Pros: Well put-together case; plenty of room for drives, two big fans provide a fairly quiet, cool operating environment. It's roomy, so you shouldn't have any trouble with large video cards. LEDs on the side fan and front panel door are bright, but not overly so. Would buy again.

Cons: Fairly minor cons: one, the LED on the front is difficult to read if you're at any angle but dead on--so if it's on your floor and you're looking down, it's useless. two, the clasps that hold PCI port shields/card interfaces locked into the back of the case are a touch flimsy--I broke one trying to unlock it. Just take it easy on them and you'll be fine.

Pros: -Fan control -Temp gauge on front -Sturdy -IEEE 1394 plug

Cons: -No room behind motherboard for cable management -Power LED too bright, HDD LED not bright enough -No mounts for 2.5" drives -No USB 3.0 support -Power button behind front case; need to open door to startup computer. -Power, reset, HDD LED and Power LED cables not long enough because they are directed through door. -Supplied fans have molex connectors only with no adapters to plug directly to motherboad if preferred -Not all of the LEDs worked on supplied fans -Fan LEDs are too blue and don't match standard LED color schemes that most fans use. -PCI holddown clips are cheap plastic and don't support a video card or accomodate screws well -Drive slide clips do not hold drives well -Can only read temp when looking straight on with case. -Does not have vents in top or bottom

Overall Review: I bought this case because the temp gauge looked cool and seemed like a good value for the price, but was disappointed after assembling my rig. Ended up buying another case (Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case), at near the same price but did not have any of the cons mentioned above.

Pros: This was for my first PC that I built flying solo, and I couldn't have picked better case-wise. The case was even better for me than I realized--in the little LCD gauge has a dB reading for microphone input, perfect for me to put to use for audio projects. The black and blue scheme looks great with my motherboard and blue-LED PSU. The fans are quiet and seem to give good airflow, and the case is indeed plenty roomy.

Cons: It is indeed a very deep case, which while it makes it easier for me to get around inside it, it wouldn't fit where my older PC could. That's not exactly a crisis, just a bit of a logistics issue. The clips for holding the PCI brackets in place aren't the sturdiest all on their own, either, in some instances. With the USB socket plate that came with my motherboard, pushing in a cable into it causes the plate to pop inward since it's not braced by being plugged into the PCI slot. It's the price for convenience I guess, since it at least makes installing my video card and everything else a literal snap.

Overall Review: I think if I build another PC in the future, I'd buy Apevia again. Guys at Apevia, if you're listening, the LCD panel design on the Telstar is fantastic, and while your other cases are nice, I'd like to see this LCD display on more cases, like the X-Plorer or the Discovery which I think just has the temp gauge. I really like knowing what's going on inside my machine, and having it integrated right into the case is perfect for me. Or, sometimes it's just nice to show off since I don't know anyone else that has a case with anything remotely like that LCD panel.

Pros: I have built 6 custom PC's and this case was the easiest to build and highest quality. Just about every aspect of the case made it easy to build. Between the design, price, and quality Apevia is now my preferred case vendor.

Cons: the temperature display on the LCD is only viewable at a strait-on angle. The stand-off screw position advice didn't match what I actually needed for my AM2 mobo. After trusting the instructions I had to take out the mobo and reposition the stand-offs.

Overall Review: Can somebody please make mid-tower cases that are not so deep? I used this case to build an HTPC. The depth of all the midtowers available were too deep for just about any furntiture configuration. Sure, I could have bought a HTPC designed case but the prices and options were ugly.

Pros: Looks great! feels sturdy pretty decent room fans are nice lcd display is helpful

Cons: none so far, have nothing in it yet just going by first inpressions one bad thing but may be fixable is something on the front board is broke off but it looks like i can just glue it back on taking it to my local computer fixer store to get his opinion, if not i will return it and get another one, not really a big deal, wont take an egg off for it things happen.

Overall Review: the door is sturdier than i expected it to be actually its heavier than i expected, around 21 pounds

Pros: Beautiful case. Nice, big window on the side with cool blue led fans on the side. Comes with a display on the front of the case that shows fan RPMs, voltage output, sound level, and the temperature of any preferred spot in the case.

Cons: VERY cheap motherboard standoffs stripped out, forcing me to install my motherboard with the assistance of a pair of pliers. Cheap molex cables for front panel instruments. You had better want to only plug them in once, because after the first time disconnecting them, the pins began to slide out of the plug and had to be forced back in. Also, the schematic for the molex cables just didn't add up. In my case, after hooking everything up, I was left with a single male end with no female plug for power (My power supply has only male ends. Not sure if case or PSU's fault.) I had to switch around the configuration a bunch leading me to have 1 fan with operating LEDs and 1 able to use fan control. It was a scary experience dealing with second-rate parts.

Overall Review: You can most likely find a MUCH higher quality case for the price. Not saying this is pricey, but just be sure to look at the quality of the case, not just the big window or cool fan controller. Just to clear it up again, I'm not 100% sure if the molex-connector problem was the PSU's or the case's. I am, despite the harrowing experience putting the computer together, still using the case.

Pros: Great case! Very solid and well-made, can stand up to a lot of punishment. Door detaches and reattaches easily with little hassle. Cords are in sensible places, making it easy to attach them with little hassle. Fan controller knob is extremely useful - turn it up when gaming, then down during other times to reduce noise. Was incredibly easy to install all parts, including motherboard and optical drive. Lights look fantastic, a great-looking case!

Cons: Meters on the front are hard to read from anywhere other than directly in front of them. Hard to see when you're on your computer as you have to lean way over, but that's a minor problem. Also the fan in the window is pretty hard to clean dust out of - you pretty much have to vacuum it and I haven't been able to find an easier way to get into it. The case is pretty wide, so it's bigger than you think it is, but not excessively heavy or unwieldy.

Pros: Tool less design, price, lights, 2 x 120 mm fans, display panel, fan speed control switch, light weight, see through side, bay drive door, plenty of room!

Cons: sharp edges, short lead wires, pci cards loose, display read out.

Overall Review: This case is a good over all case for the money. The case has a nice tool less design for the hard drives, and optical drives. However, the tool less design for pci cards was not that great, and a since it was loose I used screws anyway. Everything I had to put in this gaming rig went in just fine. The edges were very sharp which is not uncommon for cheaper cases, but this was ridiculous. They provided an rf choke for the jfp1 and jfp2 wires, but if you use the choke correctly the wires are too short. Despite what others say the instructions say only one LED fan in this case. I didn't use the Fans instead I put in 3 x 120 mm fans in this case and it worked just fine. (newegg says there is 1 x 120 mm fan and 1 x 140 mm fan, but they are both 120 mm, and there is room for one more 120 mm in the front of the case.) The last complaint I have is the led display on the bottom front of the case. It is very hard to read if you are not looking at it straight on. That being said if the tower isn't at your eye level the display is pretty much useless to look at. It's pretty cool though, and pretty accurate too. The fan speed control switch is nice and works well. It will turn the fan totally off, or adjust it between 0-100%. Overall for the money this is a pretty darn good case!