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Strengths: Excellent airflow potential W/filters, tool-less drive mounts, replaceable PCI slot covers, includes 120 & 80mm fans, acres of room to work, well built & looks (great!).
Weaknesses: Manual somewhat cryptic, have to take optical drives out to remove front panel without damaging cover, front 80mm fan can be easily heard through mesh front- but not that bad.
Summary: After lengthy research, I chose this case for my first-ever ground-up computer build, and am (very) pleased with it. Compared to others in this $$ range, it has more to offer in the areas of cooling potential, roominess, and overall quality appearance & value. This is one ((great)) looking case!!(my opinion)-Its actually better looking in person than in the pics. Blue LED's are a nice touch paired with the blue anodized aluminum corner extrusions. Very little plastic in this case- only visible plastic is the black top and bottom trim pieces, everything else external is steel and aluminum, does (not) look cheap and generic as many others, actually looks like it cost more. Entire front panel is finely perforated steel mesh with filter media behind, theres an 80mm fan cooling the hard drive(s)in front- 120mm fan in back pulls out, and there is a length-adjustable cooling tunnel in the side panel over the main processor-- the case is roomy, easy to work in & very well suited for hot running gear, Im running a P4 3.0 HT chip, and CPU temp hovers around 38-40 degrees centrigade with provided stock intel heatsink/fan-- tool-less lockable drive mounts are also a plus in this price range, and seem to work well. I have two Lite-on optical DVD drives in top two bays and they fit as if factory installed, no poor fits etc.- Only one small thing to note, check for a front panel wire pinch where wires leave power button area and go through to inside of case, the front panel has a removable filter holder that should be relieved to clear the wires where they enter case, plastic is soft and mod is easily done, check wires for signs of pinching and shave the plastic filter frame as necessary to clear the wires when cover is installed. Do not be put off by any of the very small glitches I have mentioned, this is one of the best case values out there in this price range. I keep looking at other designs for my next build just to see if I want something different, but I keep coming back to this case and will undoubtedly use it again, it was money well spent and have no regrets- would definitely buy again.
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