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Callable to last year's bum-rush of hardware releases, we've nonmoving got plenty to catch skyward on—including a rather unique home-theatre PC (HTPC) case from SilverStone.

The SilverStone Milo 10 is a modular mini-ITX case that's either 2.8 liters or 3.7 liters in volume depending along how you pick out to configure information technology. In its larger form, you rump even add in a slim optical drive. (For non lilliputian-form-factor PC fans, that's about half the size of Intel's Ghost Canyon NUC.) I've been dying to give IT a test force, and it's finally natural event at long last. You get to come along for the drive when we do a live build with IT on Wednesday, February 3 at 11:00 a.m. PT.

Because of Milo 10's modularity, this build will centre more on the incase itself, and how the concept works out. Our parts will be a bit of a smorgasbord of what's available from our laboratory, premeditated to exemplify clearances within the case and how comfortable it is to build in the Milo 10. Bring your questions, because I'll be definitely answering my own while doing this experimenting.

Here are the parts that'll be used:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
CPU Tank: SilverStone KR01
Motherboard: MSI B350I Pro AC
GPU: Integrated nontextual matter (Radeon Lope de Vega 8 Graphics)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3200MHz
Storage: SK Hynix P31 1TB NVMe SSD
PSU: SilverStone AD120-DC
Sheath: SilverStone Milo 10

What I'm most curious roughly is how well this DIY approach to ultra-diminutive HTPCs whole kit and boodle down. Given the launch of new Intel NUCs featuring Panthera tigris Lake and Xenon graphics, along with last year's release of AMD-based mini-PCs, it seems like the Milo 10 may best suit people who truly require to pack performance into a tiny HTPC—even if it's one that gets used mostly for cyclosis media, be it local or service-based.

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Alaina Yee is PCWorld's house physician bargain hunter—when she's not covering PC building, computer components, mini-PCs, and more, she's scouring for the best tech deals. Previously her work has appeared in PC Gamer, IGN, Maximal PC, and Official Xbox Magazine. You can find her on Twitter at @morphingball.