Mini PCs aren't a necessity or an option with nearly as much choice as a mid-tower assemble-it-yourself machine when you're out shopping for a computer upgrade. I have one each of a laptop ...

which is why I give the top spot to the Thermaltake Tower 200 Mini-ITX case. Whether you're building a general, all-purpose PC or a high-performance gaming system, you can't go wrong with this case.

On storage, the two computers are also comparable -- both ... Meanwhile, the Precision Tower 3620 mini-tower that we described in this slideshow (with the Intel Core i5, quad-core processor ...