Great, (What's this?) Great case...it is tight with a micro atx mobo. The blue lights on the front are supppper bright, but the case is pretty standard without much visual pizzaz. Works good as a HTPC case with intel x68 mobo, regular psu. USB 3.0 ports work great on MOBO's with 3.0 headers.
Great Case for HTPC, (What's this?) This is my first HTPC, but I've been "building" computers for a decade now. This case is fairly attractive in my AV stack. The build quality seems good. I like the flexibility of the mounting options for optical and disk drives, very accommodating. I haven't added any case fans yet, but probably will after adding another HDD, BD burner, and dedicated video card (just running off the AMD fusion core for now). USB3 support is nice, though I don't have any peripherals to take advantage of it yet. Be sure to check the dimensions of your components first - the PSU is directly behind the 5.25" bay so you may need a shorter drive and/or supply. Also, the height can be an issue for aftermarket coolers (I'm running the little stock guy for now). You can probably get the info from Silverstone's website. Overall, it rocks.
BEST HTPC case for the price..., (What's this?) I purchased this to build a HTPC/Webcam server, and it has been an excellent purchase. Made with a strong crossbar inside, so it will support a heavy item on top (I have a monitor sitting on mine), it's built to last. Room inside for 4 80mm case fans (on the right side.) Good ventilation. Do be careful what optical drive and power supply you choose, the room between the two is tight. You will want both items to be on the small size depth wise.
Excellent HTPC Case!, (What's this?) I purchased this case for a new build to go into an entertainment center and this fits in with my PS3 and stereo nicely. This is a great size and nice low profile for tight spaces on shelves. I love it! It has dust filters on top above motherboard and bottom under Power Supply (Top one optional-attached with magnets).
Poor design and front of case looks cheap, (What's this?) I have built several HTPC's, and this case is just too small. I have used other (larger) silverstone and Antec cases in the past, and they were good. Was looking to build an inexpensive HTPC for a spare bedroom, and went with this case.
If you use a standard size ATX PSU, there is very little chance you will be able to install a optical drive. To give you an idea, my PSU had (maybe) 3/4 of an inch clearance between the PSU and the sata connections on the back of the DVD drive.
Love the case with a few caveats., (What's this?) The case is sleek and looks more like a piece of audio gear which is what I was looking for. This sleekness is both an advantage and disadvantage. You have to do a lot of pre-planning to get everything to fit. There is no room for error. This would have been easier, admittedly, if I would have used SATA drives versus EIDE but with the prices on those going out of sight I had to reuse my old drives. Once you get everything in the case doesn't seem to be that cramped and you have lots of air flow.
Nice Case!!, (What's this?) Great case, I've had this one for 6 months as an HTPC. I have a wireless keyboard & mouse hooked up and I'm in media heaven. I've barely watched any normal TV. The case runs nice and cool and I have two 3.5 hard drives inside. The 2nd HD location is a little funny, but it works. The connection wires inside are a little too long, but some twist ties help.
Great for what I needed, (What's this?) I bought this case as part of my HTPC build, and I am happy to say it worked perfectly.
Perfect price point - perfect fit!, (What's this?) I've been on the lookout for a good looking HTPC case under $150 for a while. Finding the SilverStone ML03 for only $70 was a steal! Most any microATX or mITX board should fit fine. I dropped in a mITX Intel board with E8400 and popped my media bay in for the remote. Perfect fit on everything. All I had for a PSU laying around was a standard high end 500W which is absolute overkill but I managed to fit all the cabling in there. As I just run XBMC (now the new OpenELEC) I installed to a flash card left hanging inside.
Support standard PS2(ATX) power supplies.Support low profile expansion cards.Support up to four 80mm fans.Drive cages with multi-purpose mounts eliminate need for adapters.Includes two USB 3.0 ports. The slimmer Milo ML03 has a profile of 105mm height and 340mm depth, making it extremely easy to integrate into any living room furniture. Incredibly, this case can accommodate up to three 3.5-Inch hard drives or five 2.5-Inch HDD/SSD through its smartly designed drive cages that can mount either size without any use of adapters. For cooling, the ML03 can be fitted with up to four 80mm fans so users can choose to build a quiet system with low power components or a powerful HTPC with 140W CPU if needed. There are also numerous small touches including pre-cut hole for VGA (D-SUB) connector, Kensington lock support, and an additional full size expansion slot for installing extra motherboard I/O, fan controller, or accessories products such as CLEARCMOS. For those looking to build an HTPC with good expansion and cooling capability but has limited room and budget, the SilverStone Milo ML03 is the one to get.
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