This is a cool little case, but don't come at it with big paws or you'll have problems. I've purchased two of these so far for both of my boys to build up portable gaming rigs. While the build quality of the case is good, and things are cool (enough) inside, you need to make sure that you do your homework on ensuring all of your parts fit before you buy them. GPUs will be the most difficult as you're pretty limited on space. CPU coolers are another catch point as many end up being too tall and will bump into the power supply which is mounted above the motherboard.
The main reason you're going to want to have everything on hand is because once you manage to cram everything in there, you realize pretty quick that the only way to fix problems, or add new hardware is to rip everything - almost all of it - right back out again.
Like most ITX builds, this is much more fiddly than just throwing parts in a mid-tower. Space is tight, corners are sharp, and I had to have my wife hook up some of fans and motherboard jumpers as my hands just couldn't fit into some of the corners.
That said, the case works great. It's easily portable, my dudes love them, and I love the fact that these things will accept a standard ATX power supply. The only catch is that if you go with a non-modular (which we did - since we were re-using spares from old builds) you're going to need to spend a fair bit of time cable managing in a really tight space. You can get it done, but it's not going to be pretty.
In the end we built 2:
i5 9400, 16g Corsair RGB RAM, PNY Geforce 1660 (shorty)
AMD 2600, 16g Corsair RGB RAM, EVGA 1060
Both are using stock coolers and while they run warm - we haven't experienced any throttling. I'll probably end up ripping these apart at some point and adding in stronger coolers (Noctuas or possible a simple AIO) to improve temps.
| Brand | Cooler Master |
|---|---|
| Item model number | MCM-H100-KANN-S00 |
| Item Weight | 5.85 pounds |
| Product Dimensions | 13.86 x 10.67 x 14.76 inches |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 13.86 x 10.67 x 14.76 inches |
| Color | H100 RGB |
| Manufacturer | Cooler Master |
| ASIN | B07TMRGV6D |
| Date First Available | June 27, 2019 |
