Cooler Master has just unveiled the most oxymoronic small form factor PC chassis I've ever seen

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Small form factor PCs have been a thing seemingly forever now, and I've always been something of a fan. After all, a regular ATX case can be quite an awkward space hog on your desk, so fitting your components into a small and efficient chassis instead seems like a sensible thing to do. Cooler Master seems to have forgotten the whole «small and efficient» part of that principle, however, as it's just unveiled a mini ITX case at CES 2024 that, well, isn't. 

It's called the Ncore 100 Max, and aside from doing a good impression of a fancy dehumidifier, I just can't get my head around why it exists at all.

Cooler Master calls it a «pivotal moment in small form factor PC case design», and while I'm not sure I agree, it certainly is one of the stranger chassis configurations I've seen to date. Constructed from aluminium alloy, the Ncore 100 Max measures 481mm tall, with an internal volume of 15.8L, expandable to 17.54L by extending the width of the chassis from 155mm to 172mm, which Cooler Master says allows it to accommodate three-slot width GPUs. 

Given the bizarre dimensions and internal configuration, the Ncore 100 Max comes with, (or to rephrase, outright requires) a «tailor-made power solution» in the form of an includedV SFX Fold 850W ATX 3.0 PSU with custom length cables and a custom AIO with a 38mm thick radiator designed to supply adequate power and cooling within its elongated proportions. 

This seems like an awful lot of effort to accommodate a form factor that by its very name should be considered small, yet in the photos looks anything but.

Look, I get the principle. Desk footprint is the thing to be considered here, along with a maximisation of internal build space, and what better way to minimise the space taken