Antec ISK 110 VESA Black ABS plastic / 0.8 mm SECC Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case 90W External Adapter, Up to 92% Efficiency Power Supply

Pros: Small, Energy Efficient. Super Easy Install. Sounds like it's reliable.

Cons: Small.

Other Thoughts: I put in an Intel D2500CCE Atom D2500 motherboard, and a flexible pci riser with an intel pci ethernet card in the box. It fit! Now I have a pfSense box with two subnets. Fifteen watts, running Snort Intrusion Detection package.

Pros: Looks Great

Cons: I was told to Email Antec I did and this is what they told me.

Thank you for contacting Antec Inc. In regards to your inquiry, we are currently in back order of this cases.

Thanks

Antec Support Team

Other Thoughts: Thank you for contacting Antec Inc. In regards to your inquiry, we are currently in back order of this cases.

Thanks

Antec Support Team

Antec Please make some more of these cases

Pros: Love this case But...

Cons: Out of Stock Everywhere

Other Thoughts: This case is out of stock every website in the world I would love to buy one but you can not find them.

I can sent email To Antec to ask why

Manufacturer Response:

Hey mikeg520,

Shoot us an email at VIP@antec.com and we'll be able to help you out. Thanks!

Chris
Antec Customer Support

Pros: I couldn't be any happier with this case. My build consists of
-an asus p8z77-I delux mini ITX board
-200g of 6gb/sec SSD
-8g ripjaw 1600mhz RAM
-one of the 65W i5's

The whole system only pulls 20W on idle and maxes out at about 80W with everything running full blast for a burn in (With all the USB ports, etc. filled). As you can see, the small power supply isn't really a problem.

Intel is really pushing the high-performance mini-ITX rigs, which I am very happy about. I go to LAN parties frequently, and this is almost a pocket-sized gaming computer that I can bring.

Cons: Only a 90W power supply. The new ivy bridge processors work on such minimal power (i5's running on 65W) that it doesn't really matter, but if it had about a 200W supply you could run an i7 and have a true gaming rig.

Also, the power supply only has a 4 pin cpu connector, which needs to be adapted for most ivy bridge boards. The 24 pin connector is also a little bit short to reach on boards like mine.

Other Thoughts: Some people may be discouraged by the fact that you can't use external graphics with this case, but if you OC the integrated intel graphics they really perform just as well as most mid-range graphics cards.

Pros: This is my third mini ITX system build, and this case is by far the best I've used. This is the perfect case for a small HTPC, and the VESA mount is a wonderful space saver for my already cluttered room. The ventilation is more than adequate for both mounting on the back of a TV and standalone setups.

Cons: The 90W PSU is on the low side. As long as you keep your system power requirements minimized, it shouldn't be a problem. It handles my AMD A4-3400 system with no complaints. The external power brick never gets too hot, even under load. Additionally, getting the motherboard in was a bit tricky. I had to remove the front panel USB and audio connectors to get it in there.

Other Thoughts: The HTPC build I used this case for is for my second TV in my bedroom. It only needs to run Netflix and Windows Media Center (with my HD Home Run PRIME). I don't use this for my primary DVR. If you're willing to spend a little extra time carefully arranging cables to promote airflow, this case is a great way to go when building a small HTPC or basic workstation.

Here's the HTPC build I used with this:
AMD A4-3400 APU
ASRock A75M-ITX FM1 Motherboard
4GB G.Skill Memory F3-10600CL9D-4GBNS
OCZ Agility 3 90GB SSD AGT3-25SAT3-90G

Pros: * Good ventilation mini-itx server
* Small footprint (about size of dictionary in depth, smaller than a normal book in height)
* Power supply compact and 90W (energy use) and doesn't emit noise (hum or otherwise)

Cons: * provided cable from PSU to motherboard is just barely long enough for my layout (asus mini itx 1155), was a bit of a snug fit (N82E16813131878)
* PSU on my MB is right next to RAM which combined with short size of cable makes rams with larger footprint impractical in this case. my ram used had no heatspreaders (N82E16820233270)

Other Thoughts: pay special attention to RAM used with this build. RAM with large heat-sinks will be a battle.

