Joined on 03/31/08
Wanted to like it, not what I hoped for
Pros: Lowish cost, good form factor, cool blue LED, slick looking
Cons: -the front panel is almost impossible to remove without breaking the clips on the left side (I got it the first time, the second time my clips broke) -thermal design flaw: if you look at the pictures it's not immediately obvious but the main compartment is split into two parts with the metal sheet that the mobo rests on. This means that each area (the side with the power supply, or the side with the mobo) has its own fan, and not much air flow. You can disconnect the fans and have this thing run hot, or you can turn this thing on and have it run loud, but you can't fix both -lots of useless bells and whistles (case intrusion switch, 4 hdd leds on the front panel)
Overall Review: This is the most frustrating case I've ever owned -the front panel clips are a pain -having to slide out the mobo to access the other half of the case is a pain -the bajillion lights on the front that don't hook up to anything on my D945GCLF2 mobo are a disappointment -the fans are loud -bad design for airflow I'm considering buying N82E16811147131 or N82E16811154093 as a replacement, this case frustrates me so much. This may not be the case's fault, maybe I just bought the wrong thing, but this didn't suit my needs.