Help me find the smallest PC Case that will still fit a 8800GT Grap

[RobUK]

Help me find the smallest PC Case that will still fit a 8800GT Graphics Card in please?

So far I have found the Morex Venus 669 (but has only a 200W PSU)

Anyone else help with any other ideas?

Thank you

[staffsMike]

You could buy a shuttle?

I prefer mATX towers personally. I've got a silverstone TJ-08 which is perfect for any kind of decent mATX gaming system.

[RobUK]

I am looking for a Case smaller than a Shuttle that is why I mentioned the Morex Venus 669 and wondered if it can hold a Large Graphics Card like the 8800GT?

Also I have found an even smaller case than the Morex called the Apex MI-100 but I don't know if it can be ordered from anywhere in the UK? Does anyone know where it can be ordered? OR can anyone recommend another small case?

Thank you

[Sprite]

Im thinking of builfing a M-ITX rig in a Procase Noah case, single slot cooled 8800GT shut fit OK as the case is 27cm long, you would need to find a suitable PSU for it though, Ive found a 220w 1u PSU which has quite small dimensions and hav egone for an 8800GT 256mb which uses around 50w in full load

[staffsMike]

I figured this style of shuttle was pretty much the same as that case in the OP with a slightly higher output PSU, think they go up to 300W at this size if you find the right model.
Shuttle SS30G2 Mini Aluminium Barebone System For P4 Socket 775 On Board VGA PCI-E LAN SATA USB2 Firewire 6ch Audio - SS30G2 - www.microdirect.co.uk

I would also think the lower power 9600GT would be better for both of you for both the reason of power and cooling. It should be better than the 256mb 8800GT at the least.

I think the problem is that most cases you might find which are smaller than something like that shuttle aren't designed for the upper end graphics cards, so even if it fit's you might have cooling issues with it.

[Grey M@a]

I managed to squeeze a dual slot 8800gts in a shuttle so a GT single slot will go in easily

[Sprite]

9600GT draws more power than an 8800GT 256mb apparantly (50w vs 59w) and the difference in performance is minimal, I also only game at 12x10. I also got my 8800GT for £60

A shuttle probably would be a cheaper and easier route to take than ITX

[Templar87]

Unless I'm reading these dimensions wrong (see here and here), the 'G' case shuttles are even smaller than the Morex case. As others have said, definitely worth looking at. I've had a number of shuttles with high end components, all worked perfectly

[Main]

Templar speaks the truth, the Shuttle G case is smaller than the Morex and will take a card the size of an 8800GT, just make sure it's got a single slot cooler.

Are you looking to build a small gaming machine?

[ericore]

The following doesn't take standard atx power supply, but both athena and in-win take the next best micro atx with a maximum wattage of 550W which is much better than what most mini cases offer. Some mentioned below are the smallest cases that will take the 8800GTX; I Know I have been looking for the smallest case myself. View the following link, then the in win link(since I can't post ulr I can't put the w's(uu):

newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000058&Description=micro%20atx&name=Power%20Supplies (as viewed on Jan 17, 2009. if viewing on a much newer date use Internet
archive website to see the page as it was on a near date. )

There are only three companies worth of mention in the era of small chassis.
Those are In-win, aopen and athena.

Aopen is like the mac mini without the brand cost but is a compromise to a full blown pc
In-win, has 2 cases on newegg, that are of the smallest possible dimension for a full pc
experience without compromise(e.g. long video card).
Athena cases are in between aopen and in-win it terms of sizes and limitation(for instance a
normal graphics card does not fit in their cases) but they are much thinner.

in-win.us/products_pccase_series.php?cat_id=1&series_id=42
in-win.us/products_pccase_series.php?cat_id=1&series_id=58
newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010090007%

2050001849&name=Athena%20Power
global.aopen.com

Nobody else competes at a reasonable price; not apevia, lian-li, silverstone, coolmaster,
zalman, antec, thermaltake, enlight, enermax, chieftec; no one makes better small chassis
than those 3 companies.