Pros: Very nice-looking, well made case. It's about the same size as my Sony 5-disc DVD changer. The internal layout is well thought-out; installation was a snap unlike some other thin cases. The airflow setup is also done well. The motherboard is mounted upside down and there is a large vent in the bottom. The idea is that the CPU fan will draw fresh air through is vent. An exhaust fan right next to it blows the hot air out. This means that a conventional heat sink with a top mounted blow-down fan is what you want. There is enough room to fit any AMD OEM heatsink/fan, even the new version with copper heat pipes. Total available height from the top of the CPU core is mm. I spent many hours looking for the right AMD64 motherboard and found the ASUS A8N-VM CSM to be perfect. It's as if it was made for this chassis.

Cons: Choose your motherboard with care if you intend to use any of the expansion slots. MicroATX can have 4 slots. In order to use the riser card assembly, slot 1 (closest to the CPU) MUST be AGP or PCI Express x16 (if you buy the RC01 accessory) and slot 2 MUST be a 5V PCI slot. Very few PCI Express motherboards have a PCI slot in the #2 position. It is usually a PCI Express 1x slot or sometimes the x16 is in the #2 position and there is nothing in the #1 position (be careful of these). Most AGP-based motherboards will work. One of the fans was very noisy (growled), but I replaced them both with low-speed Panaflo's anyway.

Overall Review: I wanted to build a MythTV frontend/slave backend that looked nice, was quiet, but was powerfull enough to handle 1080i resolution. I needed DVI and wanted gigabit ethernet. Trying to find a motherboard that met those requirements and fit this case was a challenge. I looked at each picture of every MicroATX board the NewEgg sold and came up empty. I just happened to be looking at ASUS's site and saw a picture of their A8N-VM CSM model. It was PERFECT. NewEgg does not sell it, but I found it elsewhere. It is socket 939 which let me upgrade one of my other machines (A8N-E) to a dual core Toledo and put that cool-running Venice CPU into this machine.

Pros: I've used slots fans on occasion over the years and they do the job nicely if you know how to arrange them for the most benefit. These seem to work well and run nice and quiet.

Cons: These last about a year before they start to rattle. They are ball bearing, but other brands that I have used usually last 2-3 years before they go.

Pros: I have owned many of these over the course of many years. They all still work fine once you get past their little quirks and replace the useless fans. - Pass-through bus supports all speeds that I have tried. KF-91s from 10 years ago work at modern speeds. - Locking feature helps prevent accidental removal. - Bay is not as long as the old KF PATA bays, so they fit in most cases without trouble. - This latest version of the PCB supports both 4-pin and SATA power connectors.

Cons: - These are not enterprise-grade bays. You can't jam them in and out and knock them around like you can with the more expensive stuff. Get a more expensive bay if that worries you. For home server or workstation use, they are fine. - The fans are junk. They are cheap, single ball-bearing 40mm fans that will fail within months. The first thing I do after buying these is replace the fan. - Tray insertion needs to be done with some care. I have never broken one of these, but I always slip the trays in gently. If they don't slide in smoothly, something is wrong. - Older models had a bit of play in the latch mechanism. A little extra shove was needed to get the SATA connectors to fully seat. Make sure that the drive is mounted as far back in the tray as possible. - Airflow is rather suboptimal, due to the open design of the frame. Air is not force through the bay the way that it should be.

Overall Review: Some time ago, I bought a bunch of replacement fans for these and that is what I always use. They are thick, server-grade, dual-BB fans. They are very noisy, but move some serious air. Toasty SAS drives are kept cool. When used in a workstation, I run them on 5V instead of 12V. They run silently and still create enough of a breeze to provide some moderate cooling. To improve cooling, wrap the top and bottom of the rack with thin plastic (I just tape part of a plastic bag to the top and bottom). This will force air through the tray. There are probably better trays available now, but at the time these were the best bang for the buck. I keep buying them because of the compatibility. Other models and manufacturers have come and gone, but I can still buy these and they do work.

Pros: After killing a few slim drives in my HTPC, I replaced both with these cases. Being able to use a standard 5.25" optical drive and 3.5" HD is great. They are cheaper and generally more reliable than their smaller counterparts. This was the only case that had these features and met my high restrictions. No PSU issues here.

Cons: The case has a thermal problem on the side where the ITX MB's slot would be if you want to use a graphics card. However, it was fairly easy to resolve (see below). The LED is annoyingly bright, but that was fixed with a series resistors (see below). It's a bit annoying to get at the 5.25" bay screws without remove the entire bay assembly. It's possible to do with a really short screw driver. The look of the front panel is a touch on the gaudy side. It would match my drive better if it wasn't so glossy. The pink and green audio connectors contribute to the "look".

Overall Review: Thermal issues: there is no air flow on the left side of the case where a graphics card might live. The heat sink ends up facing the side and airflow it blocked by the card itself. I was able to address this in one of two ways (or both): 1) Install a 80mm fan in the grill in the top of the case, blowing down on the MB. Located it as close to the card as possible. With the addition of a small baffle, it's possible to circulate enough air to keep the back of the card cool. Some seems to reach the heatsink, too. 2) Lay a "PCI slot fan" in the bottom of the case in the front-left corner (where the case intake fan is). I removed the metal bracket and directed the fan to blow air under the hard drive. This blows air to the left side, which then flows towards the back where the card is. LED: a 10k series resistor make the LED brightness reasonable. a 47k resistor makes it glow even more softly.

Pros: Handy for temp connections. Can plug a raw drive to an eSATA port or plug an eSata peripheral into a MoBo without an eSATA port.

Cons: Cable is a bit stiff.

Overall Review: It's a little hard to tell from the pics, but this is a eSATA to SATA cable. The SATA end has metal tabs (but no clasp), so it makes the two ends look the same in the pics.

Pros: Very high quality unit, though I expected that for the price. I really like Enermax's modular cables, even though they keep changing the PSU-side connector.

Cons: Chassis is about 1.5" longer than your typical ATX PSU. Most ATX compliant cases can accommodate this, but some goofy cases won't. My full tower case has the PSU mounted towards the center, so cable management is a bit more snug than normal.

Overall Review: I've been using Enermax since the "Liberty" series (prior to that, I had some bad luck). The first one I bought just recently failed after 6 years of continuous use. It was easily fixed by replacing a poorly-placed capacitor in the standby power rail. A couple of other caps showed signed of distress, so those were replaced too and the PSU put back to work in an older machine. Overall, these seem to be pretty well-made (compared to a lot of throw-away junk out there).