We review the NZXT Manta Mini ITX chassis. A compact chassis with curved looks, a hint of LED lighting and refined features with the ability to hide your components inside this small form-factor chassis. Yes, it'll house a mere 17x17cm Mini ITX motherboard, but how unique of a PC case is this eh?

NZXT has been around for years, building an ongoing reputation with mostly their controversial chassis designs. It all really started with the Guardian chassis years ago and they have put numerous chassis designs out on the market ever since. We have a changing enthusiast PC landscape with features like back-plate cut-outs, many water cooling options and digital fan controllers. But these days the small form factor PC has become trendy and popular. This chassis is intended to be used for Mini ITX usage, yet it can still house many components including a fully fledged graphics card.

Mini ITX has grown and become a very popular format, you can build a really tiny chassis yet include very high-end components creating a beast of a PC or gaming rig. We've been explaining for a long time now that there are plenty of Mini ITX motherboards out there supporting the latest Core i7 processors and exquisite memory configurations. All that combined with a proper dedicated graphics card of course. Some chassis can house a full sized graphics card, others require a compatible small form factor card. The Manta takes your biggest graphics card easily. Looks do matter and the Manta utilizes a new fab process to create curved steel panels that offer rounded elegance and strength for its design. Other features are rear I/O LED lighting, integrated PWM fan hub, SSD display and a PSU shroud. The case includes three fans with front intakes protected by easy-to-clean, removable dust filters. On the backside of the motherboard tray location you may house storage units (vertically positioned) which can hold two HDDs (3.5") and three SSDs (2.5"). With new curved ventilation panels, accent LED lighting and an integrated PWM fan hub the chassis is impressive to look at. The chassis is available as we speak in four color designs; there are window side panel versions in black, black with red accents and white with black accents as well as an all black unit with closed side panels. All are priced at the ?139 marker.