Weak drive bays spoil an otherwise nice case.
584664
I love how this case looks. I don't love the internal drive bays. They're flimsy and they don't do a great job holding your drives steady. Just plugging or unplugging the SATA cable will pull the plastic rails out of alignment. Also, the drive bays' position in the case means the power and SATA cables are a tight fit under the side panel.
1255012
Nice case unfortunately the multi port for the fans don't work properly. Only one port works so it's was bypassed and the fans are hooked directly to the mobo. Now I can't run all the case fans I want.
3692289
Nice case, no sharp bits, sturdy construction for the price. The power supply really must be removed while installing the motherboard, unless the CPU and fan are already mounted. Even then, it's a hassle to plug everything else in, so I had to remove the power supply to finish. If the power supply was in the front or side, it would have been better. Also, if you have a large CPU fan, make sure to get a smaller one, because there's not much clearance between the fan and the power supply. My Intel Pentium 2 LGA 1155 Processor BX80637G2030 stock fan fit fine. These problems are to be expected with most MicroATX cases, so it's forgivable. I thought the power supply was dead at first, but the cord supplied was simply insanely loose, so I threw it out and used another power cord. I think that might account for a good number of the dead power supplies reviewers mention. The case comes with drive trays to mount 3.5" hard drive sideways in the case, which is nice, but the rails are hard plastic and cause a _lot_ of noise transmission from the hard drive, so I simply mounted the drive in the floppy drive spot until I get an SSD.
2169029
Fans work very well for case fans, however the bearings are inadequate, as I have had two fans fail on me. Also, somehow the shielding around the LED's has gone missing around one, also leading to a failure.
1624092
It is a sick case! I really like it, EXCEPT the usb output connector wasn't anchored down or anything, and I could not plug in the usb cable into the case out of the box, rendering it useless. The drive fits inside of it well, and it's cool otherwise.
4284299
Purchased 12 of these cases for a work related project involving ASUS Tinker Boards.  The good news is these cases fit the Tinker Board exactly and they are fairly heavy duty and will do a good job of protecting the system.  The biggest drawback to these cases is their rather poor construction quality. Of the 12 cases purchased, 2 of them had bad fans which failed entirely and a 3rd has an iffy fan that sometimes fails to start.  This doesn't instill trust in me that the fans in the other cases will continue to work. Another problem is the bent aluminum the case is made from is fairly soft.  The four threaded screw holes for the top strip too easily.  I would gladly pay a few dollars more for this kind of case if I could be assured of higher quality, but as they are I'll probably look for another solution when building my next batch of systems.
3912005
The enclosure works well but needs some physical design tweaks. The physical drive mounts to an internal frame containing the USB/SATA circuitry by means of  four non-standard hex screws that require a special screwdriver (supplied). The drive does not quite sit flat in this frame: the power/data connection in the frame is a couple of millimeters too high. The screw-mounted drive would seem to be taking a small bit bit of mechanical stress at the power/data connector if the case is used lying flat. (I currently use mine standing on edge --I don't know yet how badly this affects heat dissipation.) Four more of the same non-standard screws mount the inner drive frame to the outer case. The screws do not seem to be really adequate for this purpose: they do not thread cleanly, do not countersink cleanly to the surface of the outer case, and if you try to re-seat a screw, you are likely to find that the supplied hex screwdriver has stripped the hex head of the screw.  This drive enclosure could definitely be improved by relying on more traditional (and durable) desktop case hardware rather than the particular screw mounts they chose to go with.
1686758
For he price it's great. The drive bay holders are very flimsy plastic and break easily, so treat it like surgery. The case is big and offers good cooling solutions for air cooling, haven't tried water cooling. Although the front fans are severely blocked by part of the case and what I did was installed one of them inside the case instead of outside. The 5.25" drive bay covers aren't secured to anything so they pop out of place easily from the inside out. The window looks nice and doesn't have an obscure share so it's nice for almost any theme. The case is very thin aluminum and has a lot of flexing and bending so be careful. Good budget case for the price. Absolutely pick up a 3 pack of 120mm fans though.
4880753
The case design is well-thought. Cables can be hidden behind  the MB tray. Case fan is inaudible when on 'Low' and rather loud when on "high'. But even 'Low' fan setting for this case is enough to cool 280+ Watt Radeon X390 and 125+ Watt Phenom: temperatures are well-controlled and the case is silent. You'll need water-cooling to overclock anyway.
The quality is another story, however. I had to send the case back the first time it arrived because of huge dent on top. On the second arrival the face plate was wobbling. I was going to send it back, but then noticed the screws rattling inside - assembly workers obviously did not bother with placing and tightening them at all.
The case looks great if you don't look too close. The inserts the manufacturer used to cover unused drive bays are too small. Even if you adjust them perfectly the gaps are ~2mm around them.
530751
The drive trays aren't great, and the capacitors on the SATA/SAS backplane stick out very far and are in danger of being damaged during assembly.
3717793
After receiving this about 3 months ago, I finally got around to trying to install an SSD in this case. This case was highly recommended in Maximum PC earlier this year - so I did not anticipate the problems. The installation turned out to be a real pain - and I dissatisfied with the result.
As others have mentioned - the large screws provided attached the drive to an internal mounting plate to hold the drive connectors engaged. But when you go to install the four (4) small screws in the sides of the case the alignment is not always perfect. It is difficult to get the screws started. If you are not extemely careful and lucky, the screws will bend the internal threaded tabs back rather than engage the threads. The only recourse when this happens is to remove the other screws that have already been installed, take the case apart and bend the tabs back into position. At one point - I was afraid that I had stripped the threads on one of the tabs. But after disassembling - I found it had only been an alignment problem.
TIP 1: There is a small piece of polyfoam included with the case, Place the foam on top of the drive. This allows you to squeeze the case covers for alignment, and the foam makes it spring back. This helps in alignment.
When you finally finish - you have a great looking, and fast external drive.
1672678
I like this case very much but unfortunately the PSU seems to be weak, my old Dell 120W PSU produces much better voltages than this 150W rating. The PSU produces slightly lower voltages almost across the 24-pins, especially the standby pin-9 VSB only comes up to 4.80v, which causes the motherboard not functioning properly for the PS_ON signal. Maybe I got a bad unit or something. Googling also shows Antec has other similar low voltages problem, so it is going back, and thus 2-star.

