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RE: [Blog] New Computer (v2)
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Turns out the place I have to fit the case into is only 22cm wide, which means that the 23.2cm width of the R4 won't work.
I could probably push it a bit more, but my current case of 21cm is already quite a tight fit.
Another complication is that my CPU cooler is 15.9cm tall, so the case needs to be large enough to house this but small enough to fit within ~21.5cm.
I haven't been terribly impressed by the cases which match those specs and do what I need, so I've decided to hold off. Many silent cases seem really heavy - perhaps it's to prevent vibrations or something, but, considering that I have to carry out the case whenever I want to open it, a heavy case is inconvenient. I'm also interested in the lack of carry handles on cases - that'd seem like a convenient feature.
I think cases these days ought to have at least 4 USB ports on the front - it's surprising seeing many with only 2.
Perhaps I'll change over to a micro ATX board on my next upgrade, which will allow me to use smaller, and lighter, cases. But that'll be a fair while in the future, considering that CPU speed increases have seriously slowed down (Intel's Haswell is pretty much a joke).
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