HEC 7106WW Beige White Steel ATX Desktop Computer Case

Pros: After reading a couple of reviews, I was leery of purchasing this case for building a new game system but it works just fine for my purposes. For some, the new long video cards will not fit, however my HIS Radeon HD 4850 fits with room to spare. This case is simple, it is strong, and with knowledge and experience you put anything you want in there and do anything you want with it. Most excellent.

Cons: Getting the motherboard in there took a little trick. The hard drive is actually situated in such a way that I had trouble getting the RAM slots on the motherboard beneath it. I will not be able to fill up the 4 slots because of how the hard drive covers the fourth one. This can be solved if necessary by simply rigging a larger bay to hold a hard drive. Also, the power supply was a tight fit, but just use your brain and you can get it in there.

Overall Review: If you take this to a LAN, no one will expect the beast that is within! I had limited desk space and I wanted something that I didn't need to sit on the floor, and would be easy to work on when necessary. You must be cautious when purchasing parts for a gamer machine. The video card slot on the MB I bought is lower than the HDD cage, so I don't have a space issue. If you need space for a lot of devices, you should consider another case but this case if great if you want to keep it simple and powerful.

Parts used: ASUS M3N72-D AM2+/AM2 motherboard, AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz, HIS Hightech H485QT512P Radeon HD 4850 512MB video card, Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB), RAIDMAX AURORA 2 RX-600F 600W.

Think twice, buy once.

Pros: Cheap. I needed a case for an atx server motherboard. No add-on cards, and two 3.5" HDs. This seemed to fit the bill.

Cons: The sheet metal was not engineered to proper tolerances. I could NOT get the ATX power supply to slide into place - the lip at the edge of the case was a *bit* too tight. I had to bend it up a tad with pliers to slide the PS in, and even then it did not fit all the way in straight, so only 2 of the 4 screws could attach. The HD drive bay did not want to go back on either (only 1 of the 3 screws would fit in afterward).

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