ABS Canyon 695 4 x140mm Fan Multiple Heat Zones Aluminum Super Full Tower Computer Case

Pros: Updated info to my review from way-back. My 2 x GTX 580's and Corsair 1200AX fit fine.

Cons: need long 4-pin molex peripheral connector cord length to reach HDD's.

Other Thoughts: I've had this case since November 2008. Just wanted to mention that the hard drive bays will accept the new WD 600GB VelociRaptors with the "icepack" mounting frame. I've got two of those in this case, along with 2 WD 640 Blacks. With a Corsair 1200AX PSU in it you'll have to run the 4-pin molex power connector on the backside of your motherboard tray in order to reach the HD's at the bottom. (or, get an extension). The modular peripheral connectors that came with my previous modualr PSU (the Corsair 620HX) were long enough that I didn't need to route them that way. But, the ones that come with the Corsair 1200AX PSU aren't quite long enough. (and, the connectors that plug into the back of the PSU's are of a different design/shape, otherwise I would have just left them in place and reused them when I upgraded to the 1200AX). Also, my old 74 GB Raptors fit into the hotswap drive bays too, in case someone wonders.

Pros: * Feels great to build with. Awesome feeling really. Everything seems thought through.
* Lots of room. The main motherboard compartment doesn't have big disk drives in it and is wider than most cases so it's easy to run cables through there and still have room for SLI.
* Great positioning of the front ports and power button.
* SSD attachment points.
* Motherboard tray.
* Case fan speed control. Tons of fans.
* Sound dampening on the side panels.
* Great styling. Massive yet under-stated.

Cons: * Small-ish opening at the top for getting front panel cables and power supply cables to the motherboard.
* Can be a bit hard to get power cables to the drives below the motherboard. This is a bit odd to me since I was using a power supply from this same company.

Other Thoughts: The cons would have made me bump down the rating to a four but the feel of quality and workmanship I had while building my SLI system was just great. I really feel like I got a premium product with this case.

Pros: I wrote the review under ABS Canyon 695 LWSP case asessory. Check there. Basically it is an awsome tower/case whhich allows for fantstic heat disipation though cheaper than several years it still is costly. Customer service is non existant and hard to make contact.

Cons: None other than listed above. Other than what is listed the cases are durable and of good quality. I have two and should pricing become reasonable I wont hesitate to buy another to build a backup computer for my backup computer!!!!!




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Other Thoughts: None at present as I have given pros and the cons. I hope ABS will become a real store and have parts redily available and supply support to their customers problems.

Pros: Big aluminum case keeps everything inside cool with its 3 140mm front fans for intake, 1 140mm fan on rear for exhaust (well positioned right next to the cpu to quickly blow the warm air out), as well as 2 90mm fans for exhaust in the lower compartment where the HDD bay is.

Cons: CD bay is a bit flimsy, the lower one broke off, but I managed to construct it back on. Other than that, excellent case!

Pros: This case is terrific! It's exactly what I was looking for. Great air flow and keeps everything cool while being quiet. Well thought out and everything fits very well and precise. This is the first case I had, that I didn't have to mod out of the box to get what I need.

Cons: No cons IMO.

Other Thoughts: Great job ABS and Lian-Li!

Pros: First off this case is huge, i figured it was big by looking at the dimensions but when you see this in person and have all your parts in it you can really see how big this thing is. Plenty of room to hold all my components and wires without a problem. The video card rack is nice since my card is so long its nice to have support on the back of it. Four adjustable fans is also a plus. Sound insulation is excellent even with all the fans running at full speed it is very quiet, when playing games or watching movies its pretty much silent. Excellent case.

Cons: It is a little pricy but you get what you pay for. Not really a con but the fan switch is blocked the by the dust screen so you have to pull it up to change the speeds. The drive bays are a pain to screw in cause you have to go through the little opening in the front and if you have a long screwdriver a pain on the reverse too.

Other Thoughts: I feel that this case was worth the price, even though it is expensive. It has plenty of room to hold everything. My huge video card and heatsink had no trouble fitting in here. Some people complain about how the optical drives come sideways, for me this was better than straight out. Its just something to consider when purchasing that you have enough room on the left or right for them to come out.

Pros: ALMOST plenty of room for everything! Very lightweight. Very quiet. Very cool, temperature wise. Adjustable case fans. (if connected to the onboard fan speed controller) Well organized thermal zones. Wire management is almost top-notch. Will accept MOST power supplies. Side-ejecting reversible optical mounting is TOO cool. Will handle three-way SLI, no problem, with eight expansion slots. Removable motherboard tray is a plus. Removable front ar filter is SICK! Fans are really quiet, even on MAX. Sie panel for mobo access is PAD-LOCKABLE. Lastly, the hot-swap hard drive bays tops it off, removing drives is easy as 1-2-3. It's appearance is one that isn't gawdy- just ready for business, whether it's gaming or processing big video encoding jobs.

