Shiny Snake L300 8.5L MESH ITX SFF Case - Gen3 Riser Cable Included - Black

Love the case, great compact size and perfect GPU compatability from 2 slot GPU 325mm without the top fan & 315 with the top fan, it can fit 2 120mm SLIM fans ( 1 front & 1 at the top ) liked the size dimensions comparable to a in between a Xbox Series X & a PS5 ( last photos for reference ), build process was good, a bit tricky in some areas but nothing mayor, overall very satisfied with the case & quality, highly recommend. Here are my parts specs: CPU: AM5 Ryzen 5 7500F RAM: Kingston FURY Beast 6000MHZ 16GB GPU: AMD Radeon VII 16GB MB: Gigabyte A620I AX PSU: Cooler Master V SFX 850 Gold SSD: KLEVV C910 M.2 Nvme 1TB Gen4x4 Cooler: Thermalright AXP90-X53 low profile Case fans: 2x Thermalright 120mm slim fans Case: ShinySnake L300

"【ADVANCED MESH COOLING SYSTEM】: Dual 120x15mm ultra-slim fans..." That statement, along with their pictures, is misleading, and implies that this L300 case comes with 2 120x15mm fans when it does not include fans. Both case fans are basically needed. Unlike regular ATX builds that are usually over 30 liters, these much smaller cases need to exhaust heat. The CPU, and video card will intake air, and both case fans should be set to exhaust for best results. Arctic, Thermalright, Noctua, Silverstone, etc all have 120x15mm fans, but that's another $15-$50. My build: Shiny Snake L300 case Thermalright AXP90x47 Full Copper SFX PSU Intel 13600k 2 120x15mm case fans Triple fan video card Initial impressions: This L300 case is well made, and thought out. It looks like it does in the pictures. It's a clean mesh design. It's not high end, but it doesn't feel, or look cheap. Ports are where they should be for a desktop. The lighting on the power button isn't diffused evenly, and I don't think you can turn it off since it's a full header that covers motherboards front panel connectors. The video cards ports are on the bottom of the case, and besides the included display port cable, you will need 90 degree cable or adapter for each additional monitor you plan to use. The included cable will most likely block at least one slot. The case is all mesh, it's metal, and pretty solid. It's not too difficult to build in. Like any SFF build using the right parts, and some planning is needed. It saves some desk space. If you have the space consider the L400. It's slightly taller, and longer, but mostly wider by almost 1.5'. It has more space for better cooling. Cooling is decent with the right parts. It's as loud as your fans are. It's not silent, but with ambient noise, it is not very noticeable unless gaming because that ramps up all of fans. The included PCIE riser, and angled display port cable work fine so far, and the little handle is a nice touch. No issues installing the motherboard, or PSU. You may want to route some cables before screwing parts down. Cable management was ok. I could keep most of the fan areas free from obstruction. My Intel CPU has been gaming in the 60's. For Intels, 65w CPU's are probably ideal as they are usually well under 100w while gaming. With their higher wattage CPU's, you will want to undervolt if heat, and noise is a concern. The efficient AMD/x3d CPU's should also work well due to their low power while gaming. If you plan to do intensive work with your CPU, maybe look at the L400, etc instead. The L400 can fit 73mm coolers, and something like the Thermalright AXP120-67 CPU cooler is a better option for that. L300 with 60mm space, does allow for several decent low profile CPU coolers. Thermalright AXP90x47, or x53 full copper are 2 of the best options with the ID Cooling is-55 coming in just a bit warmer than the coppers generally. Even the regular Thermalright AXP90-x53 can work well with 65w CPU's, but will be a bit hotter, and louder. You will want to mount whatever cooler with the fins orientated vertically, to make it easier for the top fan to exhaust the hot air from the CPU, etc. No issues installing the PCIE riser, and video card. You might want to leave the riser a bit loose, and tighten it safely after the card is locked down. My triple fan card has plenty of space. Again, being a mesh case, you shouldn't have too many issues with temps as long as exhaust fans are installed, and not too obstructed. I would not recommend "blower" style cards in this case as it would have to exhaust out of the bottom the case. Try to keep your video cards heatsink fins unobstructed so that heat can escape easier. Both fans were easy to install. You might want to do this step last so you have room to work. Be sure to try to keep both fans unobstructed so they can help remove hot air as that could make the difference with heat, and noise. The front fan mainly helps with video cards, and the top handles the CPU, and any other heat that rises. Minor complaint, there's 2 positions for the top fan, front, or back. It would have been nice if it had a center position so it sits right above the CPU cooler. Not great for RGB obviously. No windows, and it will probably require some cable management to show RGB through the mesh. 1 star has come off for the false advertising of fans. Besides that, this case is probably 4-4.5 stars. Price was ok, no issues building it, performance is as expected, and quality is decent. An angled cable that doesn't block ports, and option to turn off the light on the power switch would be nice, along with both fans. There is PCIe 3, 4, and even PCIe 5 riser options. Not sure why they still produce PCIe3, and charge such a premium on PCIe4+, but it reflects market pricing.

