ZALMAN M1 Mini Case for Power Supply Unit - Black

Yeah is a bit porky for a mITX board but aside from the PCIe restriction this type of case is maybe far more suitable in long run than a smaller/slimmer case or tower - so a bit future proof, which is not a bad thing if you're a gamer who upgrades every 2 or 3 years,The three slot drive cage would have to be removed for very long GPUs but you do have the option of using the redundant(imo) DVD slot for an OS SSD and the removable slot for a games driveTwo fans (one LED), top mounted ports including USB 3.0, and a removable HD slot is pretty cool for this price, imo. There also seems easy scope for upping the fan count if thermals demand. Found the fans provided to be sufficient with a non-overclocked AMD A10 processor and 115w GPU. Built in two speed fan control is ofc handy as well.Only quality issue I felt was the front flap, can't see the plastic catch lasting a few years, although a bit of blutack would solve this if it occurred..Originally purchased for a Ryzen build but a variety of mITX boards are taken forever to come out. Should be easy to swap out the FM2+ board should I ever upgrade.Would suggest the Thermaltake Cube if you don't want to build in the potential for significant expansion and a smaller unit but this case should last a very long time giving its flexibility.

Hi Zulman, My god this is a big case for such a small board!Iv been playing about with Small MITX system for quite some time now, I feel the way that the world is working is Smaller is better, add a handle on it and you got a winner.Over the quality of the case is Mixed, a Mixture of Quality air filters and well engineered part with poor fixture and fitting.Allot of the corners in this case inside and outside are extremely sharp, it remember me back in the day when building a Rig you would expect to have at least a few cuts before they case was complete.There is also allot of plastic where you would expect to see metal and even the plastic is sharp. ( Bring some sand paper)This was not a striate forward set-up cable management is tricky, brackets and weak, but the over all system looks great.I installed some White LED light on both sides of the ventilation grills so just a little bit of light can be seen coming out, and it also had the added benefit of been able to see what you are doing in side the case when it is active.If you employed me i would remove all your defects no problem!

I really took a chance with this case, there wasn't really any reviews available at the time of buying. but i wanted it, it look really nice and it has 240 Rad water cooling support, which is what i needed. One of the other reason i wanted this case was that i wanted a build small ITX gaming machine,as i don't have much space in my bedroom for a standard ATX machineThis case is certainly wider than normal boxed standard computers. this is due to fact that the motherboard is placed flat down above the psu,ProsCase has a lot of cable managementCase has two fans preinstalled, one intake one outake (one is also blue LED fan)Room for up to 320mm of graphic cards space,without removing anything outDrive bay is removable, an can be turned around the opposite side240MM Radiator Watercooling support (push and pull isnt supported)Hot swapable HDD drive bay slot frontSupport for DVD/CD/Bluray drive bayMany thumbs screws places and zip-ties providedClean friendly easy to clean dust as there is two dust grills which you can clean and are removableand an extra removable SSD drive support with rubber grommets suppliedThese are the reasons why i didn't give the rating 5 starsConsIntake fan is loud (but can be replaced i suggest noctua fans)not really easy to remove the top part of case to install water coolingcase is slightly wider i thought it would be thinnerTl;dr good case for an itx build, rear intake fan is noisy, better to replace it.Here is a link from the official Zalman websitehttp://www.zalman.com/global/product/Product_Read.php?Idx=915

As others have said this a damned big case for a tiny motherboard platform.However, if you are trying to build a near silent PC with lots of drive capacity this is the case for you. With 6 hard drive mounting points it's all of that, although it's a challenge to find a motherboard in AM1 format with that many SATA ports. The closest I've found id the AsRock AM1B-ITX with four, although more could be added via the Pcie port.The big plus for quiet computing comes with the fact that two Zalman 120mm case fans come pre-installed. These have two speed settings, on fast they drive air through the system at hurricane speed with noise to match but on the slow setting they gently waft a nearly silent breeze through the system which is more than adequate for the low power AM1 CPUs. With enough space above the motherboard to install a passive CPU cooler this really is the way to go for a quiet life, as long as you have the space.

Ok so its cheap and it feels it and yes the metal is sharp, and its big for an ITX board but that might suit you. One issue is that you may struggle fitting a big card in as the drive bay gets in the way. I couldn't put my MSI 970 GTX frozr in as it is too tall so you need to measure before hand. So I haven't used this case and have purchased a Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX Cube Case with Fan and that just fits it and all round is a better case for the extra £10 as long as you don't want to fit more than two HD or 4 SSD drives, the front fan is a beauty as well 200mm and very quiet.

Fine case for the price. Some parts are cheap. For example, metal screens on all sides are removable so that filters can be cleaned. Removing more than twice results in weakening the clips (two have already snapped off) that hold screens in place. I don't think this case will last very long under a regular cleaning regimen.Space, cable management, and airflow (except for the filter issue mentioned above) are quite good. Had to chop it up a bit to fit GPU (Asus strix).