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Nicest case I've ever owned

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2017

Pros:
- fantastic cable management area
- plenty of space to work around
- solid vertical gpu mount
- room/hardware for open loop cooling
- can mount a 240mm radiator
- looks PHENOMENAL with Good components
- very sturdy and well built

Cons:
- comes with thermaltake's cheap pci extension cable
- only has 1 2.5" ssd and 3.5" hard drive mount, unless you don't use the radiator
- metal bracket inside the case is completely pointless
- the motherboard spacer screws are really jenky and don't leave much room behind the mobo for cable routing
- the case is very large and heavy for a mini itx build
- the radiator mount width is only 122.5mm wide, so you can't mount a 280mm radiator and certain radiators, like the nzxt kraken x52 and corsair h100I v2, will not fit
- it doesn't come with wall mounting hardware
- the assembly instructions are absolutely horrendous; it boggles me that a company would make such a great case and hand out instructions seemingly written by a 5 year old

All in all, if you want a great looking mini case then this is the best you'll get, but if you want a mini mini case then get something like the corsair v1.

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Kalu Ude

Wall mounting bracket not included!

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2022

I bought this case for the minimalist design and expansion options. I love how it looks but the instructions are SEVERELY lacking. Other than a comprehensive parts list you're a bit left on your own to figure out what hardware goes where. The pictures do not help much. I've built quite a few machines. This is the first case I've ever considered returning.

The biggest problem I have with the case is that it's advertised as being capable of wall mounted but as others have pointed out, the wall mounting bracket isn't even included.

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Josh

Nicest case I've ever owned

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2017

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wjd

Fits itx (easily) and mATX (barely). Best with standard size PSU (not SFF).

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018

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**PROS:** nice to looks at, tempered glass; fits standard size PSU and mATX mobo; includes hardware for many different configurations.

**CONS:** seems too big for an itx, but a little bit small for mATX. No mounting hardware for SFF PSU is included.

This will fit a micro ATX (mATX) mobo, but with some overhang, depending on how you mount the board. It fits an itx as well, but an itx mobo will look tiny inside this case... not a bad thing, though, as you'll have tons of space for other stuff. It's easy to mount to the wall if you buy an extra fralt-screen-tv wall mounting bracket like this one: Timaik MM03-44T TV Wall Mount Bracket for 32-55 Inch LED, LCD and Plasma TVs up to VESA 400 x 400mm and 77 LBS Loading Capacity, With 14 Degrees of Smooth Tilt, Includes Bubble Level . The tempered glass is a nice bonus. The larger P3 model comes with plexiglass, but this one (the P1) comes with actual glass. I completely disagree with the youtuber who claims the hole labels (A, B, C) are useless because they're not explained in the manual. I think the hole labels will be self-explanatory to any human of average intelligence.

Also, I bought an extra small (SFF) PSU for this case only to find that the PSU was TOO small! You have to do some McGuivering if you want to mount a SFF PSU in this case. A standard size PSU, on the other hand, mounts easily with the included hardware.

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Shawn

This chassis is wonderful to work with

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2017

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This chassis is wonderful to work with.

Some reviews mentioned hard drive placement. I would say that if your going to use more then an M.2, look toward the larger p3 or p5. The internal space does have room for two hard drives inside, but this is precious space when it comes to cable routing. I removed both cages because I was using an M.2 and didn't need the storage. So I had tons of room in the case for cable management.

And cable management is a mixed bag. Not a negative. Just make sure you plan a lot! Pre-run every cable. Unlike most cases, there isn't a ton of holes to pass cable through, so you have to really think about where things should go. Take your time, and it will be fine. Keep your peripherals to a minimum, and you should be good.

I mounted a Kraken x52 on the right side mounting plate. According to previous reviews and information, the space here is limited so I grabbed the x52 instead of the x62. Trying to squeeze the radiator into the recess would have been tight, but I elected to mount the stock fans to the rear plate, pushing the rad out beyond the recess, then mounted some TT HD120's on the front, for a push pull (exhausting back as there is nice grill opening for just such a setup). It makes it nicer, and eliminates the issues others were having with mounting the rad. My thoughts on that are; you're buying an open air platform, put shiny fans on, and use the stock ones for the heavy lifting.

The only word of caution I would have is Power supply cables. If you are thinking about some aftermarket parts, I would say go for it. They tend to be more flexible, and that flexibility will come in handy when trying to route your ATX power connector behind the board. If you are using stock connectors, then I would highly advise pre-flexing the cable either way.

Last and most important. Take your time! It pays off in the end.

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David D.

Yes, you can fit an ATX motherboard in a mini itx...

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2018

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After extensive design thoughts and deliberation I purchased the mini itx Core p1 case for a new project. With some modifications, I readily managed to install a full ATX mobo along with a 12" video card, Noctua 14 cpu cooler and a power supply. Things are a little tight, but still looks pretty cool. The most modification came from having to drill all new holes for the mobo, video riser and power supply. A little nerve wracking considering the $$ just spent and once drilled it avoided any chance of a return if a case warranted it. But slow and steady got the job done. The video riser had to be positioned as to having the card in a 'laying on its; back' position while suspended in the air. I had to make a little support for it. I also had to purchase a 'really' long pcie cable. My hd is nvme, so no mounting issues there. My temps are similar to when all was mounted in a desktop case.

