Mini Tower Cases

A mini tower is built around a micro-ATX motherboard. It is meaningfully smaller than a mid tower but avoids the hard limits of a true Mini-ITX build — you still get expansion slots, room for a normal power supply, and in most cases a full-length graphics card.

For a great many builds this is the sensible size: a gaming PC, a home office machine or a media PC that does not need to dominate the desk.

What to check before ordering, in this order: graphics card length, CPU cooler height, and radiator support if you plan on liquid cooling. Those three numbers end more small builds than anything else. Also check whether the case includes a power supply — some budget models do, and it is usually a basic unit.

The range runs from budget VIDA, DeepCool MATREXX and CIT models, through Fractal Design Pop Mini and Meshify 2 Mini and Cooler Master Elite, to ASUS Prime AP201, Antec Performance and Corsair 2500X.

For smaller still, see Mini-ITX cases.