APEVIA X-QPACK2-BL/500 Black/ Blue Aluminum Body/ Front Mask Micro ATX Desktop Computer Case 500W Power Supply

Pros: Very nice little case. Mine is pretty quite, like the blue led fans and seems to be well thought out. Not sure if I got lucky in my choice of MB, but the case seemed to "just work" when it came to running all the the wires and such. I did not find the case material 'flimsy' but I do agree that it could be a little thicker.

Cons: The only thing I can come up with is that the PSU is a little large for the case and the power wires come out right where your DVD ROM is, perhaps my DVD ROM is larger than the average, but I had to squish the power and IDE wires a little to make it fit.

The blue color of the case is very similar to my Linksys hub, if you have one of those, you know what color 'blue' it is. Not sure if that's a con for me.

Overall Review: I am using a P4 with an ABIT I-45CV and an x700 video card. Everything fit perfectly. I did buy a new CPU fan (ZeroTherm CF800) and it fit just under the rail (again, I think I got lucky), if you have a large fan, be ware, it may not fit in the case.

Pros: Pretty face. Removable motherboard tray. Lots of storage space.

Cons: It's so lightweight that I'm afraid I'll wad it up just by touching it. For a mini ATX this is a big box and I was truly surprised just how big it is - think small microwave or very big toaster oven. While this would normally be a really good thing in my mind, this case is so big that it feels like it's going to fall apart. You know how a small corrugated box can be super rigid, but if you scale that same box up 20 times, with the same thickness of cardboard it becomes very, very flexible hard to work on with warping something.

I've been building computers since 1986, all sizes and all types and in that time I bought a couple cases that were not outstanding. It happens. But this one is a joke.

Far to many moving parts. That's one of the reason that the case is so flexible. pulling the motherboard tray up, I saw the entire back-plane flexing and bending - and it slid out without a catch.

This is advertised as being a portable computer case that you can pick up by the handle that's spring loaded on the face of the case. If you do, it's my opinion that you'll be rebuilding the computer. That handle is retained with just a couple eclips that were barely hanging on in my case. It is also mounted in the plastic face, not in the metal behind it.

Absolutely plan on changing the power supply. I haven't seen a PS this lightweight since I had a Commodore 64.

Bottom line is this, if you are building a computer that has a lot of pretty parts and lights you want to show off and it's never going to be moved, perhaps you can get by with it, it might be OK.

If they had used this thickness steel instead of aluminum it would have made a nice case. Sadly they didn't do that.

If they had skipped the power supply entirely it could be a bit cheaper. But if they spent $2 on the supply instead.

Overall Review: I'm sending it back. It wasn't cheap, and shipping it back won't be cheap due to the size, but I'm not going to use it. I'm afraid it would collapse.