A very compact little case for regular mini-ITX motherboards. I'm using this with a Gigabyte B450I AORUS PRO WIFI mini-ITX motherboard with and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G APU and it works amazingly well and the footprint of the case is so small, it's hard to believe theres 16 threads of processing power in it.
A thing to take note is that there's really not a lot of room to work with in the case, but it should already be obvious considering the size of the case. I suggest you put together the parts outside of the case and then install the whole set in one go. I highly recommend you also use an M.2 SSD as the 2.5 inch drives at the back might be a pain to install. Though even if you don't plan to use 2.5 inch drives, you should also route the cables round the back so that it will be easy to mount them when the need comes. As for CPU coolers, I'm using the Cooler Master G200P cooler instead. The AMD Wraith Stealth might just fit, but I didn't try it out so I can't confirm. To power up the motherboard, there is an included power supply and a power board already installed in the case, so you just need to plug in the power board with the included cable into the motherboard's 24 pin ATX power and the 8 pin CPU power if you need it. Then there's an included 90w 19v power adapter with a plug size of 5.5mm x 2.5mm, this is plugged into the power board's DC connector from the outside of the case.
The power supply itself is by FSP but it makes ticking noises as I'm using the PC in low to medium loads. Oddly, at full load it doesn't make any noise at all, but does get quite warm. I'm planning to upgrade the power supply with a 180W model but I'm a bit hesistant that the included power board may get overloaded.
There are 2x USB 2.0 and 2x USB 3.0 ports in the front of the case. There is also a 3.5mm headphone and microphone jack but these are not colour coded with the usual green and pink, though it's a little annoyance for me, not a big deal. Connecting the front panel ports were easy enough except for the USB 3.0 header which has the usual thick cable that I had to bend it properly otherwise it would put excessive strain on the USB 3.0 header on the motherboard. I do wish they used a thinner USB 3.0 cable like they do on the Silverstone PT13 thin-mini ITX case.
Once it's all fully assembled and ready, it is really quite a good case! You can either set it on it's side, or have it stand vertically with the included stand. Or you can also use the VESA mount with the included bracket.
Overall, it's a nice case, but you have to be absolutely sure you with the system you are putting together as it can be quite the challenge for a new PC builder!
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 2 |
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