Antec Micro Fusion Remote 350

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

3
Average:

3
Bad:

0

Pros:

Excellent HiFieske looks, Low profile chassis, Soundgraph display and technology included, Highquality 350W power supply included, Easy hard drive installation, Enough space for larger, low profile CPU coolers, Plenty of space to bunch up unwanted cables.
Small size fits into most entertainment centers, Excellent thermal performance, Built-in LCD w/ media center compatibility, IR receiver and remote, Front eSATA port, Real aluminum bezel, 350W 80 Plus power supply, 3 TriCool case fans pre-installed

Cons:

Noisy, even at the lowest level, No USB 3.0, Only one hard drive will fit, Stuck to using Antec PSUs with special cable for Soundgraph display, Slightly long cables, Long optical drives may cause problems with CPU cooler, Antec Fusion is bigger and cheape
No card reader, Low profile expansion ports limit tv tuner and video options, Optical drive and motherboard may have clearance issues, Price

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Last revision on August 10, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Excellent HiFieske looks, Low profile chassis, Soundgraph display and technology included, Highquality 350W power supply included, Easy hard drive installation, Enough space for larger, low profile CPU coolers, Plenty of space to bunch up unwanted cables
Small size fits into most entertainment centers, Excellent thermal performance, Built-in LCD w/ media center compatibility, IR receiver and remote, Front eSATA port, Real aluminum bezel, 350W 80 Plus power supply, 3 TriCool case fans pre-installed

Reviewers Didn't Like

Noisy, even at the lowest level, No USB 3.0, Only one hard drive will fit, Stuck to using Antec PSUs with special cable for Soundgraph display, Slightly long cables, Long optical drives may cause problems with CPU cooler, Antec Fusion is bigger and cheape
No card reader, Low profile expansion ports limit tv tuner and video options, Optical drive and motherboard may have clearance issues, Price
Supports only low-profile expansion cards; just one hard drive bay; difficult to route cables inside; costly

Expert reviews and ratings

Antec has taken the successful Fusion and has slimmed it down considerably with the MicroFusion. Even though the dimensions are now much smaller, you still get a fully featured HTPC chassis. The MicroFusion has retained the same, simple, chic look...

By techPowerUp! on May 04, 2011

Many HTPC cases on the market, despite their good looks, are actually very big due to their full ATX nature. The fact that the Antec MicroFusion 350 is a micro ATX case allows your home theatre system to be considerably more discrete will appeal many...

By Bit-tech.net on March 27, 2009

True to Antec standards, the packaging was well designed with full color graphics and a thorough list of specification printed on the outside. Antec also maintains an excellent website with several product photos, data sheets, and even mechanical...

By Benchmark Reviews on November 13, 2008

To conclude, I would certainly recommend this case to a user looking for a compact and good-looking case that would suit their living room. My reasons for this conclusion are that the case performed very well during testing and certainly this smaller...

By XSReviews on November 11, 2008

We’re fans of Antec’s original Fusion 430 PC case, a hulking home-theater-component-style box that could give your other media-rack components an inferiority complex. (We even liked it enough to feature it in our do-it-yourself Media...

By Computer Shopper on September 01, 2008

The Home Theatre PC market which only a few years was once a niche market has really started to grow in popularity. This increase in popularity is due to many different maturing technologies. Some would argue people (thanks to TiVO and other PVRs)...

By Hardware Canucks on October 23, 2008

Overall I was pleased to work with this case. Hardware installation was straight forward, although a little time intensive. All temperatures were well within safe ranges, even on low fan speeds, which kept the case nearly inaudible up close. The look...

By Overclockers Club on October 22, 2008

Dont get me wrong. Media center cases are expensive and the Micro Fusion Remote 350 is no different hovering in the $200 range. You have to be absolutely sure of your purchase with this. Do you really need the LCD and remote included? They are nice...

By ASE Labs on October 17, 2008

Today, we looked at three very capable HTPC chassis from Antec. Any one of these should fit in quite nicely with a home theater environment. The only real question is what size HTPC you want to use. We like the small Micro Fusion as a basic HTPC,...

By AnandTech on October 09, 2008

L'aumento della potenza di elaborazione di hardware di dimensioni contenute unita alle sempre più spiccate proprietà multimediali degli odierni computer, ha reso possibile la sviluppo di soluzioni dedicate all'intrattenimento a...

By Nexthardware on November 04, 2009

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