What is the smallest ATX PC case, that you know of?

Basic question: What is the smallest ATX PC Case, which supports a full-sized dual-slot GPU (in terms of internal volume)?
If it does not use a standard ATX PSU, or uses a slim CPU heatsink, link it anyway.

The reason for posting this... I'm tired of having a huge PC Case (CM Storm Advanced 2), and want to get a smaller case, plus, there are other people out there who are also wondering this, and it seems to be very rarely documented topic. Most people only seem to talk about the huge ATX cases, like the Corsair 800D.

Wendell built a pretty awesome rig in the Lian Li PC-A51. That's a pretty small one.

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Fractal Design Node 605 is pretty small over all.

In Win EFS052...?
http://www.in-win.com.tw/Corporate/zh/goods.php?act=view&id=EFS052

Supposedly, this case is smaller (in CM^3) to micro-atx cases, such as the Silverstone SG09, unless my math is wrong?
Silverstone SG09 Dimensions: 220 mm (W) x 295 mm (H) x 354 mm = 22974.6cm^3
In Win EFS052 Dimensions: 350 x 170 x 360 mm = 21420cm^3

Can someone double check this? Is the InWin (ATX) actually smaller than the Silverstone (micro-atx)?

The In Win EFS052 is in fact a mATX ?

@Bubble_be Yup, you're right. You just made me look like an idiot.

Anyone else know of really small ATX PC cases that haven't currently been listed? All input is welcome! :D

Some of the HP Itanium cases are tall, but super duper thin. Then theres the old IBM aptiva cases from the 90's that were 2 shoe boxes duct taped together.

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The NORCO RPC-431 4U Rackmount case is 33,237 cubic centimeter's, and supports ATX.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219053&cm_re=4u_rackmount_atx-_-11-219-053-_-Product

Most of the 3U and 4U rackmount cases that i've seen have a much smaller internal volume than standard desktop cases.

http://riotoro.com/cr1080/


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One I made myself, out of cardboard. This is Cardboard 2.0. And it is amazing.

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As amazing as that looks, i'd be so scared to use that for so many reasons... Mainly the huge fire hazard.

I get the Fire Hazard thing way too much. It's encased in wood glue, has an 80+ Gold power supply, and the burning point of paper/cardboard is way higher than any computer part will reach before destroying itself. It's totally fine.

I have a Nano in this thing.

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LianLi made it from alumin(i)um...
PC-TU300
http://imgur.com/LoYlUYe
http://imgur.com/CCuqxeH
https://techwhack.co/the-pc-tu300-and-tc-01-trolley-a-full-atx-carry-on-case-combo/

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Wow, that thing is tiny! 30CM for video cards seems pretty short, though.

laughs heartily
adjusts monocle

Such not-ghetto.
Very expense!
So Aluminium.
Wow!
Amaze!

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Most videocards will fit in 30cm. All triple fan cards are 30-31 or somewhere there. All dual fan cards are smaller. So as long as you don't try and fit a triple fan GPU in this thing, you will be fine.

Slim CPU cooler - Jonsbo RM2 (sold in some regions by Cooltek or Rosewill): http://www.jonsbo.com/en/products_31_2.html

Normal CPU cooler (tower) - Inter-tech AP1: http://www.inter-tech.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1118%3Aap-1-aluminium&catid=75%3Amittelklasse-gehaeuse&Itemid=922&lang=en

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This probably doesn't count as ATX but its awesome and small, thinking of getting this for my zen build in a year or 2.

http://zaber.com.pl/sentry/

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That's a good point. Unless your running an older generation overclocked GPU at 100deg+ which your not ( and even then its not directly touching the card ) then your right. However, if a cap pops on the motherboard that could fly off and start a fire.. low risk, but possible. Still the case looks funny :)

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