Steel sandwich
Zalman M2 Mini is a very compact sandwich case, divided into two compartments: for the motherboard and video card, respectively. The internal frame of the case is made of steel, and the external panels are made of aluminium and acrylic. Using transparent plastic instead of glass allowed the panels to be perforated, which is critical for such miniature PC builds.
Riser for video card
The graphics accelerator fits up to 295 millimeters long. This means that any dual-slot, dual-fan graphics card will do, as well as some with three fans. A flexible PCI-E x16 riser is supplied with the case, although it is a relatively old version 3.0. The CPU cooler can only fit up to 60mm in height, meaning a Top-Flow solution is required.
Powerful power supply
The motherboard fits the smallest Mini-ITX format, as does the compact SFX or SFX-L power supply. Among the latter, there are already quite quiet and powerful ones, up to 800 W. Disk drives are only supported in the smaller 2.5-inch format. On the front panel there is a single PC power button and two USB ports: Type-A and Type-C.
