Rosewill Micro-ATX Mini Tower Computer Case with Dual USB 3.0, Dual Fans and 12.5-Inch Card

First this is obviously a budget case so im not picking at what I consider small things. I initially needed a small case of a certain height a few years ago and the Rosewill FBM01 was the size I needed and worked ok , but soon found I didn't like the whole top bay being taken up by the front panel hardware and wires in the top, and it was just plain ugly - the Ranger-M was not out yet or I would have bought it. The Ranger case itself looked virtually identical internally except for the front bezel so I thought I could just swap out the front panel, move my optical drive and good to go. But I was wrong, the front panel retainers holes and pins are in different places at the middle and bottom so I had to swap the whole case. No matter even though its virtually the same case internally, the front panel is so much more functional and much better looking. After swapping the computer into the new case I had no problems and im very pleased with the look and function. The case is small, but it can be made to cool reasonably well with up to three case fans being possible. Something I often do before the build to slightly increase cooling efficiency and reduce fan noise is use a small cutoff wheel to cut out and open up the rear stamping hole to an open round hole for the back fan to increase efficiency and lower fan noise - then I upgrade the stock 80mm fan to a quality fluid bearing 92mm fan then I install it with a nice chrome steel wire grille to cover the blades, If this is done correctly the hole looks professional Like a factory punch out. Then I installed a low RPM 120mm fan in the side panel opening to direct more fresh air to the cpu cooler and video card, you have to slightly mod the existing holes as there are no real fan mounting holes here, but its easily accomplished. These changes along with the 120mm front intake fan will be more than adequate for all but serious gamers, In my case I changed the front 120mm led fan to an led fan with a three speed switch, then I have yet another opportunity to boost cooling here if needed, Add to this the power supplies 120mm exhaust fan and you effectively have four fans in this small case and it works very well. In any small case you must plan carefully but in this case there are holes so you can incorporate an SSD at the bottom instead of / or in addition to your regular hard drive, this case will hold a pretty long video card. Large tower coolers wouldnt fit in my situation as they interfere with the side fan I installed, so im running a slightly shorter than average Arctic 7 tower cooler with no problems on a quad core, 16G of ram and an adequate HD7700 video card with room to spare - but you have to establish your build order or youll find yourself taking things back out. But this is just a fact when small cases are used. Im very pleased and would buy again, its well worth the money if you need a small budget micro ATX case.UPDATE---PRICE GOUGING-!!->> I bought two of these for around $26 or so ea. and I love them, but now they are shamelessly price gouging AT FRIGGIN $72.00 !!!!! This is an OUTRAGEOUS price to ask for this low budget case, no one should have to pay more than $30 for a thin metal low buck case like this - shame on Amazon an whoever else is involved in this PRICE GOUGING-!!

FYI, mine came with 2 USB 2 and 2 USB 3 ports on the front panel. This is a great case for the money. Plenty of room for Drives and the placement of the front fan helps keep all those drives running cool as a cucumber ! It is not without a flaw or two but hey, its a $35 case ! The worst of those flaws is that the side covers are slightly twisted and you have to lay the case on it's side and use your arms to flatten it out in order to slide it back on and even then it took me a couple tries to get it right. This is actually very aggravating and I would not accept it from a more expensive case but hey,,, 35 bucks and you don't have to remove the covers that often. Another little annoyance was that there is very little clearance between the front fan and face plate and the fan blades hit the cover making a faint swish swish swish sound that was disturbing at first. A couple thin felt dots fixed that. Two best things about this case, and the whole reason I bought it, is that the Cooler Master HYPER 612 V.2 fits ! It's close, about 1/8 inch to spare, but it fits. Second thing is, the case looks nice. clean and square like a PC should look. The location of the ports and switches is another plus, right at the top of the face. The fans that came with it seem to be pretty decent. I kept the front one for now but I replaced the rear one, and also the fan on the Hyper cooler, with a couple Arctic F12 PWM PST fans the reason being that the Hyper aligns with and almost touches the rear case fan so it gives a push-pull effect across the heatsink. PC now runs silent and cool @ 32 degrees idle which is an 20 degree improvement.

The short: Pros, for the price this is a decent case that looks great. The front panel looks very clean and and professional. Cons, it would be very beneficial to have 2 extra inches up depth. The metal itself is a bit flimsy. Fans are whiny.Some more detail, I'm pleased with this case but would love it with only some minor changes. I started my search based on external dimensions. The case needed to fit (height wise) in a small-ish space, it just fits. Moving the parts from the old case to the new one was mostly uneventful. My power supply (Antec 380w Plus80) has cables far too long for this case. The main motherboard power cable could easily reach any point inside this case but only needed to go about 5 inches. Which is the next problem, my motherboard (Intel DQ35JO) has the power connection right under where the hard drive mounts. Power cable takes a somewhat tight turn and is wedged against the hard drive. 2 more inches in overall depth of the case could have easily solved this. That added depth would also make mounting an optical drive less tight, I got a new drive that was short so it really wasn't an issue.The metal is barely passable for a case. It would be very easy to bend and damage the metal. The added cost of using slightly thicker material would make it have a much more quality feel. The screwless drive holders are quite flimsy, but do their job for something that isn't going to move. There are 2 internal 3.5" bays, one being behind the front slot cover. Would be nice to have an actual second bay for a hard drive that doesn't make you choose if you want to use the external bay or a second drive.Fans are nice, 2 120mm fans are a nice thing to have. Temps are nice and cool, the fans are whiny though. Of the 4 computers it's near, this is the only one that really stands out. It didn't before the case swap. I'm probably going to try turning off one of the fans, the front one I think is the loudest one. The blue power and fan color is nice. Red HDD LED is nice, not too bright.Overall it's a good case. Best looking case in this price point that I've ever seen. The black finish all over the parts is even and good. The included screws and parts are normal, but all black which is a nice touch.Version 2 of this case could be better by making it 2 inches deeper, quieter fans and thicker metal all over. I can't imaging that adding more than $10 to the price, which I would gladly pay for those improvements. Mine was just under forty shipped here. NewEgg wants fifty shipped. Considering Rosewill is Neweggs brand, it should be cheaper there. At fifty, I would not buy this. Under forty I would.Does this case come in an ATX version too? That might be nice for some of my larger motherboards.