Joined on 07/16/12
Solid sound system.

Pros: Decent bass, decent mids and decent treble. A great budget 2.1 system.
Cons: So far none.
Overall Review: A solidly built system with good volume and versatiliy. The remote that is attached to the subwoofer is also very convienient. I have it velcroed to my desk and it is a tremedously useful feature.
An ok value, if you are ready to put a few hours into it.

Pros: Inexpensive, decently quiet and sturdy. Comes with good onboard hardware, such as a 1st generation i5 and 4 gigs on ddr3. These two components practically pay for themselves. A good base if you want to build a cheap gaming rig.
Cons: When I bought this tower, the front USB ports and the CD drive didn't work. Refurbished usually doesn't mean restoration project, but I didn't mind. If you know a little bit about computers you can spend $5 on some adapter cables and it should do the trick. THE HARD DRIVE INCLUDED WAS LOUD AND HOT I replace the drive with a spare caviar black 500gb I had lying around and that did the trick. The original drive was very loud and hot, so I'd recommend possibly buying this tower and also buying a spare hard drive and cloning your windows onto it.
Overall Review: If you're willing to put in 2-3 hours polishing up this tower and buying a few extra but certainly worth it parts, I think this deal is certainly fair. Once you buff out the scratches this could make a great family or office PC. (or if you buy a graphics card this could make a killer budget rig for gaming). Overall, I can't RAVE about how good this tower is because its 'ok'. A solid buy, but not the zenith of performance or value.
Great cooler! Installation proved troublesome

Pros: -Small form factor, excellent cooling in package the same size as Intel's stock cooler -Dropped system temperatures under load with i5 8400 to around 50 Celsius -Runs extremely quiet inside of small form factor case -Stock fan has anti vibration mounts and nicely braided cable
Cons: -The installation proved more difficult than expected. The screw pillars that go through the back of the motherboard did not want to fit through the pre drilled holes in the plate. My solution was to physically bend back the plastic tabs on the backplate. Also, it is worth noting that on my particular motherboard, the Gigabyte B360N, the NVMe SSD slot on the back of the motherboard is partially obstructed by the large backplate. If you have this motherboard and are looking at this cooler, you will have to modify the backplate in order to use an NVMe SSD.
Overall Review: Overall, once this cooler was up and running, the noise level and temps were down to levels I didn't think possible in my tiny case. The C7 is an excellent cooler and at this price is truly outstanding. Other than a few issues with the mounting mechanism, I would recommend it to anyone in a small form factor build who is planning on stock speeds or even mild overclocking.
Great Value, Great Quality

Pros: -Great Look, Aesthetics are fantastic -Ample space in motherboard area -Easy to clean filter for motherboard area -Power supply cable sleeving is decent and cable lengths are perfect -Low noise PSU with decent wattage -Smart SSD mounting solution
Cons: -Hard to access power supply dust filter -Really sketchy feeling GPU mounting solution... feels like you're going the break the riser and the gpu pci connector -Almost no cable management, however to be expected in such a small case -Plastic on front scratches easily
Overall Review: Overall, from other Mini-ITX solutions I've worked with, this one is the one I'd recommend for workstation or gaming builds. Either in vertical or horizontal orientation there is ample airflow and building in the system is much easier than other SFF solutions. The power supply is excellent, and powers a 1060 and i5 with ease. Front I/O is adequate. Be careful mounting a full size GPU in this case however. Length of the card will not be an issue but the actual solution Fractal has provided with a pci riser and a very tight anti vibration stand can require a lot more force than seems safe. My card is with the Gigabyte dual fan cooler and is a little taller than the PCB which presented this problem. A plus is a shorter GPU leaves ample space for even a full 3.5" drive in the GPU area. Very rare to see in a SFF case. Overall, an excellent case with a few small problems that can easily be forgotten about.
Blew me away

Pros: This case honestly impresses me more and more. I originally bought it as a case for my streaming PC, but I loved the look and form factor so much it now has my main rig inside of it. The cable managment is fantastic for something this size and it fits a U-atx GIGABYTE am3+ board in it no problem. Plently of space for such a small case and the "bumps" on the side panels allow for more cable managment and larger CPU coolers. I'd say its much better than even the Fractal Design Core, which was my former case.
Cons: Hard to mount optical drive but didn't need one. Just to note.
Overall Review: Overall, I didn't expect much from this case and just bought it because it was cheap and was blown away with the build quality and versatility of it. Would recommend to a friend or buy again.
Solid board, nice color scheme, fits in micro-Atx case great

Pros: The pros are in the title mostly. This board is extremely solid with a good bios and lots of connectivity all around. The color scheme is excellent and matches most anything you would put in a computer.
Cons: On bootup, theres a screen that pops up for a second and displays memory adresses and memory allocation. Not a major problem at all and doesn't seem to affect performance on bootup. Just a note.
Overall Review: Overall, solid board good price and fits in a DIYPC micro-atx tower.