Cons: These are the cons, or the things I would do differently, had I designed this tower. First, the fan speed controller is only accessible, once you remove the front panel and filter. (both remove easily) Next, the routing of wires after the power supply is installed can be a little tricky, especially if you have big hands. (they will be bumping into the optical drive supports) Next, there is only room for two optical drives, so if you want to use this as a CD or DVD duplicator, forget it. Next, you can only remove the motherboard tray with ALL expansion cards removed, unlike some cases made by L1@n-L1. PRICE IS A BIT STEEP and is not very consistent. I would say this box is worth 400 easy. I STILL could use two more hard drive bays and an additional optical drive bay. Shows greasy fingerprints EASY. The side panels can take time to get lined up, due to how the optical drives mount.

Other Thoughts: I thought this would be the ultimate case for a particular build I was doing for one of my customers. It seem to fit the bill for everything that he wanted the machine to do. Here is the parts list: MOBO: eVga X58 E760 Classified CPU: Inter Core i7 920 OC'd to a MILD 3.2GHz RAM: 6 GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHz HARD DRIVES: (4) 300 GB Velociraptors in a RAID 5 & (2) WD 1 TBs in a RAID 1 BLUE-RAY BURNER: Pioneer BDR-205BKS DVD BURNER: Plextor PX-880SA POWER SUPPLY: ABS SL 850 VIDEO CARDS: (2) eVga GTX 285s in SLI OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

Pros: This case is HUGE! Enough room for everything you could ever want. The black finish is AMAZING! Multiple heat zone design is awsome. Quality materials used. Perfect for the person who doesn't want all the flashing bells and whistles (lights and stickers).

Cons: When i recieved the case from ups, two of the case feet were not even attached. Luckily i was able to find the very tiny screws at the bottom of the box. Also, the power on switch feels "cheep". The reset button is tiny, can barely get my finger in to reset. One of the liquid cooling gromets on the back side is popped out half way. Installation instructions booklet is terrible, but if you have built a rig before it should not be a problem.

Other Thoughts: Only three eggs because of the loose parts upon recieving this case. I should not have parts falling off of a $450 case. Also because of the cheap feeling power and reset buttons. Also, the other people saying that the front panel is very loosely attached, mine fits snug.

Pros: The case is very expensive, i got mine for 450 in a combo deal about 8 months ago. I have never had any trouble with the case, it runs about as cool as you can get. it also has a nifty lint screen on the front, where the 3 fans pull in your air, which keeps a considerable amount of dust out. the space is fine, no matter what board you throw in. It can hold 4 graphic cards with plenty of space left over. the HDD slots are very easy to access, and are layed out quite nicely in the bottom. the fans work great, i'v never had any heating issues.

Cons: the only thing i can think of is the fan speed control. the fan speed does work, but it blows hard, and I don't mean speed wise. the differnce in speed settings is only noticable if you pay very close attention. the sound is pretty much the same

Other Thoughts: once again the fan speed control leaves something to be desired.

Another thing is the cases size. Don't listen to anyone who says it's not wide enough. The case was designed thin so the fans had a better cooling effect. But if your looking for a computer to fit under your desk, then you might want to consider another one, unless you have a good size desk. The case worked great for me because i needed a large case that was very slim for tight fits. the price was a little high, I'd say it should be about 400, its made out of cheap alloy, nothing special.

Buying this case pretty much future proofs your comp for a while, and it supports about any motherboard you could use.

I only bought this case because i wanted something that i could put anything and everything in, unless you plan on doing I wouldn't get this case, its just too pricey and too big.

btw theres absoulutly no reason to use a M-ATX in this case even though it supports it.

Pros: hot swap is the best! Once you start using it you'll love it. The side panels remove like butter so its no trouble getting to your drives.

I only bought it because I got it for VERY cheap with a intel ssd combo, now that I own it, I would never buy a different brand.

Cons: The 2 optical options, wish I could have a third. The optical drives are $crewed (newegg found that word offensive) in, and a pain to get the cables to fit. Once you get it you won't want to mess with it. Wish there was more room for ssd's. (they shorted me 2 unique screws for my hot swaps) And I guess I was hoping they would have a cleaner cable setup and not a buncha cheap fan connectors laying loose.

Other Thoughts: Put your ssd where the floppy drive goes under the opticals. Label your sata's brackets with clear tape, once they are in you can't read the label so you end up pulling 4 drives before you get the one you wanted. Label your primary drive at least. Sometimes windows will identify the insert of a drive, if not use http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/mountvol.mspx?mfr=true
in cmd with escalated privileges tpye #> mountvol [Drive:]Path VolumeName . But you must stop it before you pull it just type #>mountvol j: /d just like the man page says. That is windows 7 ultimte 64 may work elsewhere.