Cooler Master RC-130-KKN1 Elite 130 - Mini-ITX Computer Case with Mesh Front Panel and Water Cooling Support

Before I get started, I should note I run a pretty high end custom watercooled system inside this Elite 130, so I guess I'll list what I'm packing in this mini monster: Conventional Parts CPU - Intel I5 3570k Motherboard - MSI Z77IA-E53 Graphics Card - MSI Twinfrozer Radeon 7950 (7970 Reference PCB) Power Supply - Silverstone Strider 550 Watt Hard Drive - Western Digital Cavalier Green 1TB SSD - Samsung 840 Pro 128GB Unconventional Parts Radiators - 2x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Single 120mm Pumps - 2x Swiftech MCP35X Resevoir - Koolance RP-401X2 CPU Block - Koolance CPU-380I Graphics Card Block - Heatkiller GPU-X³ 79X0 Fans - 3x Scythe Gentle Typhoon AP-45 2150RPM (GT's are best fans out there, no joke. Also the AP-45's are a little tough to find now but AP-15's are just as great and abundant.) With that outta the way... Coming off of the Elite 120, I had very high expectations for this case, and it did not disappoint. Again, coming off the Elite 120, doing a side by side comparison between the 2 cases I found them to be the exact same dimensions even though the product numbers say different. From the numbers, the elite 130 should almost be 1 inch shorter in length which its not. The only difference in size may be the front panel by a couple of millimeters. Speaking of the front panel, it has been changed to a full mesh front which is thee biggest change from the Elite 120, and what a huge improvement it is. My GT's are breathing much more comfortably and are moving monstrous amount of air now thanks to the full mesh front. Also from doing measurements, it looks like that front panels between the 120 and 130 are NOT interchangeable. Some people say that this case is a little to big to be a Mini ITX case, and why this may hold some truth, going any smaller of a case would keep one from installing full length graphics cards. That said, there so much room to work with in this case that u can fit everything one would want into it. And yes, I was able to fit all the stuff listed in this case. And that's 2x 45mm radiators with 3x 25mm fans fitted to them. However the side drive bracket did have to come out for the HDD to fit in its place. HOWEVER, (and this is a big however, notice the caps), the side drive bracket does fit with a watercooling setup and has enough room left on either side to mount an SSD, so if your rocking just SSD's or have external drives, this bracket still maintains functionality in watercooled setups. When selecting the radiators it should be noted that you should pay attention to radiator thickness and graphics card length when the rad inlets are on the graphics card side as they may intersect. The airflow of the case is fantastic when coupled with a Power supply with fan down, which creates a wind tunnel effect where the front fans pull air straight in and the psu pulls in out back. If your going the aircooling route, it should be noted that u have a 65mm clearance for a heatsink. The stock heatsinks that comes with most processors will fit. The Cooler Master GeminII M4 - CPU Cooler with 4 Direct Contact Heat Pipes (RR-GMM4-16PK-R2) is a great choice for an aftermarket cooler, and as far as I've seen in pictures, will fit even with a graphics card installed. So in conclusion, this case has a ton of different options to which you could build it, whether it be a light and small office computer, a quiet and appealing HTPC, or a full bore, no holds bar, cancer curing, old people punching, etc etc, monstrous gaming Lan Box. I will say however that if your going with multiple drives (3+), I would still recommend the Elite 120 for its optimize drive cage, and if your looking to go any smaller, say bye to that graphics card you have sitting in your wish list. I also uploaded some pics of my build to amazon so u can get an idea of what this little monster can do, as well as a couple measurement for reference.

I go to school across the country from where I live and needed to move my current hardware in a mid sized case into a smaller case. (See my review of the Corsair 300R here on Amazon, great mid tower case). After doing hundreds of hours of research and passing up a great deal on the Bitfenix prodigy, I decided to get this case for a few reasons: 1. Front panel USB3 (x2) 2. Amazing options for many drives of different kinds (I currently have 2 SSD and 2 HDD in mine) 3. Full size ATX power supply form factor 4. Full size graphics card room 5. Truly small compared to the Prodigy 6. Simple, yet strong, look. Doesn't look like a plastic toy like many other Cooler Master products. (in my opinion, of course) Initial impressions: Out of the box, the case looks great. The paint is even, the inside is black, the cables are black, the grating on the top and front look very professional and stylish. The documents that come with the case are in many different languages, but are very easy to understand using the pictures. The front panel is not a massive pain to remove like many other cases I have owned. One thing that I love about this case is that it has many places to tie cables. When building, I took the time to really think through zip-tying cable groups to keep the clutter to a minimum. The case also came with a bag of various screws, quick detach mounts for SSD and HDDs, a bag of SSD screws, and two black SATA cables (one with an angled connector and one without). I'm sure I'm missing something here, so do a little bit of research or throw me a question to find out if this case has what you need. The build: - Motherboard: Gigabyte H77N-WIFI (so far so good, I'll write a review eventually) - Corsair H60 water cooler (great so far, fits very well in this smaller case) - SSD x2 - HDD x2 - Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce (large and heavy, 11.2" long, 5" tall, 1.5" wide) - Seasonic 560KM PSU As you can see, this is a lot of things to power. I found it moderately easy to keep cables neat and organized, but it took a bit of head scratching and zip-tying to keep the spaghetti to a minimum. There are cable-tying points along both of the bottoms on each side of the case, so keeping the front-panel cables tied and out of the way was very simple. The hardest part was probably just making enough room to jam the PSU over all of the SATA cables, water pump lines, etc. when I finished installing everything. Don't be demoralized if you have to take a few pieces out in order to slot something in, everything will fit and it will fit well. Pros: - Full size gaming PC in a mini-itx sized case - Room for massive amounts of storage media (slightly less if you need to use the 5.25" slot) - Very easy to take apart to fit your hands inside - Quick detach for storage media - Very quiet stock fans that move plenty of air (each comes with a 4-pin power extension for direct PSU power) - Great price - Sturdy, trustworthy structure Cons: - Takes extra time to think through compared to larger cases Thanks for reading

ESTUPENDO GABINETE PARA ESTACION DE TRABAJO... SOLO PARA MOTHERS MICRO ITX... POSIBLEMENTE UN MINI ITX ... DEPENDIENDO DISEÑO... TRAE VENTILADOR FRONTAL Y USB 3.0 FRONTAL CON ADAPTADOR PARA CONECTAR EN SOCKET 2.0 REQUIERE FUENTE ESTANDAR.

