Apex MI Series Mini ITX Computer Case - 1 x 5.25" Drive Bays, 2 x 3.5" Drive Bays, 250W PSU, 2 x USB 2.0 Port, 2 x Audio Port, Black (MI-100-BK)Item#: A355-2013  |  Model#: MI-100-BK

Nice little case

I have my home server running in this case. It runs an atom off a Zotac board, perfect for the case. The only issue is that I have a WD Caviar black drive and the hard drive location mounts it vertically. The hard drive started to make noises and I have in turn, set the case on its side so the hard drive is flat. I am planning on adding some more hard drives and I might have to upgrade this case.

Good Case, Pretty Tight

Good looking case, it fits perfectly for a Media Center. To build it I found very convenient first to remove the power supply (4 screws), connect everything inside, and finally re-install the power supply back. At the end the gap between the bottom of the power supply and the top of the CPU fan is just a few millimeters in one side.

Good living room system case

Tiny beautiful case, looks great in the living room right by the big TV. They looks perfect pair by their matching glossy panel Make sure donot use bulky heat sink or fan, since CPU and PSU have less than 50mm clearance - it is the trade off for the layout and the case size)- I use Silverstone NT07 heat sink and it works perfect I cancel the Dish Network and enjoy the program with my new computer

Great Case.. But pretty tight

The case seems good priced to be with a power supply as well. But as others noted, CPU fan sits really tight under the power supply. Some space would have been nice. The power supply cable on MOBO sits right where the drive cables are coming out.. another tight spot.But it can be made to work, not a bad case. Power switches seem to look finiky, front USB also seem a bit finiky.

good small case

bought this case to build a computer for my mom she needed a small case and this one fits very well. once the parts were all inside it works fine no problems but if you are building a computer with this case you will want to remove the power supply first and don't put it back in until everything is in and hooked up including power, or you will have no room to work. definitely would buy again if I need another small computer

Very good value and works well

I bought this case for a new HTPC. The key feature for me is that it had space for two internal 3.5'' HDD bays and a 5.25'' bay for the Blu Ray drive. I installed a Gigabyte E-350 Fusion board and everything fitted without any problem. Only negative is that it gets a little hot without a case fan. Fitted a PCI card fan, at the lowest speed this keeps the case nice and cool, but it is too noisy for a HTPC. Will find a quieter alternative when I have some time. Don't forget to buy a molex to SATA converter lead if you plan to use 3 x SATA devices as the power supply only has 2 SATA power leads.

Good Case

It is good looking case. It doesn't take a lot of space. Be careful of the bezel. I broke two pins on sides of the bezel. I took bezel apart too fast. Because of small size, I can't install a cooling fan. I only have cpu fan and PSU fan. Hopefully, it will not overheat. I put a Core i3 3.06 GHz in this small case.

Pretty good mini-ITX case

I bought the case to put a Zotac GF8200 AMD motherboard into. I intended to install one of the AM2 heatsinks that I had on hand. No Go. The power supply hangs right over the top of the heatsink and, in fact, keeps you from installing a normal one unless you wedge it in there. This case is poorly designed in that respect. I ended up having to buy a Silverstone NT-07 heatsink so there would be room for both the CPU and PSU (and there's still very little). Also, to increase air flow, I was hoping to install the hard drive in the 3.5 inch bay, but the wider Silverstone (short, but wide) kept me from doing that. So, I ended up installing the hard drive as designed (vertical on the side of the case) and which worked well. It just caused unacceptable air flow. I installed an 80x80x15 fan on the inside of the case side, blowing out, lowering temps dramatically (it's loud, though). I'm glad I bought the case, but it's far from perfect.

Good deal

I bought this along with a Jetway JNC81-LF and Athlon X2 5000 (65w) and am going to have to do some mods to keep the noise down. (something along the lines of using a hole saw in order to turn the PSU upsidedown and mount a grille on top) It runs quite hot, and the PSU pulls heat right off the chipset and cpu... no good. Probably shoulda stuck with an n330 board, but I had higher aspirations. (and the n270 in my netbook is terrible) Case will look sharp on my media center once all the kinks are worked out.

Fantastic

Great box. Does whatever I need it to do. Sits next to my Samsung television and they look great together. Great cheap little box!