OUR FAVORITE SMALL FORM FACTOR CHASSIS
THE INTEL NUC is at the forefront of small form factor chassis, and also has the bonus of being supremely easy to build in. After all, it’s more than just a case—it’s a bare-bones kit that comes with most of the pieces pre-installed to save you some of the hard work. However, these cases don’t come cheap, especially the topof-the-r ange i9-powered Intel NUC 13 Extreme. There are far cheaper options available, including some so small that you can even mount them to the back of your monitor.
If you want to create a small form factor using a Mini-IT X or Micro-ATX, you don’t have to go down the same fl at-out route we did with the NUC 13 Extreme. There are plent y of other alternatives on the market with dif ferent purposes, and we’ve listed some of our favorites here.