ThermaltakeCore V1 Mini ITX Cube Gaming Computer Case CA-1B8-00S1WN-00

I've been building PCs for about 30 years and have done lots in that time. This is without doubt the easiest Mini ITX case I've used. Cable management is excellent, there's plenty of room to manoeuvre, and airflow is very good. I didn't use the supplied fans, but replaced them with Noctua 200mm and 2x 80mm PWM fans. I have also ordered some magnetic dust filters as this case has lots of openings and as well as keeping dust at bay, it should help slightly with noise.The paint job is pretty good, there's not much in the way of sharp edges, either. The case can easily fit a full size ATX PSU, but this will eat into your cable management space in the bottom of the case.I built this as a home NAS and have managed to squeeze in 4x 3.5" drives, 2 in the supplied brackets, one in the floor panel and one to the left of the motherboard, the latter two had to have custom mountings made, but it's turned out well.With regard to cooling, I fitted a Noctua NH-C14S with the fan on top, there's just about room for this and I will probably end up changing the window panel to the left side and the perforated panel on top for the fan to draw cool air in.Overall, very impressed and really wasn't expecting to be.

Love this case, have used it on four separate builds now from low end media machines to video editing powerhouses.Plenty of space for drive, will fit two smaller SSDs together with two regular HDDs, and GPU wise I've fit 1080ti's and 2080s in these cases so they do accommodate those if required, although you'll definitely here them due to the massive amount of vents on the case.Overall I really can't recommend these little V1s enough, superb value for money.

So this is a very good case for the money - very good value. It's nice, bright, will laid out, and very easy to build, providing you lots of room for arranging your board and components, as well as lots of room for the power supply.The layout is also very roomy, so your components will run nice and cool - loads of room for heat dissipation, and very well ventilated.So why the 4 star instead of a 5 star rating?Simply because it does not fit 4 disks as advertised. I have managed to fit in 2x2.5 drives and 2x3.5 drives, but the 2.5 drives can only be secured on one side (no brackets or screw holes for the other side). The layout of the disk mounts also means you can't screw the small disks in properly from the back side of the mount, effectively only allowing you to use the front of the mount, therefore only securing 2 drives properly.You can work around this, but you have to do it yourself, by getting a bracket that fits. And that is a tight fit.Apart from this, it's a very good case for a micro server or a compact gaming PC. Also comes with all the screws you'll need to install components.

I used this case to build a FreeNAS server. As I was only using two NAS drives I did not find the case limiting but if more drives were needed it may not prove ideal. However, for a general small build machine I cannot fault it. Runs very cool and plenty of room for full size PSU and cables...more room if modular PSU used. The large front fan runs practically silent and I found no problems installing everything I needed, keeping cable management tidy. Great that all the panels are interchangeable so you can have the window side wherever you want it.

Does what it's supposed to do. Very good build quality, Lots of space to work with on the inside. Compact and neat.

Great design, compact form factor, good value for money and quiet operation.

The Aorus Pro WiFi motherboard won't fit this case without modification to the case. The case's standoffs are sloped and this prevents the motherboard sitting correctly as the motherboard has tight clearances on the underside.

This case is well organized in terms of space. you can fit 2 HDD 3.5" also and these racks can be used for a 2.5" disks too.It is very easy to mount a PC with this case and the fan is very silent.It took me 1 hour to assembly everything without a rush. For some tasks, you don't need a screwdriver because the screw has got a handle.If I will build another ITX PC I guess that I will buy another case like this.