Antec Titan 650 Full Tower Review

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I purchased an Antec Titan 650 Server Case back in October 2008. After a couple of months the Power switch became erratic and I had to remove the front panel just to turn on the power. About 2 or 3 weeks later the Power Supply failed and the system was dead. Needing this system running (it was my server) and thinking that this case was one in a million I decided to source the identical case. I called about every store in the west end but eventually found one. I was completely stunned at what I took out of the box, the case looked like a $20 case, by the way this case is worth upwards of $250. My first instinct was to return it to the retailer but I needed it and knew there were none around. I figured I would bring it to Antec's attention when I submitted my RMA for the dead case. I did that within days and had a case opened. I waited and waited and didn't hear anything so I decided to check the status of my ticket online. My ticket was CLOSED!!! No resolution, no contact no nothing, just closed. I wrote to them and my ticket was re-opened,he asked me for some info and what my pictures represented (duh), they were pictures of the poor fit and dents (from the inside) on the case I just paid $250 for. Anyway I waited and waited again and guess what, the ticket was closed again. Now we're almost 2 months into my ticket and nothing! I submitted a complaint through their Web interface, nothing, no reply whatsoever. Then I finally called and spoke to another member of staff. I told him everything, that I had one case with a bad switch and a dead PSU and that I had another NEW case that looked like garbage and that I had spent about 2 months waiting for another member of staff to fix it up. I asked for the "Customer Service Manager" to which he said the other mn dealing with my complaint was not around anymore. Wonder why??? He said he would get everything fixed up for me and apologized for the troubles I had. Over the next week or 2 he asked for various things, Oh did I say I bought another Antec case, yeah I know shame on me. I run a smll computer business part time and build many systems. I bought an Antec Atlas 550 and you would not believe, it was dented from the inside, do these guys even know what QA is???? Anyway, I gave him everything he asked for, receipts, pics etc. I even suggested to him that I swap out the good switch and PSU from the case with the dead PSU and switch in the well built case. He seemed to think that was a good idea and agreed that they would replace one Titan 650 Case and one dented side panel from the Atlas 550. Then out of the blue he sends me an e-mail to say they would not replace the Titan 650 case, only the Power Supply, WHAT??? I notified you of this piece of rubbish right away, it's not like I called a year later and said oh by the way my case looks rubbish. I protested but was completely ignored. Then I wrote their VP and he too ignored me. Know what I have to say, don't do it! I refuse to support a company that will not stand behind their product, and dislike it even more when they ignoring you. I will buy from Thermaltake or Cooler Master from now on.