My XT build is currently on the case I bought a 486 system with. You can see it in this post. It is 40cm wide and 39cm deep. It looked very out of place housing a late PCI 486 because it has two IDE LEDs, as that motherboard has a single LED header that signals the activity of both IDE channels. It also looks way too modern for a XT, but it works. Here are some more pics:

I find it hard to believe you'll find anything much shallower unless you find a case very cleverly designed. There is almost no space between the 5.25" drive bays and the PSU in this case.

My Seasonic PSU is 13.9cm deep and the TEAC 5.25 floppy drive is 20.5cm long so there's still a few cm left for cabling.

The dimensions of your case would be perfect for me and it seems that i could even live well with 40 x 40cm. Kixs has a case at amibay with 40 x 40cm but unfortunately is not a full height case and it doesn't bear a power button. I have to keep on looking, because i really lack space. I could then put my monitor on top of the case and my mixer as well.

Pretty cool case alexanrs. I don't really care if a case isn't period correct and the 2nd LED could be cool for something else.

Length or depth (I don't know what is the correct word to describe it) around 41cm is kind of a standard. At least my other mini tower cases are all 41cm long.

I think I also have a case like badmojo's one.

The greatest advantage of a mini tower is that their height is really small. But they can be deep.

carlostex wrote:

My Seasonic PSU is 13.9cm deep and the TEAC 5.25 floppy drive is 20.5cm long so there's still a few cm left for cabling.

The dimensions of your case would be perfect for me and it seems that i could even live well with 40 x 40cm. Kixs has a case at amibay with 40 x 40cm but unfortunately is not a full height case and it doesn't bear a power button. I have to keep on looking, because i really lack space. I could then put my monitor on top of the case and my mixer as well.

Pretty cool case alexanrs. I don't really care if a case isn't period correct and the 2nd LED could be cool for something else.

What I meant is that, since the PSU in this case is pretty standard-sized for its time, so I find it hard to believe its gonna be easy finding cases shallower than that. And yeah, I like this case! With the old Deskpro that used to be in its place I had a hard time leaving a second system plugged in and still have enough space for my hands/arms, now it is perfect!

By the way, it might be a long shot but did you look into old-style ATX desktop cases? The ones where the PSU blow air on the processor? I have two towers like that and they are very short (35cm tall), but somewhat deeper (45cm). Presumably a desktop from that time could also fit your desk.

Nah... Even though i don't care if the case isn't XT era i really don't want to go ATX looks.

Added two AT cases to your thread on Amibay with dimensions:

I've answered. The bottom case seems to be really interesting, and i think i could live with it setting it horizontally. I would rather have a real desktop case but they seem hard to find and at this point i don't want to sacrifice ISA slots by using half height cases.

alexanrs case is indeed beautiful and qould be perfect for my needs.

I found this on eBay while browsing for something else:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-AT-COMPUTER-B … PYAAOSwnipWUVbf
Slightly too deep, expensive shipping, and will take some love before it looks good (the top lid needs sanding and a paint job), but hey, here you go.

These are almost all my AT cases. There is also the one like badmojo's in the right of the second row.

Amazing collection of cases!! I can almost bet the desktop case on the right is perfect for me.

carlostex, can you take detailed photo of these plastic standoffs in your case and measure its height? I have similar case and can't find any fitting standoffs 😕

Sorry but no cases in this thread belong to me.