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Page 4 of 4 Lastly, I had to connect all the other cables and front panel headers etc. This case has 2x USB ports on the front, which I would have to say are a must. Living with a case without USB ports on the front is a nightmare if you own many USB devices. Also are one Firewire, headphone and microphone socket, which are always nice to have. I put the two temperature sensors on my HDD, and Northbridge as i already have a temperature facility on my motherboard for the CPU. The handle on the front of the case doesn’t look very nice, and I definitely wouldn’t trust carrying the weight of my PC on it. I am going to remove this and do a nice little mod for the front, maybe a cutaway and some mesh would look good. Conclusion
This is a very good case, although I’ve seen it being verbally bashed in a few other reviews. If you want 12 drive bays and masses of room, then don’t buy a small case. Its a simple as that. For a regular day to day PC, or a little LAN party computer this case is excellent. After everything was installed there was a distinct lack of room inside the case, but this is in part because I chose to use my own PSU rather than the mini one that came with it.
The 420w PSU it is well up to the task of dealing with my little Semperon and 7600GT, with one hard drive and one optical drive, but I wanted to use my one. I have almost all of my cables hidden, or tidied so they do not cause an airflow issue or look bad, and there is plenty of space left in the lower deck. This would be ideal space to fit a water cooling reservoir, although you can actually buy one of these cases pre-fitted with a water-cooling kit. The Alpha cool Ready2Go version costs around At £230-£250, which is a bit out of my price range but if you could afford it, would be well worth getting considering the kit was designed for it. Pros:
- Very small, eye catching case design
- 3 windows make viewing inside really easy
- Plenty of space for water-cooling kit
- 120mm fan promotes good airflow
- Temperature sensors very handy
Cons:
- Have to remove HDD caddy to get at 5.2in bays
- Lack of internal space when using your own PSU
- Case is a *little* flimsy
Forum Discussion Author Jarhead
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