Review on 💻 M350 Compact Mini-ITX PC Enclosure with PicoPSU Compatibility by Jeff Sprunk

Great little bag for light HTPC. Wanted to build a medium HTPC for a guest room. This case was as close to perfection as you can get. Well-crafted, discrete form factor for a mini-ITX board. I paired it with a Zotac IONITX-TU ZOTAC Atom Dual-Core D525 Intel NM10 DDR3 A&V&GbE Wi-Fi Mini ITX - IONITX-TU motherboard and it's a nice little HTPC that runs absolutely silent. You plug it into a fully integrated board like the Zotac mentioned above, assembly is as simple as connecting the board to the chassis and connecting 4 wires to the board. It took about 15 minutes to build the OS and about an hour to boot/configure it. The only other component needed was an SSD drive (the case doesn't fit a 3.5-inch hard drive). I disassembled an old laptop drive, reformatted it and plugged in an external USB DVD to boot the OS. The entire project cost $223. A few more things about the case: 1) There is room for a 40mm x 10mm case fan. I chose not to use it due to limited usage but you can if you wish. 2) Since I didn't install a fan, the case gets lukewarm. It's metal, so it retains heat. I'm not too worried about my particular use case, but if you use this case a lot, you might want to consider using a case fan. Here are my pros and cons: Pros: 1) Great price 2) Well made 3) Big size for a mini HTPC. Cons: 1) Case gets very hot 2) No room for internal laptop DVD drive (must use external drive or USB drive to download software). That's all. Overall I am very happy with this case. The size, cost and build quality were perfect for my purpose.