RIOTORO CR280 Mini-ITX Tower Case, Window, Ultra-Small Footprint, Full-Size Performance - View 1

RIOTORO CR280 Mini-ITX Tower Case, Window, Ultra-Small Footprint, Full-Size Performance

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Key Features

  • Stylish design with bright LED plus clear side panel gives you bragging rights when showing off your Gaming Rig!
  • Supports today's most powerful GPU's up to 10.5-inches in length
  • Fits Full Size Power Supplies without compromising airflow inside the case
  • Tool Free Design and Cable Management makes building your system quick and easy
  • Two Front Panel USB 3.0 Ports, Headphone and Mic port, and Power & Reset Buttons

Specifications

Brand
RIOTORO
Series
CR280
Item model number
CR280
Item Weight
12.54 pounds
Product Dimensions
8.07 x 16.65 x 18.39 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH
8.07 x 16.65 x 18.39 inches
Color
CR480 - Mid Tower
Manufacturer
RIOTORO
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer
No
Date First Available
October 10, 2015

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Customer Reviews

HAL 9000
I bought this for my son's setup and was, admittedly, looking for something that didn't break the bank while still being good enough for his gaming needs. This fit the bill even better than expected. The airflow is great and even when he's gaming heavily, there's cool air flowing out. Granted, we did buy fans to fill the additional bays, but it was doing okay even before those were installed. I've bought cases in this price range before and have always been disappointed in one way or another; not so with this case.There was plenty of room for his Nvidia 760 card, which is 10.5", and the drive bay layout was sensical and easy to work with. There was plenty of room to hide the cords away too. I was impressed by the depth of the side resevoir. My Antec 902 case is large, and handles the cords, but you have to pinch them in. I didn't have to do that with this case.So, if you think this will fit your needs, I don't think you have any reason to hesitate clicking "Buy". This is proving to be adequate for gaming, looks snazzy, and has good build quality. I'll be looking at this company's other products when I decide to replace my Antec case.
Matthew Soza
First off, the build quality is above average BUT seeing as this case is around 50$, you kinda have to forgive the case for cutting corners.The Bad:The side panels only use 1 thumbscrew to keep them in place, and are finicky to put them back on the case, the rear side panel has no hump (like in other cases) to allow wiring to have some room, the fan layout is lacking and will produce problems for hot components as airflow needs to be tinkered with for reasonable temperatures, the top fan spots (in my case) will cause some PSU wires to the CPU_PWR on my motherboard to be squished (again, this might only be because of my motherboard's layout, it might not happen to you.)The Good:Really build friendly, wiring was a breeze for me, even with an ATX board, Red LED in the front is a nice touch, and acts as the power light, Dual USB 3.0 ports on the front panel is nice, bright HDD Activity light, rubber feet on the bottom add extra ground clearance and prevent vibrations, PSU Fan filter is a big plus, AiO friendly, easy to install both harddrives, and optical drives with an easy swap semi tool-less installation process, easy to remove bay drive covers.TL;DR: You get what you pay for, but this case ain't too bad if you can look past some of the negatives, Oh and make sure to use either high airflow fans, or high pressure fans, because the airflow isn't too good in this case, it's not the worse, but it could be better.
B.C.
About the easiest case for cable management I've ever had. It's not that it's incredibly easy--there are some tight spaces. It's more that the slightly-smoked window only covers the motherboard area, meaning craptastic cable management with wires shoved haphazardly under the hard drive is not a problem.Seriously though, the case is very well put together and sturdy. The design choices make sense, although I'd like to see a second fan mount in front. Rubber gromits on the cable management holes would also have been a welcome plus. That said, there is a lot of room to work with, it's very easy to build in, it looks great, and it's deceptively small. For comparison, I've got an NZXT S340 Elite next to it, which is one of the smaller ATX mid-towers on the market, and this guy is a wee bit smaller. For those of us who want to keep our computers on our desk without having our computers become our desk, this is a case to look at.
The White CraneThe White Crane
Pretty good case for 50$. I haven't built a computer in years so these new case designs were something I have never used. Installation was a breeze though, all hardware needed was included and the two case fans that it comes with are not too bad either. Plenty of room for cable management as well (comes with zip ties to tie down all your cabling). I paired the case with the new AMD Ryzen 1700 and RGB spire cooler that it came with and it looks great with the side panel window. My only tip would be to remove the back case fan during installation, it makes putting the back panel and motherboard in far more easy.