GoodisoryA09 Black Mini-ITX 0.8mm SPCC Desktop Computer Case Fit in Flex PSU

Nice and simple little case with great air flow. I put a ASRock N100DC-ITX board in it which has a embedded processor that is passively cooled. No fans, no sound at all coming from the machine. This computer is a fun project to run Casa OS on Debian. This is my new home for Home Assistant where I can control lighting, security cameras etc. One thing I like about the case is it is made to fit a power supply inside, but since I can run this motherboard off of a laptop power supply, I have all that room for some extra hard drives. The case is not too large, but it is easy to work inside of it, just a open box essentially, unlike a lot of ITX cases that are very tight. The construction is solid steel sheetmetal painted black. It's not too fancy which is fine for this use case and it keeps the cost down. This whole computer including the case was around $200.

This case is a breeze to work in, is perfectly compact, and has one single flaw.That flaw is that the front I/O daughter board is in the way of the GPU. Your GPU *WILL* hang too far and hit that little PCB and its wires... So I suggest you only buy this if you don't intend on closing the side panel, or if you don't need even a small dedicated GPU.Needing a riser cable could have been avoided if the manufacturer had put a low-profile brace elsewhere, instead of a regular sized GPU brace where it is... But that's a nitpick. The only real concern is the placement of the Front I/O ports.For the price, it's a decent case.

I used the A09 for my first Mini-ITX build after a number of AMD Micro-ATX builds over the years.* AMD Ryzen 8600* Gigabyte B650I AORUS Ultra Mini-ITX* T.F.SKYWINDINTL 400W Power Supply Flex ATX Fully Modular PSU (very tight!)* G.SKILL Ripjaws S5 Series (Intel XMP 3.0) DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MT/s CL30-40-40-96 1.40V Desktop Computer Memory UDIMM* Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD* SAMSUNG MZ-V9P4T0B/AM 990 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD 4TBThe Goodisory A09 is one of the smallest ITX cases out there. It accommodates the above hardware with a few caveats:* The Ryzen 8600 with stock Cooler fits, but precludes the optional mounting of a video card w riser across the side of the case* The PSU listed is a VERY tight fit.. to be fair, it is longer than what the A09 specifies as usable. It had to be maneuvered past non-removable mounting posts.* There is no spare room. The main motherboard power is right against the front panel* The front buttons needed to be temporarily removed to permit installation of the motherboard (picture)* The fact that the Gigabyte board has sub-board to attach case power and reset is helpful (picture)While the A09 is well made. Its design sacrifices everything for small size. I think it's a nice solution for a Ryzen APU and M.2 storage with no extraneous devices in the case: no GPU card, no SATA drives, no add-on cards. Even there, assembly will take some trial and error to find the correct order of operations.What could make the A09 better? The basic case is riveted together and risers are not removable so it is quite sturdy. The side panel is the only removable panel. If the risers and other panels were removable, it would be easier to mount the PSU, and access the motherboard connections.My goal was a lunch-box sized host with ample memory and storage for data projects. The A09 can literally be carried in a child's soft lunch bag (pictured)

Very nice looking case and love the small for factor was also very easy to build in, honestly no complaints.

My computer gets insanely hot not recommend if you have a basic setup. I would return mine but they dont accept returns

This SKTC A09 3.8L case is the best case I have found for a mini-ITX APU build/no Graphics card. However, there are three significant problems:1) The specs incorrectly state "CPU cooler: no taller than 75mm when install a M.2 hard disk". This is not correct. You cannot even install a 70mm CPU cooler, much less one that is 75mm height.2) The 7.4 inch depth/(front-to-back) is a tight fit for a mini-ITX motherboard/mobo and the case-edges on each side make this access-space even smaller (see picture). You have to wiggle the mobo into the case one side at-a-time. Therefore the mobo cannot be inserted into the case with the CPU cooler already installed. You will have to install the cooler-backplate on the motherboard first, then insert the motherboard into the case, and then finish installing the CPU cooler.3) Because of the same tight-fit, you will have to remove the front panel USB 3.0/HD audio connections or get very creative with cable routing.But even with three problems of shorter than advertised CPU cooler height, wiggle-access, and discarding the front-panel connections, the SKTC A09 is the best case I have found for an APU-build/no-graphics-card. Other cases leave you with unused case space for a graphics card on one side, and very limited CPU cooler height on the other side.