Cooler Master Elite 110 RC-110-KKN2-AMZ Cube Style Mini-ITX Computer Case with Standard Size ATX PSU and 120mm Radiator Support

I looked around and read a lot of reviews before deciding on this case for my small home server. I was torn between this case and the Elite 120, which can be found for very cheap regularly at many places. I am not disappointed that I got the Elite 110 instead. My needs were for a small home server, so keep this in mind. I'll try to extrapolate how this case could work using it for a more 'regular' system too.Size/looks - these are the main reasons I purchased this case. It looks good and is half mesh so that'll help with cooling. The size was the main reason - it's pretty much a cube and I needed it to fit under the bed in my spare room/office. It fits with ease and can stay out of the way, but still be near my main work station and modem/router if any issues come up. Also with the size, this case can hold multiple fans, up to 4 storage drives, water cooling, a double slot GPU (or other expansion cards such as audio cards). The construction of the case is nice - average I'd say, but no reason to deduct any stars. It has thumb screws that come off easily to get into the case. No sharp edges I noticed when putting anything in. It does have the little hump on the back using a full-sized PSU, but this is a fine trade-off for being able to use a reliable and quality power supply. It's small, but you can fit a regular GPU in here, even a dual slot one. Some of the higher end cards do even come in a 'short' version, so no sacrificing a higher end card in this case.Cooling/Fans - This case as stated is half mesh. It seems to provide enough air for any regular system. I'm not doing a gaming system, but even with extra heat, it shoudln't be a problem. This case can hold a 120mm or 140mm fan in the front - or you can use it for a 120mm water cooling radiator if you wish. This is one of my few gripes about the case - the 120mm fan is attached with push pins instead of screws - not fun to me. Those things break, etc. and screws keep stuff planted. Many fans these days have anti-vibration mounts included, so you can use those too. You can also mount 2, regular sized 80mm fans. I wouldn't suggest these if you're running a bigger GPU in this case because it may mess up air flow for cooling. With a home server or work station, I put 2, low RPM (read: quiet) fans here to keep this puppy cool as it sits under a bed with low ventilation. As Cooler Master's claim to fame, you have many options for keeping this case cool and you can use all or none of them - depending on your budget, needs, etc.Storage - this case holds up to 4 storage drives. You can use a comination of 3.5'' and 2.5'' drives to get there. I had some extra drives around to use for both sizes - all work well. Also, if you don't feel like shelling out cash for an SSD that typically comes in a 2.5'' size, remember regular laptop HDDs are typically 2.5''. They are priced about the same as regular HDDs for similar storage sizes (much cheaper $/gb than SSDs). Sure, many notebook HDDs have worse specs - lower RPMs, less cache, etc. but for a home server - most of this doesn't matter. Clearly, if you're building a gaming set-up or a higher end workstation, you can put many SSDs in here too - no worries. The drives do sit on the outsides of the frame (side and top) so you have to be creative in cable management - which I'll talk about soon. Overall - if you need more than 4 internal drives for your set-up, this ITX case and the ITX form factor may not be for you in general.Cabling/space - This case is a tight fit all around, which should be obvious. You can fit all the stuff mentioned in the specs and my review, but the more you add, the harder it will be to work with it all. I don't know how easy this case would be with all the drives, fans, GPU, water cooling, etc. - but you CAN do it. Cable management in this case is average for this form factor - I'm somewhat guessing here. A: I've never built an ITX system and B: I'm bad with cables according to many. It has many holes and some channels/bars to guide cables along so someone who is good at cables or has time could make it work well. There isn't much space for a big CPU cooler, I just used the stock one for my CPU (Intel - no idea what AMD's stock cooler looks like so measure first). There are many cheap and expensive low-profile coolers that will work in this case. If you get a liquid cooler, make sure you can move/bend the tubes well as you don't get room in here for anything that isn't flexible.Overall - It's an excellent small case. It fit my needs well for a home server. You could put a respectable gaming rig in this case too, if you take the time and think it out. I'll close with why I picked this over the Elite 120/130 a bit more. Those cases aren't very small - go look at one if you have the chance. It's the same length as a full sized tower and width, so you're only getting a decrease in height. This alone was enough for me to not consider those. Many other ITX cases have similar size problems in one way or another (If they are smaller in length, the height was too much, etc.). The other Elite cases also didn't hold any significant amount storage drives over this to consider them. Most people these days don't need a 5.25'' bay for optical drives (some may for HTPC or you can use it for a card reader, fan controller, blah blah - a small server/work station doesn't need any of this). Also, the other Elite cases don't hold regular 80mm fans - they have 1, it has a bracket, and it's a slim fan that isn't easy to find. This was another big reason I purchased the Elite 110. If you're on the fence about this case - just buy it. You won't regret it. Just remember, any ITX build is going to take some planning, thought, and patience.

