IN WIN BL672.300TB3LF Black Steel / Plastic MicroATX Slim Case Computer Case

Pros: Compact - Room for SOME cable management (enough to make me happy) - Looks great - New product featuring USB 3.0

Cons: The fan is located on the bottom of the case and it blows hot air out of the bottom of the case? It is weird . . . I haven't had the time to mess around with the case much but the temperatures were pretty hot when I was testing the other night.

I will update my review! But you may want to consider switching the direction of the fan depending on how you have the system setup.

DID NOT COME WITH THE INTEL PARTITION TABLE (When I purchased the item it said that it did)

Other Thoughts: Power Supply was not juicy enough to support my needs . . . so I bought another one! But that is not why I misused an egg.

BOOM!!!! B+ Case! BUY THIS!

Pros: This In Win case fits all the basics (MicroATX motherboard, Intel's boxed CPU fan, optical drive, floppy drive or card reader, hard drive, and a low-profile video card) in a small form factor. It has a very business-like look. The included power supply has an effectively silent fan. Most MicroATX slim cases on Newegg lack a reset button and front USB 3.0 ports, but this one has both! Newegg's specifications don't list it, but I was pleased to find an internal 2.5" drive bay just beneath the 5.25" bay! I mounted a laptop hard drive there for ultra low power consumption and noise.

Cons: I concur with the other review that an instruction sheet is much needed. It took me awhile to familiarize myself with the drive cage. Remove it when installing the motherboard. Since I used a 35 W TDP processor in my build, I didn't need the case fan and struggled to remove it. The trick is to remove the power supply, slide the case fan's holster over, and then lift it free.

While In Win makes a tool-less version that you'll see on their website, Newegg has not optioned the case with that feature nor the cooling partition plate. I prefer screws anyway so it's not a con for my needs. I don't miss the partition plate either because my motherboard doesn't put the CPU where In Win assumes it is.

Other Thoughts: I highly recommend a low-TDP processor in your build. My 35 watt one has made for a nearly silent computer, even under 100% CPU load.

Pay attention to width (case front to case back) when shopping for motherboards. Not all MicroATX motherboards take the full 9.6" × 9.6", and smaller boards won't have RAM slots or SATA connectors conflicting with the drive cage.

Pros: This is my long-sought-after, half-width mATX case with USB3 on the front plus external 3.5 and 5-1/5 drive mounts. Exactly what I wanted.
Includes power supply.

Fans are very quiet. My prior PC was 5 year old mATX case with too many fans. Now, the room is quiet and I hear things I had forgotten about - ticking clock on wall, etc. Smaller case is also easier to handle.

Cons: Didn't come with a user document nor could I find such on web site. Took me quite a while to realize that the front have drive mounts/front panel unlocks with yellow levers and lifts out. There was a drawing on the website, hard to find, but it didn't help. Maybe just my infrequent DIY, but geeze, an 8x10 paper explainging layout/use included would have save me a lot of time.

Minor nit, common to all such cases: the plastic stand-feet are each in two pieces and pop-apart too easily. I guess I could put tape or glue on them.

Other Thoughts: Put a new ASUS Intel motherboard in this case. Intel I5 CPU.
One internal SSD, one DVD drive, one 3.5 in. internal hard drive. Room for more.

Added a DB9 serial port cable that plugs into the COM1 header; great as I use serial and I don't have to struggle with USB/Serial.

Great system... darn fast. CPU hasn't hit 40C yet. But I'm not a gamer.

Running Win 7 64 bit.

Newegg's prompt shipping as usual.