Foxconn DH153C-CF300K Steel MicroATX Slim Desktop Computer Case 300W Power Supply

Pros: Slim, low profile small form factor, but powerful 300W power supply. The drive cage swings out and allows easy drive installation. There are a lot of "holes" on the case for ventilation.

Cons: The front audio output is interesting and I still can't figure out the pin arrangement with my gigabyte 965GM-S2.

Overall Review: The case looks good standing up with the stands. The LEDs are bright! No reset button though. It is a little difficult closing the side case lid.

Pros: It is a very roomy toolless box with a good sized power supply for the price. It is better made than some, probably not as finished in appearance as others. It will accomodate itx and micro atx boards. Using an Itx board with an e8500 processor allowed plenty of room to route wires and install the dual 2.5" harddrives, 5.25" SATA lightscribe DL DVD burner, and the 3.5" card reader in the slot that could have been used for wither a floppy drive or the 3.5" drive installation behind the blank. I wished my Intel DG45FC board had a eee 1394 header as it even has front plug for that! The fans were very quiet, I could not hear it when it was running. It has three, the CPU fan, the powersupply fan, and a third fan on the side...If necessary, there is room to customize the case and place another fan on the other side of the itx motherboard pulling hot air out.

Cons: The drives rest in and under a flip up cage, as I was finishing the install, I found myself wishing the cage engineer had designed the slot a little deeper so that the cage would not slip back up and out as I was attempting to install the lid. Temperature might be a consideration...While the room is nice, many currently prefer something with a smaller desktop footprint.

Overall Review: Overall I am satisfied with it. It has room needed to allow ventilation, conservative use of desk space, 300Watt powersupply, an extra fan, and a toolless mostly metal case. It was a good buy at $54...BTW I bought it at NewEgg.

Pros: Bought this case for an HTPC build on a budget, and overall I'm pretty satisfied. It has great ventilation and everything seems to be running cool. Mine came with an 80mm fan instead of two 40s, but I kinda prefer that. Nice design, pretty simple to figure out, nothing really too amazing to worry about.

Cons: The PSU cables have a tendency of getting in the way of the hdd/cd cage, which is really annoying. A bunch of zip ties can fix that, though. What really gave me problems, though, is that the PCI/expansion openings do NOT line up with the PCI slots on the microATX mobo. It takes quite a bit of creativity to get things plugged in and working, and that's assuming you can. Also note that once the case is opened and everything is installed, getting the cover flush again is markedly difficult; I had to modify mine just to get it one straight.

Overall Review: Really not a bad case, though the PCI issue is a huge annoyance for me. I had to struggle just to get a wifi card in. Note that you will need a low-profile card to use anything in this case, but you should know that already. Just be sure that you won't be using all the slots so you can move stuff around if you have to.

Pros: Cheap Conservative look.

Cons: Power Supply has only ONE SATA Power Plug! Don't let this blin-side you!

Pros: Excellent build quality, great looks, airflow fine with option to expand.

Cons: Drive cage is interesting. You actually mount the hard drive to the underside of the cage with two of the mount points being built into it as a pivot, the other two points use standard drive screws. Everything else is pretty straightforward, however I had to stare at the cage for a long while to figure that out. Optical drive is interesting for another reason. You have to remove the entire front of the case before you can pull out the plastic cover.

Overall Review: Good quality and looks, however a few quirks in the layout of the drive cage. It works, however, it's odd. Would purchase again now that the learning curve is over.

Pros: Well built, sturdy construction. Looks better in person than it does in the pictures. I find the swing-up drive carriage to be convenient and the cooling to be adequate. A Firewire 400 port is included on the front of the case, instead of the black placeholder plastic that is pictured. If I had known this, I might have gotten a motherboard with firewire, but no big deal as I haven't much use for it anyway. 300w PSU solid so far.

Cons: Included fan is noisy, but effective.

Overall Review: They seem to have switched from two 40mm fans in the rear to a single 80mm fan on the side of the case, which draws air out. This isn't so much a con or complaint than an observation. The fan cools my HTPC just fine, though I plan to replace it soon because it isn't the quietest thing in the world.

Pros: Very sturdy case using (mostly) heavy steel. Nice basic design, has USB/firewire/audio up front (it's just a cap covering the firewire port). No 40mm fans included but does have a single 80mm on the side. Not sure how reliable the PSU will be, but it's TFX so easy to find and easily accessible within the case

Cons: Some parts inside are much cheaper. The faceplate didn't stay on without some modifying. External 3.5" bay mounts from the underside of the drive, thus making it incompatible with some drives.

Overall Review: All in all, this is a really nice case. I wasn't able to use the card reader I'd set aside for this build but was able to find one that worked fine.

Pros: Built 2 systems with this case and have all worked as I expected. NO problems at all during install and up till now (knock on wood). Great for the price.

Cons: None