A Closer Look

Getting into the ASRock DeskMini 110 is a simple task. You simply remove several screws from the rear and the motherboard tray slides out for easy access to the unit's innards.


You do need to take a bit of care when pulling out the tray, though, as there is some wiring here on the ASRock DeskMini 110 that needs to be unplugged before you can fully remove the tray. Turns out, these are the wires for the power switch. Looking inside the case, you can see the engineering effort here to ensure the case wiring doesn't snag on the board tray when sliding the tray with all the silicon goodies on it in or out.


Getting the tray out of the casing allows you to get a good look at the motherboard, which is totally dominated by the stock Intel CPU fan.


You can easily see how ASRock has made the most of the space provided here, with everything closely crammed together, but with enough space for decent airflow and the installation of those add-on devices you might need. The board sits just above the tray's surface.


There is enough room on the motherboard tray's underside for two 2.5-inch SATA devices to be installed. Installation of two SATA devices will require you to remove the board from its tray in order to screw one of the drives to the tray itself.