Reviews for Antec Quiet Mini Desktop Case

Good size

Strengths: Size, construction quality

Weakness: Color, power supply cable length, awkward motherboard mounting, fan connectors, optical drive mount

The silver front color does not match the black or beige of most optical drives. A black optical drive sticks out like a sore thumb. The power supply's main ATX power cable is way too long - about 12in too long. You can fold it up under the optical drive bay. The SATA power cable for the optical drive is too short. The motherboard mounts on a mix of screw holes, studs and plastic bumpers. The studs make it difficult to adjust the board position before tightening. Inserting the motherboard is a very tight fit. All the fans use the large awkward 4-pin molex connectors; none have RPM monitoring. The fans have 3 speed switches, but the medium and high speeds are too agressive for an HTPC. The optical drive bay is too tight. I had to use a lot of force to get the optical drive in and then had even more trouble getting it back out. Trimming some obstacles helped with that.

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