APEVIA X-QPACK2-BK/500 Black Aluminum Body/ Front Mask MicroATX Desktop Computer Case 500W Power Supply

Pros: Small/Portable
Drive space
Front I/O
Carrying handle
Motherboard tray slides out for assembly
Plexi on 3 sides, can put fun lights inside to show off the goodies

Cons: 1 - The power supply that ships with the case is pretty weak. The wattage *level* is fine, but the output is flaky. When the CPU/GPU/HDDs all rev up to full power the PS overheats and dies. I will have to buy a new, stronger PS.

2 - Airflow - Although the computer does not overheat under normal operating conditions, I do feel like the airflow of the case could have been designed just a bit differently.

Other Thoughts: If you're looking for a computer case that can be hauled around for LAN parties or just taking over to a friend's place for gaming, this case is pretty good. The handle is pretty strong, although I haven't tried slinging my computer around. The motherboard tray slides out so that you can assemble the parts fairly easliy.

Pros: This is in regards to people who bought this and left descriptive reviews about the PSU! I think I broke a rib, sharted, and I havnt had tears roll down my face from laughing like this in years! "it smelled like burning plastic and made everyone at work sick" :) he even left 3 egg review despite making his coworkers sick and contaminating his work space. "it ended in a smoking death" rofl and despite having to use the 5yr old psu crom the previous case, yet another medicore review!

Cons: peoples bad fortune

Pros: -Looking good
-small form factor
-good positioning of stuff inside
-good airflow for your HDD
-place for 2 hdd and with the air flow, they don't go over 37deg
-once put all togheter very sturdy
-fans are dead silent

Cons: -PSU don't have 8 pins motherboard connector, I had to buy another PSU to put it in to fit the motherboard.
-PSU only have 1 PCI-e 6pin connector.
-Front headphone connector failed after 2hours, had to replace it
-Spring of the handle unmounted by itself after 2 day's
-front cover very hard to remove, the two screw are awfully positionned

Other Thoughts: That case is in itself a bad choice of overall average. I would have prefered, for the price, a better quality case with this looking but no PSU instead of an average of both.

So overall I'd say I love the look of the case, but I was very upset to have to repair it after 2hours of unboxing it. and again I'll have to take it apart, to put back the spring of the handle. Right now I'm expecting that it is the last time I have to dismantle it.

Pros: Compact, decent airflow, just what I was looking for

Cons: The *only* beef I have with this case is that the PSU sits right over where you would want to put your video card. That being said, that's probably about the only place they could put it in this case

Other Thoughts: I have a small space that my computer occupies, and laying a tower down is just not kosher. I looked at this and other similar cases for over 3 weeks. No other case just quite fit what I was looking for. On top of that, I ready most of the reviews for every case I looked at, including the reviews for different colors of the same case.
That being said, several other people who've reviewed this case (color notwithstanding) have made the comment that the case is flimsy. This is only true when you have the case in pieces. The Mobo tray is flimsy, as is the case cover, but when you put it all together it's rock solid.
For anyone looking at this case thinking that it's not a viable gamer's case, I will argue with you on the sole basis that you can put a full size card in this case, with the only restrictions that it can't be over 12 inches long, and the heatsink/fan for the gpu(s) cannot stick out past the side of the pcb.

Pros: nice case, board fit in place perfectly, plenty of room for cpu cooler. runs quiet.

Cons: Power supply only has 1 12v 4pin connector. Most of the ATX boards for AMD3/3+ processors require 2. No spliter cable included. Had to replace power supply.
Case was damaged on top, I'm betting this was because Newegg sent the package in its original boxing without any packaging to protect it, as well as they sent it Ground instead of 3-Day.

Other Thoughts: Other then the Problems mentioned in Cons, this is a very nice case and easy to install your MB in, comes with 2 heat sensors you can place anywhere on the board you wish to monitor heat. Seems to be slightly off on the temp, but pretty accurate within 1 degree. Case has a good selection of front ports. I'm happy with the case despite the above.

Pros: Good amount of space, and the construction isn't bad either.

Cons: LCD temp monitor burned out, but at the price I couldn't really care less.

Other Thoughts: Holds even a GTS 250 card with 2-4 inches to spare (length) - though you can't go any wider (my MSi Cyclone wouldn't fit due to wide heatsink)

Pros: Good lay out for most components.

Perfect for an out of the way PC.

Fits full size vid cards.

Install of parts was not very difficult due to the pull out Mobo mount.

Gets the job done well for a semi portable desktop PC.

Cons: PSU is very low quality. (see below)

Case can be an issue with connecting cables, nature of the beast with such a small case.

After about 20 min of running started smelling like burning plastic. Ran it for another day and the smell would not go away. Made everyone at work sick. Had to get another PSU.

Other Thoughts: Put in a I5 on a ASrock micro MB, with a EVGA 560, 8gb ram, and two HDDs. Everything fit and the PC works great.

Made a nice little portable gaming PC with it.

Major problem with the PSU!
After about 20 min of running started smelling like burning plastic. Ran it for another day and the smell would not go away. Made everyone at work sick. Had to get another PSU.

Replaced the PSU and everything works great.

I just wish they would not waste money, and just sell the case with no PSU for about 20 bucks cheaper. Most users will have to replace it right out of the box. I had a feeling I would, but risked it hoping I would get a good one, but I was wrong.

Great Case for what it does, but the PSU is a waste of consumers time and money.

Gave it 3 out of 5 due to poor quality PSU included, and no option to get the case without it. It would be a 4 egg if they just sold the case without the burden of a low quality PSU.

Pros: Nice looking case. Love the clear sides and the form factor. Seems to have good ventilation too, and is quiet while pulling that off.

Cons: Motherboard tray doesn't like to slide. I have issues with it being very susceptible to static electricity because it sits right next to my knee in my desk. If you touch it, and there's static, it immediately resets, which sucks...

Other Thoughts: I ended up not using the included power supply, so I have no idea how well it works...

Pros: It's neat, something small and different.

Cons: Cheap front mesh.
Somewhat sloppy case cover design.

Other Thoughts: Whoever said this thing was cheap did not lie, the case overall is very flimsy as someone previously said. Namely I would love to punch whoever decided to put cheap, I would say stereo wire but even that isn't this cheap, mesh on the front. Literally a small child could push through this mesh. It's far cheaper than what comes on stereos using CLOTH.

Almost within a couple of hours (which working within such a small confined space you will probably need), I slipped my thumb (JUST MY THUMB) straight through this mesh. I was like ok something that moves that easily can be popped right back into place, NO it can not it appears to be utterly broken. Now my brand new case has the front mess bashed in by my MIGHTY thumb. I want to punch the guy who put such cheap material there.

Do not buy if your easily frustrated have the hands of a lumber jack, or don't care for cheap material on your product.

Pros: Small, as advertised. I do like the slide out mobo tray, even though it hard to slide and isn't very practical. The handles also nice.

Cons: Cheap, flimsy case. Bad interference fit on the 3.5" bay, which took me a while to work out. Not much space for wires for a serious build. Lack of info in the user manual doesn't make assembling easy.

Other Thoughts: I wouldn't by this again. Ever. I'd pay more money for a better built micro ATX case, this one is frustrating at best.