Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced M-ITX PC Chassis Review

Today I am taking a look at the Elite 120 Advanced chassis from Cooler Master, and with over ten years experience in the computer industry providing us with a solid range of cooling components , computer chassis and even supporting the industrial industry and high end business solutions with there products they certainly know what they are doing when it comes to creating components like this.

M-ITX has been seeing somewhat of a revival recently, with so many great chassis designs hitting the market over the last year and now some very robust offerings in terms of motherboard performance making the compact PC a more tempting proposition than ever before, especially when it comes to building a compact gaming rig perfect for lan gaming events, or even just building a sturdy and powerful office PC for those limited on space.

“Cooler Master was founded with the mission of providing the industry’s best thermal solutions. Since its establishment a decade ago, the company has remained faithful to this mission, emerging as a world leader in products and services for companies dealing with devices where heat issues must be resolved.” coolermaster.co.uk

The Elite 120 is a small chassis, there is no hiding from that fact, sure there are smaller M-ITX chassis on the market, but dependant on your needs you can only go so small before you can no longer fit out the system with a high end graphics card, power supply and of course a range of storage options, so it will be interesting to see how well the 120 handles our test components today, which for those of you who follow our chassis review will no are targeted at a gaming audience. So come and take a look at the next few pages where we will take a closer look at just the is on offer in this compact chassis from Cooler Master

• Unprecedented airflow for a Mini-ITX case
• 1/3 the size of a standard case
• Supports standard length ATX PSUs with innovative rear mount
• Supports Ultra High-End VGA’s (HD7990/GTX690)
• Stylish Aluminum front panel
• USB 3.0 Super Speed Support
• Features a Full Size 5.25″ Drive Bay
• Supports Up to 3 x 3.5″ / 4 x 2.5″ HDD/SSD (converted from 2 x 3.5″ HDD bay)