written by PPartisan on 07/11/2012
Firstly, the positives. This is the cheapest retail case I've ever bought, even with the 500w PSU. The PSU itself looks to be of a good standard for the price. I haven't had the chance to test it yet, but it has a good weight and quality feel, more so than those freebie PSUs you sometimes get with budget cases. As another reviewer mentioned, the finish on this case is largely of a good quality, although I have noticed a few areas where the joins aren't quite right and the unpainted silver innards of the case glint through the nice black exterior. Finally, the product comes with 2 fans, one 120mm and one 60mm by the looks of it. Again I haven't been able to test them yet for noise, but they're a nice addition on a case of this price. It's a shame they use molex connectors and not 3pins however, as this means I'll need to whip out the soldering iron to join them to a fan controller (very few modern fan controllers use molex connections). Now for the negatives: the front panel seems unnecessarily difficult to get off, especially seeing as it's essential you do so to attach the PSU. The PSU position itself isn't remarkably revolutionary either, as it means there's very little space to arrange cables and that there's less room for useful features such as extra space for additional hard drives. The majority of motherboards have SATA sockets at their bottom right, which means in a typical case a 15cm lead is enough to go from the HDD/SSD to the motherboard. There is then, usually, a fan on the front to blow air into the case, over the hard drives then out the back. Here a long cable needs to loop from the hard drive at the top of the case to the sockets on the motherboard, which only means more scrabbling around in the already tight space inside this case to get everything to fit, and it also further breaks up airflow. I understand this case isn't designed to run anything that could create high temps (like a graphics card) but it has 6 expansion bays out back...if half of these were used, overheating could become an issue. Why not just make this a full blown mATX case, with 4bays and a traditional PSU position, and nip that one in the bud early on? The fact that the back can't come off this case also makes attaching screws and managing cables etc. that much more difficult. I'm not sure why, but I was under the impression this had a 3.5 bay somewhere, but I think that may just have been the top-hard drive mount. I think a second 3.5 bay, at least, should be obligatory as SSD boot drive and HDD combos become more popular (I recommend it in even the most basic build). In closing then, I purchased this case for its exterior - and if you do it for that reason, then it's a good purchase. The PSU also looks to be good as well. However, another reviewer mentioned this is a beginner's case, but I disagree - I actually feel it isn't very beginner friendly at all. The front PSU orientation has led to a lot being sacrificed, and I don't personally feel it's worth it.
written by on 14/04/2010
Goods arrived today (Wednesday) here in Berlin, Germany . Order was placed on Friday I'm satisfied with delivery times, the goods as seen appear to be of a high quality and very good value for money. I would use again!
written by on 18/03/2010
Recieved case the day after I orderd it so thought all good, opened it to find 1 fan missing, bent front usb port and some scatches on the case, the case itself is very well protected in delivery though, they ship through dhl so very good delivery in all. delivery £8.95.
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