the same shape, but that thing is over 45½ L volume. That's well more than a full ATX Meshify C!

By comparison, a Cooler Master Q300L is only 33.5 L, or the tower-style thermaltake Versa H18 is 36.

It's an interesting case, but if you chose it for being small you might want to re-think because it ain't that. It's just short and wide.

Thanks for pointing this out! I had been looking at so many cases, I forgot to actually check the dimensions of the Core V21. It's actually bigger than my current case (Fractal Define Mini C), which I was trying to downsize from! I'll take a look at those other ones you recommended. I'm trying to find the smallest case that will still fit a mATX mobo and ATX power supply, so I can avoid the premium price on ITX/SFX. I think ~30L volume is ideal.

sim fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Sep 3, 2020

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