IN WIN BK623.BN300TBL S.F.F Tiny Tower Chassis

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I built a office PC using what was left of a dead HP slim PC reusing the CPU, HDD & ram. This case was combined with a MSI K9N6PGM2-V2, FSP FSP400-60GHS(85)-R 400W Micro ATX 20+4PIN 80PLUS Power Supply, Scythe Shuriken REV.B 3 Heatpipe CPU Heatsink [Yes you can put a square peg in a round hole :)] The ends of the Scythe heatpipe just touch the plastic shroud around the CPU but I decided to try a test run before I broke out the dremel and it runs so cool I decided to leave it be. Great combo that works with AMD - see pics in post above

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This is a perfect mATX case for an office computer. It's really small, comes with integrated power supply, and plenty of front USB ports. Be warned that the shell of the case is made of thin sheet metal however there is a fairly solid frame underneath. The only complaint I've got is that the front pannel USB and audio jacks were really stiff initially, but after breaking them in, they're fine.

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This is a nice little case for a low end PC or dedicated appliance using an mATX board. I wanted to reuse a 5 year old Intel Celeron mATX board for use as a music player/jukebox and thought this case was close to ideal. I would not recommend it for HTPC use. There are better cases for that. The first problem was getting the CPU cooler shroud to work. It didn't due to the square shape of the small heat sink and the large round hole in the shroud. A piece of plastic cut to shape fixed that. Then I noticed that the power supply fan became noisy after about 15 minutes of use. It also moved very little air despite the noise. I took the fan out of the PS (deep sixing the warranty) and replaced it with a better fan screwed to the outside of the PS. That also blocks an expansion slot. (I'm not planing on using it anyway.) Then I had to reduce the CPU fan speed to reduce noise. That meant reduced air flow through the case. To fix that I attached a low speed fan to the case cover vents (something Inwin should have foreseen and accommodated.) That meant the plastic shroud had to be disassembled to allow for reversed airflow. Overall, nice idea with a couple of minor flaws. With a newer Intel board it should be fine. Just be sure to use a low power CPU and on board video to prevent overheating.