A Closer Look - Inside

To gain access to the interior, simply remove a single thumb screw holding the entire top panel in place. Once removed, you can see, that Antec has created two separate chambers, one for the mainboard and one for the hard drive.


The chassis can hold a mATX board. Two of the fans are located right next to where the CPU will be in the end, while the power supply is on the opposite end. There are also two of those plastic parts by the case fans, forming a little black wall, this can be extended by the additional pieces found within the set of contents.


The hard drive bay also holds the front display. You have to remove that along with two screws before you are able to pull the little hard drive cage out of the chassis. Due to the display, you cannot install more than one hard drive within the MicroFusion and there is simply no space for a card reader as you can see.


Antec has chosen to make the optical drive bay completely removable as well. You are actually forced to take the cage out to install the drive. That is the only way in which you are able to actually secure the drive in the bay and then the bay within the case, so while this is an extra step and may require some trial and error to get things lined up properly, it is forgivable.


The included PSU is actually of very good quality. Antec has made sure to include one with decent efficiency, which is clearly advertised by the 80Plus sticker. I really do not see a need for anything higher than that for an application like this. With 350W, the unit is capable enough to power anything you could possibly throw into the confines of the MicroFusion. Antec included the special power cable for the front display with the 24 pin ATX connector. While this is a wise choice to reduce the overall cable clutter considerably, it also restricts you in terms of replacement or upgrade. If the unit fails, a new one will set you back around 40 US Dollars.


Before we dive into the assembly process, let us take a quick look at all the cables of the MicroFusion case. While the I/O are all sleeved with black tubing, the case connectors are of the standard, colorful variety. As the fans are all "Antec TriCool" ones each of them features a small switch to reduce the rotation speed and thus the overall noise level. While this is great, even at the lowest setting these are loud as we have observed in previous reviews.