In the end I am happy with this purchase. I wall mounted it and it makes for some interesting conversation.

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Kearney J. Taaffe

The coolest case around

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2018

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Super gorgeous case. Perfect for ITX builds.

I love this case. It's very well designed, extremely sturdy. It takes a lot to assemble - about 1+ hours depending on your ability figure out how to assemble the case.

I actually enjoyed building the case (it made me feel like I had accomplished something). But, there was lots of putting a piece on the case, then removing it so I could put a different piece on the case.

You get about 50 screws, so, you don't have to worry about not having enough (which is nice). Because it's open, putting pieces on the motherboard are so nice. There's tons of room to work with.

I did bunch of research before buying this case. Here's some things I'd recommend
+ 6 pin male to female extenders
+ 12 pin male to female extension cable
+ modular power supply
+ water cooler

I went with a CoolMaster AIO (All In One) cooler. That way hot air isn't blowing onto the plexiglass. It's also got LEDs in the fan, so, it looks super cool.

The extension cables make it easier to hide the cables behind the case, with plenty of space to work with up-front.

A modular PSU just makes it the back less cluttered. I didn't have one, so, I'm not able to put the back of my case on - there's just too many cables which are too bulky to close case. I will eventually get a modular PSU.

Here's my full build. I've done mostly 3D animation with it, but I've played the new BattleTech game and it performs very well

+ AMD 1300X Ryzen 3
+ G.Skill Trident RGB DDR4-2400 RAM
+ CoolerMaster AIO (All in one) liquid cooler
+ ASRock Fatility AB350 Mini ITX motherboard
+ XFX 560 4GB GDDR5
+ 24 pin motherboard power supply extension cable (4")
+ 6 pin male to female extension cable (10")
+ 750 Watt Corsair power supply

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Deamon

Great showcase...case

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2021

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It's a great looking case. Super open design so excellent airflow. My only grievance with it is that i wish the GPU could be positioned a bit lower when mounting it vertically. Because of the size of my GPU, it slightly blocks the view of my CPU AIO screen. If you have a smaller GPU it probably won't be an issue so i didn't take stars off for it. Over all a great case to use if you've built PCs before. If it's your first time building a PC and you aren't super familiar, there are plenty of YouTube videos about this case that can help you along the process. The instructions weren't very detailed but i was able to piece it together fine without them.

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Amazon Customer

The best case for showing off your goods

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2018

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Love this case, very easy to assemble and cable management is much more simple that it seems. Very beautiful to look at. It is much heavier than you would expect but that’s a positive in my book due to the sturdiness, and construction of the case. I’ve owned this for over a month now and I can say that so far dust collection hasn’t been an issue, although I do plan on buying a birdcage cover to shield it during period of non use. I recommend buyers to avoid messing with the components while it’s turned on due to the fans hitting your fingers and the possibility of easily shorting components that interact with the motherboard.

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J Berg 1981

Rocksolid computer case

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2023

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Bought mine a few years ago with the government stimulus checks and definitely still like this computer case because there’s literally nothing that can go wrong with it. I just wish I had more space for SSD‘s on my motherboard connections.

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This is listed as a Mini ITX but;

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2019

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So this case lists itself as mITX and all the components fit... unless you bought an SFx PSU.
By that I mean, if you bought an SFX PSU (in my case, this is a temporary / workbench case I use while I wait for my Ghost S1) the psu cables are waaaaaaaaaaaaay too short. The case designer probably just assumed that you'd buy a full sized PSU for mITX parts(?) It makes it kind of feel like mITX support was an after thought and just slapped the ability to mount that size hardware, so I had to remove the back panel and ziptie my PSU to the case via the fan grills on the PSU itself and do some jank mounting to power my system. Outside of that? It's an OK case, feels sturdy; comes with heavy parts but there are nicks and scratches everywhere on the case even fresh from the box; and the Tempered Glass panel came with a deep scratch that was present underneath the pristine plastic wrap out of the box. So unless I got a used/repackaged case that was listed as brand new, the QC for this case is atrocious. I hope other people had better experiences but this was my experience. If I wasn't planning to switch my system out of this case into another case, I would start looking at another case.
P.S. Good luck with clean cable management in this version, there aren't any cable routing holes/grommets.

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J_ B_

Big for an ITX build but good for thermals

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2022

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After realizing that a small enclosed box with some ventilation just isn’t enough to contain an 11700k and a 6800XT, this seemed to be a good option.

Main cons with this case are a rather large footprint and lack of directional airflow. With a few mods, I was able to attach addition fans to help guide this but there still is a bit of a hotspot near the “rear side” of the system- fortunately the cooler on the gpu is a beast to compensate. It’s also not very portable for an ITX build.

#1 Pro is great thermals on air. System is very happy. Lots of flexibility and a lot of room to be creative as well.

Recommended but just realize that you throw some of the sff appeal of an ITX build out the window.

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