Pros:
- Very nice looking and finish
- Good internal layout design
- Compact
- Decent fan noise level, not too loud

Cons:
- Weak PSU, voltages drop below ATX specs on load
- No media card reader in the front ports
- Old style mounting screws, would be better if using latches
- Power buttun cable a bit short but reachable
- Pricier than average

My setup:
- ASRock H67M-ITX
- Intel i5-2400S, stock cooler
- Corsair 2x4GB DDR3/1333
- OCZ SOLID3 120GB SSD + Seagate 320GB HDD
1334749
Some of the spaces for USB Drives are too small for the larger drives (such as patriot rubber coated drives).
3961600
I wanted to upgrade to this case for my HTPC because my SLI cards were overheating and needed some space.  After removing my motherboard from my old computer, I tried to put the stand off screws in the new case.  Well out of 8 of them 5 stripped almost instantly.  I noticed this with the last screw, thought it was a fluke and moved on. I screwed 3 of the screws through the motherboard to the stand offs I noticed the other ones were stripped as well.  At that point I said well not optimal we'll keep going.  After that I went to mount my SSD in the case only to find it only accepts traditional 3 1/2 HDDs, again not optimal but I decided to keep going.  My HTPC has no optical drive so I was looking to mount the black slate to cover the 5 1/4 drive.  Well come to find out it only mounts to a CD ROM drive.  If you don't have one be prepared to have a huge gaping hole in your case.  At that point it was the last straw I packed the piece of crap up and shipped it back to Amazon.  Would not recommend or rebuy ever again.
1084083
This probably isn't 100% the fault of the case, but I did put a 1TB Seagate HDD into one of these bad boys and almost destroyed the ribbon connector from the PCB to the spindle.  It was a really tight fit, which is good, but the point of connection caught on the plastic lip of the case.  Just be sure to look before you shove it in.
1207522
Hi;
Ok while  I love the case  and I'm useing an old am2  motherboard with a dual core in it  with 6gig ram.
I found the mounting for hard drives odd and the fact the when putting in the mother board shield the back bent/felt weak.
beside these quirks  use and install are geat.
the 3 120s cool it well i would use a modular psu though . also with  the blu-ray drive it sits over the cpu a bit
really pick and choose your drive.
go ssd in it. if you can with extra drive
1869402
I already have the parts, and was looking for a replacement for a heavy Antec from a few years back. While I like cases with cool design, I seriously dislike cases with any kind of swinging door or other plastic doohickey that will break off within weeks. Also, I don't like windows; the acrylic is a dust magnet and easily scratches. On that front, this case delivers -- while the styling is understated, it has a plan black perforated-steel front, and plain black sides/backs. Even the inside is black, rather than just the plain metal plate color -- a nice touch!

The power supply mounts in the bottom, and there's a grille in the bottom for the power supply intake (which in a top-mount would vent the case itself.) This works okay as long as you don't have too much dust on the floor. With cats and dogs and kids, I feel like I have to get a piece of filter foam to jam between the PSU and the case to avoid too much hair being sucked in.

The drive bays are sideways (SATA connectors pointing towards you, not towards the motherboard) which would be fine, except the SATA for the front-facing optical drive bays are still facing into the case, and a typical SATA power cable won't reach both at the same time. Thus, I have to run two cables from the power supply. Luckily, there are channels behind the motherboard and below the drives that let me put the cables out of the way as long as they are long enough -- again, this works pretty well.

The 2.5in drive bays come with 8mm thin plastic brackets to screw hard drives into. These fit exactly my Samsung 850 EVO drives, although they do feel flimsy. Luckily, this is not intended to be a computer that moves much, and SSDs aren't particularly movement sensitive anyway.

The full-size front bays have quick-lock retainers on the hither side, but no good affordance for locking in devices on the yon side. Removing the yon (right, from the front) side plate is reasonably simple with two screws, and will help with routing cables, but this is not carried through to actually letting you lock in the optical drive from both sides.

So, why only three stars?

First, the metal in this case is really, really thin. While good for lighter weight, the case bends and bows significantly when it's not entirely assembled and screwed together.

Second, the bag of screws only had six motherboard M3 screws, even though it has nine studs for a regular-size ATX motherboard. I had to dig up some old screws (in bright nickel rather than the black of this case) to complete the mounting.

Third, without a power supply, and with the flimsy material and drive mounting plastic, the price is kind-of high compared to other brands.

I'm using it with a Seasonic 650W modular power supply, an Asus TUF SABERTOOTH Z97 ATX motherboard, a Core i7-4790K that I don't overclock, a GeForce GTX 980, two Samsung 850 EVO SSDs, and a Pioneer Blu-Ray drive. It works fine for this; in fact, it has more ventilation than needed, given that I'm not overclocking, or using multiple cards, and I live in an airconditioned home. The case also comes with one built-in fan with a 3-pin motherboard connector, which works fine with PWM control.