Looking for a small case for ATX Mobo

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I have a friend who badly needs an upgrade. I just upgraded from an AMD athlon 64 4800 (socket 939) to a 6000 and got new DDR2 ram and a new AM2 socket board. the only problem is she hates big cases and the only upgrade worth getting for her motherboard which is a socket 754 is a Turion but her last Bios update was in 2005 I don't think it will support the turions lower voltage. The motherboard is an HP board BTW a K8S-LA I think...? If any one knows if its compatible please let me know if not then. I also thought about getting a new mATX mobo but could only find the same board I already have that supports AGP video is a gigabyte DUAL SATA and it is not a mATX thus the problem. If any one knows of a 939 mATX mobo with APG again please let me know if not then I need a case with either a mATX PSU but standard ATX motherboard or a case with the PSU in the front of the case similar to the dynapower usa's Titan as seen here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811138073
I would prefer NOT to have vertical optical drives though and black is a plus. any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
I have a friend who badly needs an upgrade. I just upgraded from an AMD athlon 64 4800 (socket 939) to a 6000 and got new DDR2 ram and a new AM2 socket board. the only problem is she hates big cases and the only upgrade worth getting for her motherboard which is a socket 754 is a Turion but her last Bios update was in 2005 I don't think it will support the turions lower voltage. The motherboard is an HP board BTW a K8S-LA I think...? If any one knows if its compatible please let me know if not then. I also thought about getting a new mATX mobo but could only find the same board I already have that supports AGP video is a gigabyte DUAL SATA and it is not a mATX thus the problem. If any one knows of a 939 mATX mobo with APG again please let me know if not then I need a case with either a mATX PSU but standard ATX motherboard or a case with the PSU in the front of the case similar to the dynapower usa's Titan as seen here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811138073
I would prefer NOT to have vertical optical drives though and black is a plus. any help would be greatly appreciated!

Finding a mATX socket 939 MB with AGP is going to be difficult if not impossible. If your friend likes the design (small in comparision to mid/full dektop) of this case, it will house a full ATX MB like your socket 939. I built the case and it is roomy, yet doesn't look outwardly big. The only thing I didn't care for was the hard drive cage assembly. It was kind of flimsy, but I have three hard drives in there in addition to an e6600 and a 1900GT. Probably worth considering in your situation.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235002