I've been looking for that perfect mini PC form factor, and I may have found it. Outside the normal pain of ITX builds, this case was easy to work with, and lets me use my RX 9070 CPU in ITX form factor. The top firing fan exhausts the CPU well, and the side fan helps with the GPU. My GPU hasn't cracked 60 C as I've been runnigng benchmarks and stress tests. Only downside is with the GPU pointing down, and I need to use HDMI, I had to buy a 90 degree adapter. It does come with an adapter for DP, but the monitor I'm using it on doesn't have DP.

Edit: -3 stars after finishing the build. Normal installation of the PSU puts so much pressure on the riser cable, that it straight up just breaks. If there was more clearance between the cable and motherboard tray, or if the bend in the rise itself wasn't so tight, hell even if the cable was longer, it wouldn't have failed. Now I'm out a bespoke riser cable and the case is completely useless to me and my customer Solidly built and unexpectedly feature rich regarding layout. -1 star due to lack of documentation and the tightest bent PCIE riser in all of existence

Absolute joy to build in. Plenty of extra screws and hardware. It is a little difficult to squeeze the top fan in, make sure you use a slim for it. The front fan can accommodate standard size though. Looks great on my small "writers" desk. Only issue for me is that the 90 degree cable I chose to use is a bit bigger and as such i needed to put some pads on the feet to raise up the case a few millimeters.

This case feels quality and building in it was very easy! I definitely recommend this case, but would just like to forewarn anyone seeking a truly silent build: being all-mesh and relying on thin fans, you are going to hear everything when fans ramp to cool components. But, if that it not your concern, then this is probably a case you should consider!

So first of all there is nothing wrong with the case. The case is awesome. After getting my second order (had to refund the first one because it was missing what made it special in the first place, a pcie riser). First one arrived in a rice crispy box. Not Joking. Second one actually came in a manufacturer box and had all the components as advertised. However, that was not the end. The provided display port cable just stopped working mid way installing the new OS. if you're like me and you have extra cables you won't have any issues, but if you expect the provided DP cable to work don't hold your breath. Actually making this a 3 star. For the inconvenience.

Overall good sff case, small footprint, decent temps, nice looking and solid quality built, even thoughit is all mesh, the panelsfeel solid and sturdy. Comes with a 3.0 or 4.0 pcie raiser cable which i did not used because i bought a 5.0 separately (the aviara dual reverse 14cm v3 fits just fine, do make sure you fold the cable properly if not you will have a hard time seating the gpu in place after, def tricky because the way the case was designed even with an sfx psu the cable sits rubbing agaist the psu, so be careful) and a 1.4 dp angled cable. The front IO cables maybe a bit too long for the case (they are stiff flatted cables and do end up in the way) Supports 2 120x15mm fans (1 at the top and one at the bottom, all though i feel the one at the bottom doesnt do much as due to configuration all pau cables and psu are right infront of it), the top fan has 2 different position options with the included bracket, I ended up no using the branket and just mounted the fan dead center to get better heat extraction the cpu, which runs around mid 70s to low 80s (celcius) under load, I am using a 9600x with the thermalright apx43 but it seems i could've used the apx53. The gpu runs much more cooler at around 65c. According to the specs it supports up to 325mm gpus, but realistically it is like 300mm with the top case fan and making sure it is not more than 40mm thick becuase of the top side pannel frame, i used the sapphire 9060xt which uses only 2 fans so that fits just fine. Cable management is not a nightmare, but def try to get braided very flexible cables, I went with the coolermaster v850 and those are some what flexible, so it made it hard to manage, but for my first ever sff built I believe it is great. I wish ther was more room in the fron to be able to install the front fan more towards the mobo as like i said before since it seats very low that fan doesnt do much not even as exhaust.