Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced ITX Case Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

The Elite 120 Advanced from Cooler Master has been... UNBOXED!

[KyleCoignet]

I like how at 6:27 you stated that there was no fancy tool-less installation for the 5-1/4" bay and as soon as you turn the case around there is tool-less installation.

[maybedos]

had this case for 3 years never knew it had a fan mount on the hard drive wall.

[timplett]

I enjoyed the part where you told us there was no fancy tool-less install for the 5.25" drive as we are staring directly at the tool-less mechanism. Don't worry though, love your videos, I watch every one!

[DesuVR]

Compared to other cases in the same category, this has more features like space for a dual-slot GPU, full size optical drive, ATX power supply, great cooling, and USB 3.0 all for around $50 bucks! Pricier ITX cases don't have all those features. I built my lil bro's PC with this case to be a small and energy-efficient gaming PC and it's worked out very well. Glad I bought this thing! :)

[RustinCHaase]

Would you do a Build with this?  I'd like to see how it turns out!  It also has a better, cooler 130 Elite with a grid in the front pannel if you wanted to do this.

[foshastajones]

I built a system in that same case and it works fantastically. I highly recommend it. I can even game on it (Skyrim, SWTOR, even Battlefield 3) and the noise and temps are very good.

[trainier]

I love this case, I got this thing with 2x2TB HDD 1x128 SSD, 3770k GTX 670 700w PSU, and a blue ray disc r/rw drive. I run plex on it 24/7 and it looks sweet in the living room. The cable management took me a little longer but it looks great inside.

[MikeIllusion]

Linus those "watercooling" holes can be used for other things too. Like rocker switches for lighting and pretty much anything else that requires a switch.

[elzafir]

That's not a water cooling hole, but a cable hole to reroute two USB 3.0 slots on the back panel of the motherboard to the included internal USB 3.0 cable that's connected to the front panel slots, using a "USB 3.0 Type-A Male to 19-pin Header Male" cable for motherboards that didn't have on-board USB 3.0 headers. This case was released in 2012, a time when Intel was just introducing USB 3.0 support with Ivy Bridge in Q2.

I got the Fractal Node 304. I think it is THE superior mini ITX case. It looks way sleeker than this one. It has a lot of ventilation filters. It fits even large PSUs because it has an untraditional PSU layout. It is all metal and sturdy and it comes with quit and good fans already preinstalled. Works great with a single 120 mm rad. And also Hard Drive mounting is very well though of in it. Overall a great case. Just a bit expensive.

[japmankohli]

Thanks Linus . Always helping me out with the PC building tips and guides 😊

[GrimRealityGroup]

got the 130 model of this which has a place for a 120 mm fan in the front and it has meshing looks badass with a red led fan too super great airflow and a heavy ass gtx 970 fits perfect in it super easy to clean but the one downside is the fact its compact it can be really challenging to cable manage in a good way atleast for me but everything else is badass i love it

Im new to building PCs, so i dont really know a lot, but I put a regular psu in there. No slimmed down version. I got a Fortron 500W non-modular. And where I live the 304 costed as much as Prodigy, and approximately twice the price of the CM 120.

[Zankaroo]

6:30 right after he says there is no tool less 5.25 there is a tool less lock.

[mexicanmanjohn]

i think that one watercooling hole is for the front usb 3.0. pretty cool case. i always wondered what it would be like to have an extremely small but powerful pc

ye ;), what i have read about this case, it is llike 40cm in length, and the gtx680 is like 30 cm in length, so that will fit (only when the drive cages are not in that way, but i think you got the whole length).

[WaRnb]

Also Mr. Linus... the 5.25" bay is tool less. ;) I bought this case for my HTPC... Really decent value for money. Keep the good videos coming man! :)

[assassino]

PLEASE do an unboxing and first look on the Thermaltake Chaser MK-1!!

[BrandonHolderDaNewb]

Yeah I know, but you mentioned small itx case so that's not too specific, well now you can make your own case and stuff and that's cool, but make sure you triple check the dimensions for the motherboard and the fans, sand that so you don't get pricked when you do an upgrade down the line

[paddytokey]

I was just about to buy that, ty linus for showing me all its features first :)