MINI-ITX and the Future of PC Case Design?

An anonymous reader writes "One of the interesting things to come out of the recent Computex electronics show in Taiwan was striking new PC cases — in particular systems built around tiny Mini-ITX boards. What may have once been regarded as the weird little brother of the more common Micro-ATX, the popularity of PCs built with these boards seems to be gradually building. This year at Computex saw the first Mini-ITX boards to support USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps, and a variety of new shapes and styles in both Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX case design. This photo gallery shows some of the more striking examples of these new PC cases from Computex, including one that appears to be modelled on an Xbox 360, and one with a VESA mount for strapping to the back of a monitor. Interestingly, while these designs have usually been associated with home theatre system PCs, or for saving space on office desktops, there is also now a trend towards pushing 'gamer' features like windows and multiple fans into these small form factor cases."

Re:That's cute and everything....

[Rogerborg]

people are working hard to cut down on heat.

They'd be more successful if they took it easy.

Re:That's cute and everything....

[cynyr]

it's not always the size of the heatsink, but how you use it....

Anyways, some small heatsinks work just as well or better than a lot of large ones. Also things like airflow management have at least as much impact as the size of the coolers.