A01 Aluminum Mini-ITX HTPC Desktop Computer Chassis (Black Aluminum)

Awesome little HTPC case, looks very sleek, feels solid. Runs warm but not hot (although I will admit that the config is geared for limited need for fan. Only CPU heat sink fan required, runs at 38C. Using pico, a 12V 10A ac/dc adapter works perfectly fine. Simple, straightforward and works like a charm. Plan on buying a couple more for a couple of Linux servers I have built. Only nit: the two side USB connectors crowd the 24pin PSU power connector. Placing them high on front or stacked on the side could help.

This case is sturdy! The aluminum panels are around 1/8" thick and the case feels solid. Building in the case is great with plenty of room to tuck cables to the sides and out of the way. I used an asus b550i and a ryzen 5700g. I first built the pc using the stock ryzen stealth cooler and when I enabled PBO and started overclocking the GPU, temps quickly got out of hand. Even at the stock settings with only the memory and gpu overclocked and the lid on during one gaming session the cpu temp hit 100c! I have now replaced the cpu cooler with a thermalright axp90 x53 full black and the temps have improved significantly. Im still playing around with the overclock and I dont have any long gaming sessions on the new cooler yet but while running benchmarks putting the top on this case increases temps quite a lot. I wish the top plate had more ventilation im likely going to end up modifying or building a new cover with improved ventilation because I cant run the overclock i want with the lid on.

Simple, small case, good materials, good ventilation. Reasonably priced as well. If you are building a mini-itx pc w/o a GFX card and a pico-atx power supply etc., this will work quite well.

Bought this to build my HTPC. Stores everything quite well except the side 2.5 inch storage unit. It's kind of awkward how the sata cablesbto bend.

I got this case because I had gotten used to my very quiet Mac Mini (sitting below this case in the photo) and wanted to re-house my Mini-ITX MB w/ older i5-9500 CPU, which fits this case with the standard Intel heatsink and fan that came with the CPU! I'm running Linux and Win10 dual boot. My only minor complaint is that the screws on the top plate were initially screwed in WAY too tightly, and I nearly stripped two of them trying to get them off. Here's a breakdown of the parts of the setup. You can obviously get newer/better setup, I'm just including what I have so you know at least one setup that works with this case. Mini Computer Setup: Motherboard: ASRock B365M-ITX/ac LGA1151/ Intel B365/ DDR4/ SATA3&USB3.1/ M.2/ WiFi/A&GbE/Mini-Itx Motherboard https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MW8S89F CPU: Intel Core i5-9400, LGA1151 300 Series 65W Processors BX80684I59400 (Using the FULL SIZE heatsink/fan that came in the box…no "low profile" necessary!!) RAM: 32 GB (2x16GB) Ram, PC4-21300, non-ECC 1.2 volt UDIMM 288 pin https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QRTYYBK?th=1 CASE: Goodisory A01 Aluminum Mini-ITX HTPC Desktop Computer Chassis (Black, metal top, not glass) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GYP2TWC?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details Power Supply: 120 Watt 12V 10A Power Supply https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FFKL7CR?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details Pico adapter: RGEEK 24-Pin DC ATX PCU 12 DC Input Pico PSU Mini ITX PC Power https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PPYWGNH?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details NVMe 2TB drive (main - Linux) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S2T0B/dp/B07MFZXR1B/ 2.5" SSD - 480GB (secondary - Windows) PNY CS900 480GB 3D NAND 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - (SSD7CS900-480-RB) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071Z2BNVQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Case quality is very good; cost is competitive. My Intel 12100, 60W base wattage, die temp is in well within the manufacturer’s expected range. Right-side USB ports position would be an issue as it totally obstructs one of two mini-ITX PS output connectors, fortunately my setup only needs one output for ATX 12V motherboard power; storage drives are M.2 NVMe SSDs. I'm very pleased with purchase.

Case worked out great. The amd stealth cpu cooler fits but it didn't leave enough room for an ssd. Which would have blocked most of the cpu cooler fan anyway. There was enough room to leave it floating on the side. So they should probably make that the official spot. But if your using an m2 it won't be an issue. In the end it worked out great. There is a power and hdd light. I'd give it a 9 out of 10.

The case itself is pretty nice, it's finished well and made from fairly thick aluminum. It was packed well and arrived in good condition. I bought it because I wanted to install a 3.5" hard drive and this is one of the few cases for mini-itx mobos that shows one fitting. Unfortunately the mounting plate won't accept a hard drive over 4 TB, they haven't kept up with the changes in hole pattern on the larger hard drives. Also. the USB connectors are in a terrible spot as they interfere with the pico power supply. Potentially a nice case but misses the mark because they didn't think it through.