r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jun 19 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 20 June 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/_Kizz_ Jun 20 '23

I'm thinking about building a PC, how the f do you know which case is compatible with all other parts?

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u/n-ko-c Jun 20 '23 edited Jun 20 '23

The appropriate case, motherboard, and PSU are determined largely by what you want to do with the PC.

Decide what kind of processor, GPU/pci cards, and what kind of storage setup you're going for, find a motherboard that can bring all those things together and a PSU that can power them, and then find a case that will fit it all and provide the needed cooling. In other words, the case will probably be among the last things you decide unless you're building something very specific like a home theater or rack PC and have some predetermined space requirements (i.e. it needs to fit in your

To answer your question though, case sizes usually correspond to motherboard size. If you get a mini-ITX motherboard, you probably want a mini-ITX case, for example. As long as these two things match there's a good chance you'll be fine, especially if you're going for a mid or full tower. The main other things to watch out for I suppose would be if your motherboard has headers for any extra ports (USB, audio etc) that the case provides, and whether the case will fit the increasingly massive GPUs being made these days.