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Review on πŸ’» Rosewill SRM-01B-450 Micro ATX Mini Tower PC Case with 450W Power Supply, Pre-Installed 80mm Fan, USB 3.0 by Joseph Reed

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Lots of problems - Externals

Only 1 hard drive possible due to RAM overlap if you don't want to put one in the drive bay, but that's risky. There is no PSU outlet for the fan, so my fan holes are misaligned AND don't blow into the case. The motherboard has enough clearance behind it for my CPU cooler bracket to fall off behind - let's just say you need to assemble the motherboard and THEN place it in the case after the GPU (fan) is 1" from the bottom (and opposite) and has no room to breathe, AND ALL the case's cables are connected to the mobo connectors between the fan and the case. Half articulated, half body. Maybe only 2 fans - 1 120mm and 1 80mm - it's not the end of the world but even being able to replace the 80mm with something bigger would be nice. There is almost no room for cables on the back, but I managed well. The case is on its side (because of the many case flaws that cause the wrong choice, frankly not dared to stand up) and the front is facing left (and the case is on my left). The power button and front I/O are hard to reach since it's the bottom third of the case. I honestly had no intention of buying this case. I had 2 cases that I wanted. They were BOTH sold out when I got paid. I didn't want to wait any longer for this update as I've been waiting for AGES to save for it. This case almost cost me a large sum of money, and yet it could have happened considering the hack it forced me to do. I really cut myself. I bled But I don't know if that was it. It could be the I/O screen protrusions. However, the actual build quality of the case is excellent. My old case is much better, but it's also mid-size and doesn't cost $28. It's a very quiet computer and I'm guessing it had holes drilled in the side, otherwise I doubt it would have run for more than a few minutes before thermal throttling would have stalled it.

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