RAIDMAX Blade ATX-298WBP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply

Pros: - Looks cool and feels solid
- Includes a power supply. You get both case and a powersupply for the price of one or the other. Can't beat it.
- I really like the status lights and buttons on this case. Feel great and they look great. The lights aren't just dinky LEDs, they are this little column of light, looks awesome.

- The windowed area is actually fairly large. It bends around the side fan (not included, btw) but you can see your whole setup inside.

- A lot of cheaper cases are flimsy and made of cheap sheet metal. They are also rarely painted inside. This case is very solid, thick walls and completely black inside and out. It looks awesome.

- It includes a 500w power supply. The powersupply delivers power and turns on, but thats about the only pro i can find for the powersupply.

Cons: The power supply is a temporary solution. It gets the job done, but plan on upgrading soon.

- Power supply is soooo noisy!
- Not modular
- Limited wiring options
- Short as ***** wires. The CPU power cable only reaches the CPU power port on my mobo because I am stretching the wiring. I almost couldn't build it without an extension. Luckily two friends and I worked with it for about an hour and finally got it to plug in, but barely!
- The power running up to my optical bay drive, BARELY reaches again. It technically daisy chains several plugs, but those are not useable because of how stretched out the cable is.
- No instructions on this power supply.
- No instructions on the case
- Did i mention there are no instructions?

The case is solid, but they come up a little short in a few areas.

- The fan that is included (rear exhaust fan) is noisier than average, also seems flimsy. It will probably fail soon, forcing me to get a new one which will be good.

- Screws. I don't think they think about how you will use the screws that come with the case, they just throw a handful of each kind in. I found no rhyme or reason to the number of screws i was given of each kind. In fact I found one type of screw that I am not sure what it goes to, but they gave me literally 20-30 of these screws. I was also given an odd number of motherboard spacers, which is weird. That's why i think it was random. Of course no instructions are provided to explain the purpose of said screws. So you are on your own to figure it out.

- Tool-less harddrive and optical drive mounts. These are cool. I wish I had been given more than 2 of them. With the 2 of these mounts that I was given I can choose to mount 1 drive securely (one of these tool-less do-dads on each side of the drive). Or I could choose too mount 2 drives very loosely. Only mounting on one side of the drive and then using the 2 mount things, one for each drive. The rest of the drives that I am assuming you have you will need to mount with screws. Again, not sure which screws, there are no instructions, hopefully you were randomly selected to receive enough of these screws as well.

Other Thoughts: Overall, it is a good deal. But you will find yourself upgrading the power supply soon as well as the fans. I already purchased one additional fan for the side. that has a blue LED so it looks really cool inside from the window. Soon I will replace the fan that comes pre-installed on the back for a quieter setup.

No instructions? Really? I know men do not use instructions, but when it comes to building a computer, I would like if at least the power supply had instructions. It would also have been nice to have a reference to what all these screws were that came with the case. Also, which are mobo screws, which are other screws. They are all very similar. Luckily it wasn't my first build so I figured it out after about 5-10 mins of investigation. A noobie might have struggled more with it.

One last note, I wanted to mention for everyone's reference since it doesnt talk about this in the description or on the company's website, or in the non-included instructions....
The fan can support up to 3 fans, all are 120mm. One fan for the rear, one on the side and one in the front. You will get one flimsy fan with the case. I recommend getting one more for the side as an intake since the ventilation isn't good enough to just have exhaust fans. An intake fan on the front or side will bring plenty of air in however, and then your exhaust fan blows it out. I chose a blue LED fan for the side, but that was a personal choice. You need 120mm though, thats the info that seems to be privileged information. I discovered this through another review, so I wanted to reiterate it.

Pros: relatively cheap, loving the side panel window

Cons: been having serious problems with the psu that came with it, first the psu cable length was a little too short was a tight fit don't bug me too much but biggest prob. is I think its either faulty or a very poor performing psu. it keeps shutting of my comp on high loads e.g. gaming on ultra or high settings or benchmarks. whenever both my cpu and gpu starts working hard it shuts off suddenly, no warning. I have a gtx 660 and Pentium g860 and hdd and im pretty sure 500 watts is enough for those components so it has to be the psu, not overheating I checked temps while it shuts down, cpu temp never over 58c gpu never over 80c. again it only happens when BOTH components receive high loads. when I benchmark cpu, gpu individually not much problem

Other Thoughts: get a better quality psu if you have hardware close to mines, stuck on low settings gaming so comp wont shut down. if I would've known the psu was gonna be an issue I would've not bought this, till this day still having issues

Pros: very good air flow

Cons: the power cables to the mother board barely had enough length.

Other Thoughts: Somewhere to mount an SSD would be nice.

Pros: Both panels are detachable, included a power supply unit which was awesome, 500w, I haven't had any problems (still 1st day). Blue colored fan is a nice touch, enough space for my fat paws to get in there and run the cables.

Cons: None!

Other Thoughts: I've built PCs for school and friends, this was my budget build for home, I need it for school and play, I put the AMD a10-5800K with an ASRock mobo and I love it. Those Intel lovers can suck a fattie, I like this processor and rig, I am excited for the Kubari line to come out later this year.

Pros: looks realy nice. came with a pzu

Cons: psu cables barely long enough. EVERY SINGLE one of the molex connectors (on fans and psu) fell apart.

Other Thoughts: buy a different power suply

Pros: Looks very cool! Came with the 500W power supply and all the cords I need, plenty of space inside. It also came a day earlier than expected which is great!

Cons: The UPS guy literally threw it on my doorstep, luckily it wasn't damaged and it was okay, but the day before it had snowed a lot and if I hadn't been there to take the case inside it probably wouldn't have been in good shape.

Other Thoughts: This is my first build, im 16, and I plan to work with computer hardware as my career, so lets hope this case lasts!

Pros: I haven't gotten it yet, so I don't know what this case is all about, but when I get the case ill be sure to update this review.

Cons: None at the moment.

Other Thoughts: Im hoping the power supply isn't dead when I get the case.

Pros: spacious

Cons: power cables little short

Pros: look ok for the price and came with a psu

Cons: did not come with the 120mm fan and ATX power cables too short had to order fans and a power cable extension

Pros: nice case, black interior is a plus and the window is great
alot of ventilation and the mesh on the bottom of the case to block dust is a nice additive

Cons: missing the front LED fan and half of the quick swap mounting tabs

Other Thoughts: Was disappointed when I opened the box and saw half of the quick swap tabs missing, was even more disappointed when I finished the build after a few hours of cable routing just to realize the front LED fan was missing, contacted newegg support they asked me to inspect the box I noticed the bottom had been re-taped so it was obviously opened, fan and tabs removed then resealed and newegg wanted me to send back the whole case... Seemed redundant to spend a few hours taking everything out sending it back to then have to rebuild it, I don't care too much about the quick tabs. I ended up just ordering new fans 10 bucks for 2 and saved myself the headache of having to do everything all over again, just not happy with that solution. The case is perfect otherwise.