Pros: - Attractive case - Convenient easy to use hot swap bays. - Plenty of room in the case to work with. - 4 integrated snap-in case fans that are easy to replace. - Ultra quite power supply fan - Abundant air flow from the case fans to keep the system cool.

Cons: -4 Case fans are very loud 3 pin outdated single speed fans. I ordered 4 pin variable speed replacement fans for quieter operation.

Overall Review: This is the first rack case I have worked with for building a server. I am very pleased with the case. New Egg's specifications are lacking in information. Go to http://supermicro.com/products/chassis/2U/822/SC822T-400LPB.cfm for complete information. Could not figure out how to order the proprietary optional CD drive and opted to install a standard CD drive in the peripheral drive bay. Not having experience with rack mount systems, this case is about 6" too long for my cabinet and I had to cut a slot out of the back of the cabinet to make it fit. I do not consider this a con as the length issue is due an oversight. If I knew it ahead of time, it would not have stopped me from choosing the case, just thought this would be important information for other newbies to building with rack-mount cases.

Pros: Everything is as expected.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: The new server I built utilizing this motherboard blows away the old 2Ghz Intel single core system. The following components made a very nice system. - (1) SUPERMICRO CSE-822T-400LPB Black 2U Server Case - (1) SUPERMICRO MBD-X7SBI LGA 775 Intel 3210 ATX Server Motherboard - (1) Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - (4) Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) ECC Unbuffered Server Memory Model KVR800D2E5/1G - (6) Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s [RAID Configuration with hot spare] - (4) Dynatron P555 77mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

Pros: 6 out of 7 drives perform as expected.

Cons: 1 out of 7 DOA.