| The Raijintek Metis is probably one of the smallest
and most compact cases we have tested so far. Given the size of offered interior space
it is not difficult to imagine how to insert the components inside the
Metis. The motherboard is placed vertically with the sockets facing down while the power supply is housed in the front part of the case. As far as the storage is concerned, you can equip the Metis with up to one 3.5" HDD and up to two 2.5" devices. All HDDs are positioned on slides which
can be attached at the bottom and the top of the case. Despite its very small dimensions of 190 x 277 x 254 mm, the Metis is able to accommodate a mid-range graphics card and medium-sized ATX power supplies. For our system, we used a fully modular and sleeved 550W ATX PSU, which was probably not the best solution but despite this we were able to make a
decent cable management job as well as have no trouble in assembling the entire system.
Due to the size of the case, it is not necessary to use a low profile CPU cooler since Metis is compatible with CPU cooler with a maximus height of 160mm. Given the particular characteristics of this model, we decided to perform different configurations with SFX power supplies and liquid cooling systems. The installation is not very easy like
with an ATX case but still on very good level since all the panels are just attached to the main chassis with screws and without rivets; in other words is very easy to reach even the most difficult areas.
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