Apex MI-100 4BAY Desktop Blk 250W ATX12V Mitx

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 8.7 x 11.8 inches ; 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000WCQYU6
• Item model number: MI-100
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,196 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 24, 2007

Product Description

Product Description
With its highest quality construction and stylish design, X Series is versatile to accommodate your personal style and perform extreme needs. It tooled with latest features and case technology. It loaded front USB port & incredible cooling architecture. Come check out this awesome case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Case for HTPC, March 9, 2009

By	First ITX build - See all my reviews

I bought this case and matched it with a D945GCLF2 MB, 2 GB RAM, 640 GB HD, and a 22x DVD burner, and added an 80mm fan to the vent hole side. Very tight fit, but if you plan things ahead of time you can run the cables where you need them, and tuck them away and tie them off with large twist ties, or small zip ties if you are feeling confident. Go with SATA for both DVD and HD to increase airflow (has only one SATA plug so you need to buy a MOLEX to SATA power adapter for more). I initially had an 80GB SATA and a 40GB IDE drive in the case (made room for the IDE in the open spot below the DVD and 80GB slots so that nothing would block the side vent). Does not seem to run too hot, all readings showed both cores and the HD running at ~38 to ~40 degrees Celsius while crunching DVDs into .WMVs. The case is a fingerprint and scratch magnet, but looks very nice and compact and does not seem too out of place in the living room.

Things I would change:
-Add a spot for a case fan.
-Get rid of the "mirror finish front" and just make it black
-Make it easier to open for upgrades
-2 SATA instead of 1

Things I like:
-Compact
-Place for everything
-Nice black finish
-Sturdy
-Comes with a power supply

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice mini-ITX case, with a few issues, February 6, 2009

By	Greg A. Mefford - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

First of all, the pictures of this item on Amazon are not very helpful.
The case is a very sturdy steel that slides off the back like an older tower-style case would.
The finish is a shiny powder-coated black.
The front of the case is a silver mirror over the optical drive cover and the 3.5" internal bay cover. The left side of the front face can be opened to reveal USB and audio ports.

This case has no fans in it or places to install fans, except the one built into the power supply.

The construction of the case is quite solid and easy to assemble. The only problem is that dimensions are REALLY TIGHT in this case. It is great that it is so small, and it should be possible to get your components in there, but don't plan on stuffing it too full with IDE optical drive and two 3.5" hard drives, because it will be a very tight squeeze and there ventilation is negligible.

I am using it with Intel's D945GCLF Atom-based motherboard and it works well, though it was difficult to get everything stuffed in there without removing the power supply while putting it all together.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice and Compact, June 2, 2009

By	Christopher (Trinidad West Indies) - See all my reviews

This case is great. As stated by other reviewers, with a little planning you can get everything into the case.

My Specs:
Mobo: Intel D945GCLF2 Essential Series Mini-ITX DDR2
Ram: 2 GB corsair
Optical Drive: Lg Lightscribe.
Wireless Adapter: Linksys wireless G adapter.

There is still space for a 3.5" drive and maybe an ide drive beneath it.

Notes: The power supply must be removed to properly insert the 2x2 power connection; besides it makes things easier to work with.

There is space on one of the vent to install an additional fan (80mm) BUT only if you do not use the PCI port on the mobo. Also the PSU's fan is directly below the top of the case housing and tends to get hot, however I haven't noticed any problems while the system is running.

I bought the mobo with the S-video to connect the system to the Tv, running cat5 cable for the network connection wasn't practical so I used a wifi PCI card. Now I can use the TV to stream photos and videos from any shared computer on the home network.

Things I would change.. extend the vent holes to cover the entire side of the case to accomodate additional fans.

Otherwise this is a great case.