- SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower
- 2 X USB2.0 Ports AUDIO IN/OUT (AC97, HD) Front Ports
- 400W Power Supply
- 2 External 5.25" Drive Bays
- 2 Internal 3.5" Drive Bays
It's a budget case. It holds the parts
06/12/2014
This review is from: Diablotek CPA-0170 Black SGCC Steel Diamond ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply
Pros:
Let's face it. A case like this will only ever have two Pros. And that is CHEAP and LIGHT WEIGHT.
Surprisingly no sharp corners encountered yet. So it hasn't drawn first blood. I don't really call this a pro but I did want to mention it.
Cons:
There are a lot of odd things that bother me. Many of these you expect with a cheap case but I will list them anyway.
1) Only has 4 metal MB screw standoffs. The rest are frankenclips that screw in to the case holes but have plastic compression clips that just pop in the holes of the MB. If you have extras laying around they should work as they appear to be standard size.
2) One of my usb ports was bent in a way that was already there when it was assembled. Easily bent back but obvious QA issue.
3) One of the internal 3.5 slots is just holes in the bottom of the case to mount the drive to the case floor it appears. The other 3.5 slot is the place where a floppy would go.
4) An addendum to number 3. The case has half of a drive bay. When looking at the side in the pics you see obvious places to mount drives. But the other half of the cage is Missing. As in never designed to be there apparently. You can't even put 5 1/4 stuff there. Appears to be obvious case of reusing parts from other designs.
5) VERY flimsy. We all know that budget cases are flimsy. But I kept having the backplate bend on me while trying to insert the port plate. So this one is a little flimsier than normal.
6) No plastic or rubber feet. Just metal bumps on the bottom.
7) No metal behind the cover. You know where you would normally install extra fans. When you pull the front cover off it's just a giant gaping hole of nothing.
8) The look of the plastic is uber low end.
9) The metal covers on the PCI slots are the pop out kind. Once out they can never go back in. And half of them are designed a little different than the other half. Half are square and cover just the backplate. The other hald go around so that the top of the slot is also 'cut out' which probably aids in adding some cards. Just seems odd.
Overall Review:
At the end of the day it is what it is. A cheap case to build a Farmville box for Mom. If this hadn't been part of an eggsaver deal I would have never used it. As others have said, you can get equally cheap priced cases that are built better. But it is a box and it holds a budget PC and it does the one thing you need it to do. I would have given it three eggs just because I mostly knew what I was getting but the physical damage on the USB port that was a QA miss made me decide to drop it a little.
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- Robert A.
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