InWin 301 Black Tempered Glass Premium Micro-ATX Mini-ITX Tower Gaming Computer Case

Current system:i7-4771EVGA 1060 6GB SSC16GB DDR3-1600Win7+ Tiny footprint but STOUT. It's almost entirely steel and when it's fully decked out with all 5 fans it weighs more than most bulkier mid towers I've come across.+ Clean understated look. There's a little red glow from a logo insert and around the ports on the front header, but it doesn't look like it's vomiting rainbow sherbet all over itself 24/7+ Tempered glass panel with a quick release latch. I'm very fickle with my PC; it's kind of always a "work-in-progress" so I spend a lot of time inside it just fiddling around with cables and fan placement and whatnot. It's nice to not have to futz around with a dozen thumbscrews just to get it open.+ Air flow is way better than it has any right to be. I don't know how, but right now my temps are sitting at 24c and 28c for my CPU and GPU, respectively, using only air cooling. Under torture test on my GPU with the highest stable overclock possible, it never gets any hotter than 65c.- Cable storage is pretty good, but cable *management* is garbage. No tie-downs or cut outs, or clearly defined routing lanes. I ended up storing cables in the PSU chamber and routing everything from there. There's a deceptively large amount of available space up there, even more so with a modular PSU.- Really tight cable clearance for the hard drive sled. It's a good thing I had some angled SATA data cables lying around.- No case fans. Seems like an odd corner to cut for what's supposed to be an attempt at entering the budget space. Throw in the price of 3-5 decent case fans ($8 each for the cheapest 120mm Prime-eligible fans I'd recommend) and it doesn't look like much of a budget case anymore.- Front USB ports are only 3.0. I had to buy a USB 3.0 male to USB 2.0 female adapter cable for $5 as my now 3 year old budget motherboard doesn't have a 20-pin USB 3.0 port.I love this case, but I wouldn't recommend this to first time builders, or anyone on a strict budget. Weak cable management is likely to frustrate and having to buy all the case fans separately makes the final price bloated. For those looking to migrate their system to a new case to down-scale and/or as part of a broader system upgrade, it's fantastic.

A lot of people are saying that this is a difficult case to work with. I didn't find it hard to work with at all, and this was my first build. Beautiful case, and well built. Just keep in mind this is a Mini-ITX computer case, so buy the appropriate parts for this case. The tips I can give while working with this case would be the following. First recommendation, buy a FULLY MODULAR PSU. This will help with cable management, and leaving any cables that you don't need OUT of the case. Secondly, mount the PSU first with the fan facing down, and start planning cable management. I do a "test drop" of the motherboard before I screw it in and see how I would run all the wires I would need, so I can "hide" them to the best of my ability.Third, mount all your fans if using any (I HIGHLY RECOMMEND AN EXHAUST FAN!). Fourth step, mount motherboard (after all necessary parts are on IE: CPU, RAM, CPU Cooler). Fifth step, connect GPU. Sixth step, mount HDD/SSD. FInally, Connect all cables and zip tie/Velcro strap them for cable management. My system is at a cool 33-35 degrees Celsius idle, and 50-65 degrees Celsius under load with my most demanding game.Parts used:Intel i7-7700 (7th gen)MSI Nvidia GeForce Aero 1070 ITXGigabyte Motherboard GA-H270n WifiEVGA Supernova 550 G3, 80 Plus Gold 550W, Fully Modular PSUCorsair AF120 White LED Quiet Edition x4 (two twin packs)SilverStone Technology Silverstone 8-Port PWM Fan Hub/Splitter for 4-Pin & 3-Pin FansDayree 10.5" 4 Pin PWM Fan Extension Cable ConnectorScythe Big Shuriken 3 Low Profile 120mm CPU Cooler (a little hard to mount and cable manage with this but well worth it)2TB Firecuda 2.5" SSHD250 GB Intel NVMe2 (for boot and windows)16 GB Ballistix DDR4 2660 Mhz (8 gb x2)Optional: Cooler Master Wired RGB Controller C10L 3 (I didn't have an RGB header)Final thoughts, TLDR;Love the case, great build, need to think about cable management first and appropriate hardware sizes before purchasing case.