nMEDIAPC Black Aluminum / Acrylic / Steel HTPC 6000B ATX Media Center / HTPC Case

Pros: Fairly solid case, looks nice in cabinet. Fairly quiet fans.

Cons: This dose not fit a full size graphics card like some have said. I put my HD6970 i retired for a couple 7970's in this case but not without a battle. I had to cut out half the drive bays and part of the bracket to get this card into the case. front panel will not close with a remote usb dongle in it even the smallest of dongles are too big.

Pros: Good looking case. Plenty of fans/air.

Cons: Q/A for this product wasnt the sharpest.

Front cover/tray is oversized by about 1/8", just enough so I have to pry it open.

Same goes for the optical drive cover/tray - its either stuck shut or stuck open

Optical drive bay has no mounting fabbed for the drive itself, it just kinda sits there...

Really didn't care for it after running into all this. Had no choice but to keep it since everything else for the build was in.

Bottom line, quality inspection at nMedia sucks. I shouldnt have to grind down tray covers and drill installation holes for optical drives.

Other Thoughts: The HDD bay setup is horrible. Of course I knew it before buying it, but its much more of PIA when you actually have to work with it.

Pros: Good looking case, plenty of room on the inside. Large for an HTPC case. Actually looks like it belongs in an A/V component rack instead of looking like a PC case.

Cons: As expected in the price range, the construction is rather flimsy. My old Ahanix case was extruded aluminum - heavy, no flex. This one, well, it's just thin, flimsy side panels. If you're looking for heft, look for another case. However since this is to be expected of a case in this range, I don't take off eggs for it.

What I do take issue with is two things:

1. That the LCD doesn't come standard. It should. But again, this is known up front, so no eggs off.

2. The major concern that I have after having the case for a few months is that the upper plastic bezel on the front panel is falling off. The adhesive that holds it to the case no longer sticks. The case loses an egg for this.

Other Thoughts: All in all, an inexpensive, 4 egg worthy case - if the front panel bezel doesn't fall off.

Pros: Plenty of room, fans, HDD bays.
Looks great, sleek style that blends right into any enternaiment center.
Lots of full size expansion bays, lots of possibilities.

Cons: I find that the rear 80mm fan slots are a little too close together. I a little trouble fitting my 2 Arctic 80mm fans back there. Once I got them in, works like a charm. The 120mm fan is of a lower profile, so the 120mm fan I purchase with this order was not compatible, watch that. The top of the case is pain to remove. It secures tightly.
This case is unable to fit full size video cards. If you try, you will find that the card will come in contact with the rack that houses the HDDs. I had to upgrade to new card, card was getting old anyway.

Other Thoughts: Not a con, but the button you see on the front side is not a volume control, it is the main power switch. it's not a problem, I just thought it was a volume control at first.
When I first opened the case, I found that one of the case screws was already stripped. I have plenty of replacements though (who doesn't?).
I would have given it five stars if they had included the LCD by default and if they had simply replaced that stripped screw, kinda poor craftsmenship to let one of your products roll off the line with a blemish like that.

Pros: Case looks like it belongs stacked with my receiver and gives my entertainment center a clean look. The pro-lcd window is a nice touch and works well when the lcd is installed. The power button is meant to look like a volume knob and has a nicely blue led lit ring. The amount of incase storage bays and the way the main case mounts and dismounts is fantastic. Also comes with antivibration screws and rubber mounts to minimize HDD vibration.

Cons: My only reason for giving it 4 eggs is that one of the rear exhaust fans that was supposed to be silent had a ticking noise. Checked at it wasn't rubbing any wires etc. Also they should have included 2 120mm fans in the front sides but only supply 1. Upgrade anyway to better more sufficient fans.

Other Thoughts: Would recommend for all HTPC builds.

Pros: Looks Nice, Convenient access to Volume Control, USB & Audio Ports

Cons: EXPENSIVE! LOUD! Front I/O Panel door is missing the locking mechanism. Unfortunately, I noticed the defect AFTER installing Motherboard and all the parts and configuring the PC.

Paid $14 for shipping. Because it is Large & heavy, it would be expensive to Return/Exchange, so I decided to use clear tape to hold the front I/O Panel in place. a "Mickey Mouse" job if you ask me...

Collects dust through the holes of the top cover. Have to use Air Cleaner more often than I want to...

Other Thoughts: For the price, one would expect it to at least be of decent quality.

Pros: Blends in nicely next to my Pioneer receiver. My wife didn't know that it was a PC! Everything I had fit into it perfectly (older gigabyte board with a wolfdale dual core).

Cons: Had some issues with the spring for the DVD door getting stuck, but I rarely use it.

Other Thoughts: Be aware of the size... it's pretty big! I have a Hauppauge 2250 and get most of the HD channels over clear qam from Nulink so I'm pretty happy using it for a DVR (recorded shows are moved to my WHS daily!) I'm thinking about putting an infiniTV 4 in it one day and should have more than enough room.

Pros: Were to begin? I read all the reviews I could find, pros and cons, I have built app. 20 to 25 computers thus far, and this is my first media center, I needed a case that would take a full size motherboard so I was very limited on choices, For $70.00 I took a gamble, This case is supper nice, matches my Onkyo 898 series Receiver in size, even with full size motherboard cable management was a breeze, hard drive cage was a little tricky but after reading the reviews had no problems, the LCD module was a nice add-on, Fans that come with it are super quiet and no need to replace them or add more fans, case is well vented and runs very cool, After assembly which took me all about 1 1/2 hours I couldn't be happier.

Windows 8 pro with Media center
Intels 3225 I3 processor
Asus z68 gen 3 full size motherboard
Corsair 500 modular PWS
Gskill 1600 9cl ram
Ozc vertex 4 ssd
Seagate 2TB media drive
Gigabyte 560ti oc video card
WinTV 1600 board
Lit-On Blu-ray player
Cool Master Trx3 cooler

WEI Scores
CPU 7.3
Ram 7-9
Graphic 7.9
Gam Graphic 7.9
Hard disk 8.1

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: I read some people had problems with Newegg, I have spend a lot of money over the last several years with Newegg and found there customer service is exceptional and are a five star company! Keep it up Newegg

Pros: Fits 6 drives easy
Lots of vents and lots of fans.
Sturdy and well laid out.
Good quality to price ratio
Minimalistic design
Intuitive hard drive and optical drive tray

Cons: My HDD led didnt work :( No biggie. I wouldn't want it blinking anyway.
Its not perfect out of the box like some of the higher end cases. The lower front door that covers the USB ports isn't very smooth upon opening, though ill probably never use it. The door doesnt closer perfectly flush but at 5 feet it wont matter. The power button is a bit flimsy, but again wont matter especially if your remote turns the computer on.

Other Thoughts: Its the cheapest HTPC case on the market that fits enough drives for it to be a media server, for this money you cant ask for anything better and that's why you should buy it. If you have another 50 bucks there are better options but IMHO for something you will hardly actually interact with, its not worth spending more on. Unless its rack mountable, then you have no choice if you need that.

Pros: Size
Functionality

Cons: none so far

Other Thoughts: Built a media center about 1 month ago using this case and everything fit perfectly. No tight fits, no trouble, very clean looking front, nice functionality. Best value for your $$$.