BitFenix Portal White SFX PSU Support Aluminium Design Mini ITX Case (BFC-POT-150-WKXKK-RP)

Finally built PC after a long time of my purchase of this case and boy, i don't know where to start.First of all, for a first timer, you're going to spend hours, while doing a simple cable management, and believe me, it really needs a good cable management.The cooling is so horrible that you need to somehow make enough free space for air to circulate around it, otherwise, it becomes a small microwave for all of your parts. The strange thing, which i found is that engineer/s made a nice filter on all four corners, for air circulation and cooling, but then they put another wide layer of metal with tiny holes after these filter, so the air doesn't enter normally inside the case. Sort of the same thing is constructed in the PSU area. When you put the PSU with a fan faced down, you see that the main carcass, which holds all parts has holes under PSU, but then there is a wide rail road, which makes some difficulties for the air to escape. The fun thing about it is that they made holes underneath the case, but, as there's a rail road, the air doesn't come out straight from the mentioned holes. The back of the case begs for two 80mm fans instead of either one 80mm or two 40mm fans. I've replaced OEM fans, which come with a case and even with industrial Noctua fans, put an AIO water cooler on CPU, and it's still not enough, so i'm seriously considering about modding this case. To let you see the whole picture, i'll list all of the parts, which i use in this case.Video Card: MSI RX 580 Armor MK2RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V series 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200CPU: Ryzen 1700X 3.4GhzPSU: SilverStone SX800-LTI 800W, SFX-L, 80 Plus PlatinumMotherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 ITXRadiator: DeepoCool Captain 120EX WhiteStorage: Seagate 2.5 2TB FireCuda and HP EX920 M.2 NVMeFans: Noctua NF-F12 iPPC-3000 PWM and NF-A8 PWMThe main concern is not the CPU and RAM, but instead motherboard's VRMs, GPU and possibly PSU. When you try to play some heavy games, VRMs stay on 80 and slowly crawl to 90, while GPU stays on 80-89 without dropping or getting higher. Now, i know that all ITX cases have trouble with cooling things, but the thing is, the size of the case is not so small if you can put AIO water cooler and put GPU without any riser extender inside of it.

This case looks so much better in person. The footprint is smaller than a midtower but larger than a traditional mini itx case. It is sleek and smooth all around and you can really feel the quality in the metal unibody frame. The sliding rail is a great feature locking all the important pieces inside suspended away from the walls. I wanted a case that my brother could easily bring over when he visits each summer. The design and materials means transportation is worry free of bumps and dings. The top window will house an RGB 1070 which is much needed to really highlight the only window. You do have to be careful in selecting your internals such as an SFX psu and an AIO 120 cooler but the tradoff is worth it in the end result. It looks small and cute but feels solid and secure. The portal and storm trooper cues open up some great design options as well. Will add pics once the build is complete but overall i'm glad Bitfenix isn't afraid to leabe the comfort of the trendy norms to give consumors more creative freedom. Look at every other new case... plastic...tempered glass rectangle boxes.

Beautiful, sleek and totally under-ventilated.This is a gorgeous chassis for HTPC, upper end and mid class CPU's and GPU's. Not top tier hot hardware. You can comfortably run most top end CPU's at standard speeds with a decent ITX cooler - but - no overclocking!The front fan is meaningless because it doesn't create enough pressure to cause meaningful cool airflow - even when upgraded to a MagLev Corsair 120mm.It's early 2018, at the time of this review, and I would say that my gear (or similar) is as high as one can go.CPU = Intel 6700K at standard speeds.ASUS ROG GTX 1070 OC (at standard speeds).Anything more will throttle in my opinion.It's beautiful and whisper quiet though... people say it looks amazing, and I have to agree.

Case is stylish and that is where the good part ends. Case supports a three fan gtx 1080ti but it really chokes the hardware of air flow. I touched the side of the case after about ten minutes of gaming and it was burning hot. I removed the plastic window on the top and now it has a decent not trust worthy airflow. But now the case looks really tacky. I am going to purchase a new case. I don’t recommend buying this case with the aspirations of filling it with high end parts I would recommend this case for mid level desk gamers not using a 4K monitor. Case would probably be fine with a gtx 1060 or lower.

This small case is absolutely incredible. Very easy to work with, very good looking and polished. As far as what you can build in this, you could build a very powerful machine, but the airflow for anything that powerful is just not there. This is much better suited for a medium to low power machine to run sliently.

It has poor ventilation, and mini-ITX builds are already very hot. Cable management is a pain.I would recommend that you stay away from this case unless you want to mod it, or REALLY need the looks of this case.The one nice thing is that you can run it with the mobo tray slide open a bit for 20C temp difference.

Sehr schöne Gehäuse aber leider ist das kein itx

Case molto bello esteticamente, sapevo che sarebbe stato più complesso di altri per quanto riguarda l'assemblaggio e in effetti fare un lavoro pulito ottimizzando la gestione dei cavi richiede parecchio tempo. Come lato negativo ci sono le temperature che rispetto a un case standard salgono veramente di parecchio, il che in alcuni casi costringe ad aprire il case di qualche centimetro. Per il resto ottima fattura nei materiali e nell'assemblaggio.

L'estetica e' il suo punto di forza, unita ad una qualita' costruttiva eccellente con materiali e finiture al top, esterno tutto in alluminio, verniciatura "bugnata" spettacolare.Non e' il piu' compatto, il piu performante nel raffreddamento o il piu' versatile case per miniITX in circolazione....Ma e' una ottima alternativa alle solite scontate forme a cubetto e con la sua flessibilita' di configurazione se ne puo' fare un ottimo HTPC/home server da esporre orgogliosamente nel salotto o una potente workstation/gaming rig da far troneggiare sulla scrivania.Se poi si e' anche fan di un certo gioco...

Ich habe mir dieses Gehäuse wegen des einzigartigen Designs gekauft, weil mir ich es einfach super finde, dass man die Grafikkarte von oben durch das Fenster sehen kann. Ich muss aber sagen, dass die Kühlung herausfordernd ist, da es ziemlich wenige Lufteinlässe im Gehäuse gibt. Die mitgeschickten Lüfter sind ziemlich laut und wurden deshalb durch welche von be quiet ersetzt. Dafür einen Stern Abzug. Den anderen Stern habe ich abgezogen, weil die Lieferung eine ganze Woche gebraucht hat, obwohl es "Premium" Versand war. Eine Woche ist einfach zu lange.