CiT Slim Micro ATX or Mini ITX Case with Built-in Card Reader and 300W PSU - Black

I note the other reviews have given it 1 star for being noisy.I actually find the case tolerable and put under the desk and away from eye line its fine. At the end of the day with cases you get what you pay for. For a case with PSU, it does the job. I have purchased cases up to £400 in cost (HTPC builds) and those are quality and silent (no fans).This case was delivered promptly and comes in 2 pieces, main until and a screw on stand. The case can be laid flat or stood vertical (hence the stand).The PSU isn't the best but its 300w and sufficient to power most budget PC's, just not high end graphics or tons of hard drives.Opening the lid it pretty easy, and once inside the case has ATX power supply, 12v 4 pin, power for 2 sata devices without need for splitters or adapters.The front controls all have colour coded clear labels, just note the back of each connector has an arrow which denotes positive. there is also a case fan and 2 usb connections required from front panel. Make sure you have these free on your motherboard to be installed.Pleased with it, has a certain style - would definitely recommend to those on budget.ALSO NOTE: Doesn't come with kettle lead, need to order separately.

Good quality, nice compact size, ideal where space is tight.

This case is small and looks very nice .good quality made.I must disagree with other buyers about the power supply noiseit may not be the most silent of all but nothing to complain about.Would recommended to any one looking for a small micro atx case which looks nice.

OK, so go into this with your eyes wide open, do not expect high quality workmanship. The instructions are ok with pictures, but this product needs a level of expertise and experience. The words are gibberish and make little sense.This is a fully metal case. It is thin, but not plastic. There are some areas which lack additional strength and this means a slight loss of structural rigidity in the frame. This is most obvious if you plan to install a M-ATX motherboard and need to remove the internal metal frames for CD and HDD installation. (as well as reorient the power supply installed)The Front and top panel are shiny black plastic which is not unpleasant but does pick up fingerprints easily.The power switch has two bright blue LED's that I think are too bright. (I think the sharpie pen may be coming out to dim it down somewhat)The power supply is small and noisy.The 80mm fan supplied is also small and noisy.I would recommend removing the supplied fan and getting replacements specifically to be silent (QuietPC, or BeQuiet are good brands / locations. )There is room for two additional 80mm fans on the bottom of the case (or left hand side if lying flat)The front panel has no cable management so the inside of this case will end up looking messy (if you care about that!)One of the leads for the HD audio front panel header was disconnected (fulled out, wires) on arrival. Not a problem for me, but in general I found this area (the circuit board and LED installations) to be of a low quality. Missing screws and Hot glue gun blobs meant the board for the USB 3 headers was floppy and loose.A simple fix with an extra screw and my own blob of hot glue, but could lead to issues for the unwary when plugging in devices.I bought this case with the decision that I was going to rip it apart, and butcher it to fit my needs, and so I have.It is designed to be used on its side, as advertised and seen in the pictures.It will not "officially" take a full atx power supply, but with a dremel and some lateral thinking it can be done, IF, you have a m-ITX (not m-atx) motherboard and no other components. (no DVD, no GPU. You could still fit a low profile GPU, maybe.THIS CASE WILL NOT TAKE A FULL GRAPHICS CARD. (just for clarity people)I'm using it on it's bottom side, more like a skybox. This restricts some of the airflow and so I have had to install feet to raise the case up.The USB and media slots are on the right hand edge of the case which is in fact, the bottom / motherboard side.If you plan on using this horizontally this puts the slots on the underside / bottom edge as opposed to the top edge. (It would have made more sense to mount these behind the hidden fascia panel of the CD drive that needs to be opened, which is what I plan to do today)I have managed to cram in this case.A Z87n Wifi m-itx motherboard. (no issues but you will need a cooler with a low profile, probably no more than around 70mm)A beQuiet standard atx power supply (140mm fan) (not screwed down into the case yet but installed in position)An SSD drive.I am now also attempting to install a corsair closed loop water cooling radiator and fan. This is tricky, but achievable I think.I MIGHT be able to squeeze in a low profile half length graphics card as well, but that might be pushing things.

Quality of build and a very quiet inbuilt PSU...most in-built PSUs are cheap and noisy, like they've had to hunt around hard to find the naffest one they can. But this one is pretty good. Excellent case for downsizing one of those enormnous cases full of CD and DVD drives etc, which you don't need any more (although one can be fitted here, there's space). Takes up to the full-square size in micro ATX boards. Add-in cards can be obtained these days with half-size fittings, if you check before buying.

Although the case is great looking , it is definitely not a m-atx. I had to remove the mounting parts and the power supply in order to fit the m-atx inside. Also had to rotate the power supply and screw it from outside in order to fit inside and used some tape to hold it on the top. After doing that there is space only for an ssd which you must screw from the outside to support it again . As for the power supply , NOISY. After doing that there's no room for hdd or DVD. VERY VERY VERY disappointed,they should change the discretion to ITX OR MINI ATX .