Vraiment un super boitier pour construire un mini PC bureautique et multimédia avec SSD, HDD et graveur. Il y a de la place pour tout loger sans que tout soit trop confiné. Du coup, le ventilateur de façade aère bien les éléments et la carte mère, et l'ensemble ne chauffe pas et fonctionne dans un quasi silence. Quasi parce que le ventilateur de façade est un trois pins, donc régulation de la vitesse en DC. J'aurais préféré un 4 pins pour une régulation PWM qui aurait permis de mieux ajuster sa vitesse de rotation et rendre ainsi l'ensemble plus silencieux. A, noter deux USB 3.0 et un USB 2.0 en façade, c'est royal ! La qualité du boitier est excellente pour le prix (pas de bord coupant) et le look final est plutôt sympa.

El primer detalle que me ha llamado la atención es que el botón de encendido está en el logo de Cooler Master, además se enciende en azul cuando está el ordenador encendido. Trae un ventilador frontal que mete aire dentro de la caja, pero la orientación se puede cambiar fácilmente si queréis. Ofrece varias posibilidades de montaje de los discos duros, se pueden poner en el panel lateral o en la parte superior donde la rejilla en la que están los discos duros se puede poner mas cerca de la fuente o más alejado, tiene esas dos posiciones. En total he calculado que pueden caber 4 discos duros de 2,5 pulgadas, es lo que suelen soportar de máximo las placas base Mini-ITX... meter 6 discos duros en una caja tan pequeña puede llegar a ser un reto sin obstruir el paso del aire para una refrigeración adecuada. Hablando de refrigeración, por esta caja pasa bien el aire, tiene rejillas suficientemente grandes para disipar el calor. Mucho ojo con qué procesador y ventilador ponéis, recomiendo los de NOCTUA por su bajo perfil, hay que tener muchísimo cuidado a la hora de montarlo todo y seguir un orden adecuado. Primero se tiene que montar todo en la placa base, incluso el ventilador para el procesador y la fuente al final. Lo que no me ha gustado mucho de esta caja es que no tiene agujeros puestos en los laterales para poder poner ventiladores de 12 o 14 centímetros... Para poner ventiladores en los laterales te las tienes que apañar haciendo agujeros en la estructura de la caja, alrededor de la rejilla. Al fin y al cabo todo ordenador Mini ITX es complicado montarlo y organizarlo todo bien... Sin duda tendré en cuenta esta caja en mi próximo equipo Mini ITX

I've decided to give this case 5 stars despite a couple of features that turned out to be a bit inconvenient. I bought this case because I had a spare power supply and a spare graphics card (Powercolor HD5770) left over from upgrading another computer. The full size components fit nicely without much hassle, (I'm using an MSI AM1I mini-itx motherboard which has a PCIE slot for a full size graphics card). Case is strong enough and finished to a good standard with no sharp edges, looks nice and fairly compact. Minor irritations, the case has space for multiple HDDs but in practice you would probably be limited to one or two. When the Graphics card is fitted it comes very close to the left side of the case (viewing from the front) and so as in my case would you be limited to mounting an SSD here as a full size 3.5 inch HDD would foul the card. Other mounting points for HDDs are underneath the top bracing plate (which is detachable) and in theory would take 2 full size HDDs but only if you mount the PSU fan facing DOWN into the case, which I don't like doing (YMMV of course). The HDDs are mounted upside down on this brace plate which is not ideal as the electronics on the HDDs are facing up into the mesh vent on the top case cover and could in theory get FOD or liquid accidentally dropped into them. Apart from that a nice item and I'm happy with the result.

Spedizione Amazon perfetta, come sempre. Case mini-itx perfetto per avere un sistema gaming high-end molto compatto. Io ho dentro un i7 4790k dissipato a liquido con un Corsair Hydro H80i v2, una Strix 980ti, 2 ssd, 2 banchi di ram ad alto profilo e ci sta tutto alla grande anche se gli spazi sono proprio misurati per cui va fatta molta attenzione a pianificare bene il tutto prima del montaggio. Nonostante sia così piccolo i flussi d' aria suono buoni ed io sto dentro un range di temperature accettabilissimo per tutti i componenti. Il filtro anti polvere anteriore fa il suo dovere ed il tutto è molto semplice da smontare, rimontare ecc. Un consiglio, anche se si può utilizzare un qualsiasi alimentatore standard andate su uno che sia massimo 150x140x86mm altrimenti vi troverete malissimo per la profondità dentro il case, io per questo ho preso un Cooler Master v750 completamente modulare. Nn ho trovato difetti costruttivi ne mi posso lamentare del funzionamento delle porte usb o dei tasti di accensione e reset. Unico neo: anche se il case è indicato come compatibile con un AIO a liquido con ventola da 120mm fate tantissima attenzione alle dimensioni del radiatore che andrete a montare e soprattutto al diametro dei tubi di scambio del liquido, perché si è vero che il Corsair che ho preso io ci sta benissimo una volta montato ma per montarlo ho sudato 14 camicie.