ASUS PRIME AP201 MESH TG Micro Tower for MATX CPU Cooler Support Upto 170mm, GPU Support Upto 338mm, 4x PCI Slot, 360mm Radiator Supported, Front I/O: 2x USB, 1X Type C, HD Audio

My NZXT h510 had poor air flow but it got the aesthetics to compensate but I wasn't aware that it really did hurt the performance of my pc. After swapping to this pc case, I can't believe that the old case was thermal throttling my pc. My temps are way lower now, like 5-10 degrees difference and games feel a lot smoother. I thought I was already due for upgrade because I hit 130-150 fps with obvious stutters and now I'm sitting comfortably 250-280 fps. Plenty of room/space to fit the pc parts and for some cable management. Managed to fit the 3.5 HDD in the front and another 2.5 below the PSU. Would recommend getting fully modular psu or SFX...view more My NZXT h510 had poor air flow but it got the aesthetics to compensate but I wasn't aware that it really did hurt the performance of my pc. After swapping to this pc case, I can't believe that the old case was thermal throttling my pc. My temps are way lower now, like 5-10 degrees difference and games feel a lot smoother. I thought I was already due for upgrade because I hit 130-150 fps with obvious stutters and now I'm sitting comfortably 250-280 fps. Plenty of room/space to fit the pc parts and for some cable management. Managed to fit the 3.5 HDD in the front and another 2.5 below the PSU. Would recommend getting fully modular psu or SFX if you don't like these (non-modular) psu cables like mine taking so much space in the front. Also, I like how it's mostly tool-free to disassemble the case. This is probably one of the easiest case to build and it's also of excellent quality. Get this case if it's on sale. It's really worth the money.

By: M4K_M4 29/10/24

Verified Owner

I was looking for something small and not flimsy cheap. This works okay but I have an SSD crammed in the birds nest of cables at the front. Not really what I'd hoped for but it's fine.

Pros:
1. Construction quality is great and it looks nice.
2. Powder coating is excellent, glass is great quality with no weird tinting or defects.
3. Header plugs are integrated into one plug rather than the fiddly little single and double plugs.
4. Loads of room at the top and back for rads. Not that I use them but heaps of clearance.

Cons:
1. Cable mgmt is very minimal to non-existent. Any excess from your PSU is just crammed in the front, which ...view more I was looking for something small and not flimsy cheap. This works okay but I have an SSD crammed in the birds nest of cables at the front. Not really what I'd hoped for but it's fine.

Pros:
1. Construction quality is great and it looks nice.
2. Powder coating is excellent, glass is great quality with no weird tinting or defects.
3. Header plugs are integrated into one plug rather than the fiddly little single and double plugs.
4. Loads of room at the top and back for rads. Not that I use them but heaps of clearance.

Cons:
1. Cable mgmt is very minimal to non-existent. Any excess from your PSU is just crammed in the front, which is why they have that panel on the glass side, it covers up the mess.
2. Mounting any storage on the bottom if you have any sort of modern GPU is not feasible. It'll either not fit at all or you're going to affect airflow to the GPU and have to deal with a sata and power cable down there as well. Using the front panel mounts for a drive impossible, unless you has an SFX PSU, then maybe? The way is see it, it's false advertising.
3. If your PCIE slot doesn't use the very top slot it limits the space below any expansion cards even further. In the 2 mobos I have, a B350 and 550, the PCIE slots line up with the second slot on the back. Not so much of an issue in my context but there is zero space below my 2.5 slot card. Especially when factoring in the anti-sag bracket.
4. Slots on the back are poorly aligned, like so many other cases seem to do. Even slacking off mobo screws to make sure it was as low as possible and doing the same for the GPU screws, I'm only just able to get a cable into the DP and HDMI slots on my card. I don't get why this is still a thing.
5. Stock fan is noisy. My old case ran 5 Noctua fans and this single stock fan is way louder and more annoying sound, at least to my ears.

This was a really interesting case to build in. It looks really nice, build quality is very good for the price. The finish is nice. Extremely small for matx.
It's really unique but has some quirks and restrictions. There are a bunch of things asus hasn't mentioned about it here are some useful ones:

You can install 2 120mm fans at the bottom instead of ssd's which was great for gpu temperatures. However you might not be able to install another pci device if you have a big gpu.
You can install a 3rd 120mm fan on the bottom but it won't be nicely aligned with the other 2.

Cpu Temps were a bit higher than a regular case. I used a 240mm ...view more This was a really interesting case to build in. It looks really nice, build quality is very good for the price. The finish is nice. Extremely small for matx.
It's really unique but has some quirks and restrictions. There are a bunch of things asus hasn't mentioned about it here are some useful ones:

You can install 2 120mm fans at the bottom instead of ssd's which was great for gpu temperatures. However you might not be able to install another pci device if you have a big gpu.
You can install a 3rd 120mm fan on the bottom but it won't be nicely aligned with the other 2.

Cpu Temps were a bit higher than a regular case. I used a 240mm aio. It can take a 360mm but it would be a bit chocked off because of the power supplies location at the front.

Much of the internal case has perforated squares that are perfectly aligned to mount ssd's or 120mm fans to. I manged to fit an extra 2 ssd's on the front. Cabling was tricky though. You could stick an extra 120mm fan at the front bottom if the psu is in top position.

It can take atx psu just fine but life would be easier with an sfx psu. Psu blows its exhaust back into the case which is not ideal.

Overall awesome case but wouldn't reccomend for a 1st time build