WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.799 since we did our video covering the different sizes of motherboards I have 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:12.120 received one metric buttton of requests to cover the same topic but for computer 00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:16.320 cases the issue with this is that the way they're classified has actually 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:19.920 changed over time once upon a time it was all about how many 5 and a/ qu inch 00:00:17.840 --> 00:00:24.039 Bays the case had then it changed to be based on the overall height of the case 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:29.840 but even now those standards are really more like the pirate code than actual 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:32.160 rules no one can decide on a standard 00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:36.640 with antec abandoning the categorization on their site entirely Corsair throwing 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:41.520 their own ideas into the mix and Cooler Master doing random things like putting 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:45.200 the half XB in the midtower category on their North American website when it's 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:49.760 more correctly classified as a land boox on the global site but we're going to do 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:55.000 our best anyway so here goes starting with the main traditional PC case sizes 00:00:52.760 --> 00:01:01.239 a mini tower is a great compromise between size and expansion it has one or 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:04.519 two external Bas stands 14 to 16 in tall 00:01:01.239 --> 00:01:06.640 and hosts an matx motherboard usually 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:10.560 but a large ITX case that used a lot of its internal space for liquid cooling or 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:14.960 drive mounting could also be classified as a mini tower most mini towers are 00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:20.520 only suitable for use with a single graphics card without quate cooling 00:01:16.880 --> 00:01:23.240 while some are okay for two mid towers 00:01:20.520 --> 00:01:29.320 are the most common PC cases for custom Builders and have 3 to four external 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:31.759 expansion Bays stand 17 to 21 in tall 00:01:29.320 --> 00:01:36.799 and can almost always hold a full-sized ATX motherboard but without a ton of 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:41.040 extra space for drives and whatnot expect to find 6 to eight hard drive 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:46.399 mounts in a typical mid Tower and enough Cooling and space to comfortably handle 00:01:43.520 --> 00:01:50.960 two graphics cards in crossfire SLI full towers are the SUVs of the computer case 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:55.000 World more on that in a moment they can have five or more external 5 and 1/4 00:01:53.240 --> 00:02:00.399 inch bays and range and height from 22 in to 27 in they always support 00:01:58.360 --> 00:02:05.360 full-sized ATX motherboards almost always support eatx and sometimes 00:02:03.119 --> 00:02:10.520 support the only sort of a real standard XL ATX form factor as well the funny 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:14.519 thing about full Towers is that other than accepting more Drive expansion 00:02:12.640 --> 00:02:18.239 providing better cooling for hot running inefficient setups like three-way and 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:22.879 four-way graphics configs and having ample space for Superfluous epen stuff 00:02:20.920 --> 00:02:27.680 like custom liquid cooling Loops they don't bring much to the table in terms 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:30.920 of performance over a mid Tower but they do tend to be easier to work in 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:36.280 particular ularly if you've got big hands so back to the SUV analogy it's a 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:40.040 luxury item not a musthave only two more to go now before we get into some of the 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:45.200 non- tower stuff and neither of them is really a wellestablished standard a 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:50.440 super or Ultra Tower is Loosely defined as anything taller than 27 in and a mod 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:54.840 Tower is a case system whose height is actually difficult to determine because 00:02:52.480 --> 00:02:59.519 you can actually adjust it by stacking multiple cases on top of each other to 00:02:57.239 --> 00:03:05.519 add cooling capacity or drive mounting op options desktops are our first non- 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:10.440 Tower size case and while they used to be the dominant style and yes they're 00:03:08.480 --> 00:03:14.920 slightly different they have feet on what would be the side panel of the 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:19.480 other one anyway these days they've been relegated to the htpc case Niche where 00:03:17.760 --> 00:03:23.239 we'll find them in a variety of sizes from ones that are so small they need an 00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:27.239 external power brick to huge ones that can hold server class motherboards and 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:33.560 large rate arrays of hard drives small form factor or sff cases can in almost 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:39.040 any shape from cubes to like equal sided Towers to desktops to normal Towers but 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:44.000 the one thing that they generally have in common is support for a mini ITX 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:47.879 motherboard Max with minimal Drive mounting options and only sometimes 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:52.439 support for an add-in graphics card and certainly only one of them our last case 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:58.000 type the cube case is typically characterized by its roughly Cube like 00:03:54.920 --> 00:03:59.680 shape rather look that's what they are 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:03.959 if you think my job is so easy you try try to do it anyway there is no real 00:04:02.079 --> 00:04:08.159 standard with respect to size and they're available in a wide variety of 00:04:06.040 --> 00:04:13.200 configurations look their shaped like cubes deal with it that's all I can say 00:04:10.519 --> 00:04:17.000 about them anyway speaking of a wide variety of configurations this is just 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:21.239 the beginning there's other stuff out there but these are the main ones but I 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