Absolutely AMAZING case. Solid build quality, small size, can fit a butt ton of hardware. 10/10 Highly reccomend.

No major issues, it was a little tight fitting the PSU pass through and getting the Mother board in place. Now keep this in mind, I watched a ton of video reviews of this case and they all mostly complained of lack of cable tiedowns. That was not a problem, my biggest advice is get round SATA cables much easier to manage, that's what I did anyway. The fit an finish is great and overall very happy with the end result.

Great case, possibly the best mini itx case out there

The EVGA PSU i picked for this build was a pain to install. Its a great power supply but not the right choice for this build. Find one that has a few options to mount

Something small was needed, so I went with a mini-ITX form factor. Full size ATX PSU was a requirement to cut costs. DVD drive was also needed, so the options were rather limited. I considered the Cooler Master Elite 130, but I figured it had worse cooling and the PSU would hang out from the back of the case, and to me that just looked plain silly.

I ended up with the Fractal Design Core 500, and I would choose this case again for a mini-ITX build. I haven't built a mini-ITX before, so there was a little frustration about the space limits. If you can live with a larger case, probably go with micro-ATX.

The 5.25" drive bay gets a little in the way of the GPU, but the GPU sits in the motherboard at a slight angle, so it "naturally" avoids this. GPUs without a backplate probably fit okay. The 5.25" drive bay also obstructs the GPU's air flow, and the case cover's GPU side opening doesn't start from the very back of case, so it's a little suboptimal.

Also, you absolutely cannot fit the specified maximum size GPU and PSU together, so be careful picking those if you build in this case.

Pros: Included fan is good, great layout, fits a lot of stuff, airflow is good, solid I/O panel with a reset button, good build quality, good price, magnet dust filters.

Cons: The PSU passthrough cable was a pain to install, the case cover is a little clumsy, maybe needs another fan to remove hot air from the GPU.

Case. Yeah.

It was quite the challenge to install the components into this case, however the tie downs and holes that support them made the build fit very snug and safely.

It's bigger than you may expect. Minimalist design, space-efficient, magnetic air filters all over, comes with a quiet 120mm fan, and you should be able to fit most parts in here with no compromise (except for very large PSUs or GPUs). My only (minor) gripe is that putting the case back on can be annoying.

When I first saw this case on Hardware Canuck's coverage video of Computex 2015; I knew I wanted that case for my build and I was inspired to switch from atx to itx. I love this case; it's roomy and easy to work in, it has an optical drive slot (which I really needed), it's (sort of) portable, the power/reset and hd activity light is not too bright and distracting, it looks nice, it has dust filters, and I was able to fit all of my components inside of it.

The only two cons I can list are the front panel connectors are WAY too long; making cable management difficult, and the side panels are a PAIN to put on and remove, due to having to align the clips on the panels in order to close the case. I can't give it five stars due to the side panels and long connectors; but other than those two issues, this is a great itx case.

Well thought out case and very flexible. Also looks slick yet simple. I like the 3 x 3.5", 3 x 2.5", 1 x 5.25" drive options (although I would have preferred no 5.25" - or at least an adapter for further 3.5" or 2.5" drive options. The PSU position is not something I've seen before. It resides at the front of the case and relies on an extension cable running to the rear of the case. This seems to work well as most of the cable are tucked in out of sight between the PSU and drive bay above. Also it gives plenty room to have a proper CPU cooler (up to 17cm according to manual) - though if you aren't using the top radiator frame you could probably go slightly more - and a full size GPU (as long as PSU is < 16cm)

First thing I did was remove the top fan/radiator frame. This made installation a lot easier. Had no problem putting the Mini-ITX board in. Working out the cabling is challenging as always on a small case - it might also help to remove the drive bay above the PSU and add this on last as I found tucking cables between the drive bay/PSU gap is the best way to hide cables.

The case cover is a bit annoying to open/close. It takes a bit of jiggling to line up and slide in. The dust filters work well but they always seem to fall off when working with the case.