90W power is not a problem with the components I used below, YMMV. Default CPU and heatsink as 35W CPU take very little heat (I think the 90W power supply is generating more heat than the 35W CPU).

Motherboard:
ASUS P8H61-I R2.0 LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

RAM:
CORSAIR 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMV16GX3M2A1333C9

CPU:
Intel Core i3-3220T Ivy Bridge 2.8GHz LGA 1155 35W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637i33220T

SSD:
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe MX MKNSSDCR120GB-MX 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Overall good benchmarks

Pros: Everything, except power, looks more awesome than the M350 I have from Mini-ITX

Cons: Needs larger psu

Other Thoughts: I would buy for next build if they upped the PSU to a 160 or 180. 90 is nothing

Pros: This case is incredibly tiny! It's the smallest mITX case that I know of. Also, it's VESA mountable, so you can put it on the back of a monitor. The built-in PSU is another nice feature, as it means you don't have to spend extra on a picoPSU.

Cons: Installing the motherboard in this case was an absolute nightmare! Maybe I was doing something wrong, but I had to bend some of the pins on the inside of my I/O shield just to get the motherboard to fit in (I bent them back later). Luckily, all of the parts seem to work fine, despite going through significant installation abuse. Another con is that the manual has to be downloaded from Antec's site. I know that a lot of bigger cases are fairly self-explanatory, but I would expect a manual to be included with a more unique case like this.

Other Thoughts: One should definitely expect ultra-SFF cases such as this to be challenging to build in, so I'm still giving it four eggs. However, I'd like it if Antec would consider making the front panel removable, as that would make installing the motherboard much easier. In conclusion, once everything is assembled, this case does its job very well.

Pros: Lots of ventilation, space for 2 HDs, comes with VESA mount, simple clean look

Cons: A little loose when mounted on a monitor as it is only held on at the bottom. Would be nice if it came with regular screws as well as the thumb screws to hold it to the VESA mount - In my case these are going to be used in a public location, and you need to make it as difficult as possible for them to walk off.

Other Thoughts: I decided to use some of my old processors and memory that were laying around to replace older EEE Boxes in a public library for internet access.

This case comes with everything you need, and leaves little space for anything extra - but that is the point of Mini ITX

The Intel DQ45EK fit perfectly and uses between 35 and 55 Watts with a Pentium 3Ghz chip and 4Gb RAM.

If they found a way to fit a DVD drive in these things, I think I would be replacing 150 office computers with them!

Assuming the power supplies are robust and stand the test of time... I foresee myself ordering a quite a few of these.

What more can you ask for? A custom built machine with full workstation CPU and Memory specs in a zero-footprint case!

Pros: Very small case, low power use, nice looking, 90 watt external power supply. Comes with a VESA mount to mount on back of a monitor, I may do the later.

Cons: OK I installed a ASRock A75M-ITX FM1 motherboard in this case, but the inside 12v 4 pin cable for this case is to short to reach the plug on the motherboard. So if you putting this MB in, buy a 12V (4Pin) Extension Cable. Another thing there were no instructions in the box. Go to Antec site and DL manual before you try to open case or you may break the case. I knocked one egg for these reasons Also there is no space at all to put an add-on card, not really a problem for me as I wasn't planning on adding one.

Other Thoughts: Ok do I like it, Yes. Here is my build:

Western Digital Scorpio Black wd5000bpkt 500GB
Item #: N82E16822136856

G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB 2 x 4GB Sticks
Item #: N82E16820231461

AMD A6-3500 Llano 2.1GHz 65 watt
Item #: N82E16819103951

ASRock A75M-ITX FM1 AMD A75
Item #: N82E16813157273

Antec ISK 110 VESA Black
Item #: N82E16811129185