Quite unhappy with what I've got. I surprised how this unit has passed the QC:* The chassis was bent, so case doesn't stay still on all four legs* The upper plate is not aligned/parallel with front and back panels* There are gaps between the front panel and a cover on one side* One of the metal clips was missing on the side* Blue power LED failed off the hole, even though seemed to be gluedIdea is good, but implemenation is pretty cheap and I wish the quality is better for the price.

So I wanted to go about looking for a small ITX case for a living room Steam Machine build. My baseline for the build was the beta Steam Machine that Valve sent out to a lucky few. I had to have a dedicated video card for 1080p gaming, a quad-core Intel CPU, support for large capacity drives, and a power supply that's capable of powering everything sufficiently. Getting those parts are easy enough, but finding a small enough computer case to house everything is no easy feat.Well, I just found the perfect case. The Cooler Master Elite 110.This case is small. I mean really small. It's dimensions are about one cubic foot. Yet, it's completely capable of housing all of the necessary components needed for a powerful gaming machine. It's able to support 120mm CLC radiators, double wide video cards (up to 8.3 inches in length), regular ATX power supplies (up to 7 inches in length), and up to 4 SSDs or 3 HDDs (or any combination of those drives). All of the parts that I wanted fitted nicely into the case. You also have space on the left side for 2 80mm fans for additional cooling to the GPU.As with any build inside of a specialized case like this one, you have to plan ahead a little bit before starting your build. If you don't want to put a radiator in the case, then you still have the included 120mm fan to work with. They also have mounting points for 140mm fans if you want to opt for that. Be warned though, there's not enough room for a 140mm radiator inside the case. Only 120mm radiators are supported. For CPU heatsinks/fans, you have about 3 inches of height to work with between the motherboard and the PSU. Also, keep in mind that there's no cut out on the bottom of the motherboard area to install a CPU fan bracket. Most regular cases have this cutout in their motherboard trays to ease installation of the heatsink/fan to the CPU, but it's not included on here, so you'll have to install the fan bracket before placing the motherboard into the case. This makes sense because you don't want a big hole on the bottom of your case where it's unprotected. Again, it's something that you have to plan ahead with.The power supply installation sits right above the motherboard area. This is how they're able to make the case as small as it is. Because of this, the PSU install would be the absolute last thing to install in the case. Cooler Master lists 180mm (7 inches) as the maximum length of the PSU with less cable management. Meaning fully modular power supplies. For non-modular power supplies, the max length is 142mm (5.2 inches). For builds like this, you might be looking at 400W - 500W power supplies. Most of the ones I've seen fit within these requirements. For larger wattage power supplies, be sure to double check the length before you purchase.The GPU install is pretty straight forward. The only consideration is the length of the card. For 8.3 inches, a lot of the lower-end to mid-range GPUs should be able to fit the case. Check the length to be sure beforehand. For higher-end cards, there's only one that I've found that can fit into the case sufficiently. The Nvidia GTX 760 is built with a short PCB as a reference. I opted for the MSI version of the card that's made for ITX builds, and it works beautifully. ASUS also has their own version, but I wasn't able to find one on sale. The fact that you can even put those kinds of GPUs into the case is amazing by itself.Storage drives are installed in two places inside the case. The left side has an area for two 2.5 inch drives, or one 3.5 inch drive. Cooler Master provides rubber mounts for the 2.5 inch drives that just slide into the side of the case. For the 3.5 inch drive, you'll have to use the included screws. From my testing, this area doesn't block off the GPU, but it might hinder sufficient airflow. Also if you install two drives there, then you won't be able to add any 80mm fans to the side of the case. The other area is the top metal bracket. The bracket comes installed at the top of the case. You can remove the bracket by unscrewing it. The bracket is able to hold up to two 2.5 inch drives, or two 3.5 inch drives. I've tested the bracket by placing two 3.5 inch mechanical drives, and it fits nicely in the case. The right side of the bracket may block airway access to the PSU with a drive installed, so keep that in mind.Overall, this case is wonderful to work with. That fact that I was able to install a radiator cooler, a fully-featured mITX motherboard, a Haswell quad-core Intel CPU, a 430W power supply, and an MSI GTX 760 is something that shouldn't be possible on a case this small. But it does, and it does it very well.Highly recommended for a living room Steam Machine, an HTPC, or if you just want to save desk space with a tiny PC. This case will do it for you.