Pros: Large - easily accommodates Intel ATX MB Very nice finish 4 internal drive bays, 2 external (with one 3.5"/5" adapter) Slide-off top panel - secured by two knurled thumb screws Rubber mounts for drives Side vents for fans and ventilation - can stack stuff on top Power supply can be mounted to draw in only outside air

Cons: Power LED connector not right for Intel MB - simple to modify Poor documentation for front panel audio connections to MB External drive blanks vibrate against the front panel Fans are quiet, but not silent

Overall Review: This is a very high quality case, with no sharp edges inside. The reinforcing bar that runs horizontally across the case is easily removed for MB installation. Lots of spare screws and even a little plastic case to store them in. Can be rack mounted, and includes two handles that can be mounted on the front sides of the case. The drive bays are easily removed without a screwdriver. Easily accommodates tall CPU cooling units. I applied a sheet of soundproofing foam made for PC use to the front of the top lid - some improvement in the already low sound level. This case would really blend in well with black home theater gear, but it's also a great desktop unit.

Pros: Quiet, roomy

Cons: Front panel LEDs are overly powerful, like always.

Overall Review: Leave the front panel LEDs unconnected. HTPCs aren't supposed to be lit up like the front of a strip club.

Pros: Fantastic Lian-Li build quality Very spacious Great ventilation Runs quiet Unbelievable quality for price

Cons: Bigger than the pictures make it look by far! Some screws fiddly and difficult to remove

Overall Review: This is a full-sized desktop case...I repeat, this monolith is the size of your old 286 PC. This is good. Mine has a GTX 295, fitting without difficulty, and even the ThermalTake 1200 watt power supply crammed in there. It runs super-quiet, even with the 140mm fan at full blast--the grills on the sides are positioned just right for a big video card and a power supply to pull cool air in, and the 140mm intake fan not only pulls air over hard drives but also blows it straight down the heatsinks of today's modern hot-running video cards, keeping the entire thing nicely cool. Lian-Li overdoes it once again (in typical style and quality) by even including rubber grommets to mount between the hard drive and the cage to reduce vibration and noise. I upgraded from two PC-60s to this and I couldn't be happier--it's a great case, even more so for the price. It's just...big.

Pros: Design! Has clean lines, love the brushed look. I also own a Lian Li mid tower case. So many of the other popluar cases are gaudy and flasshy and look terrible, that is aimed at 12 year olds. These have an elegant and clean look. Case is quiet, I have a 65w i5 with stock cooler, blu ray, SSD, and 4 mechanical hard drives in this case. The rubber grommets that are used to mount the hard drives isolate the vibrations keeping the case quiet. The fans are quiet, hardly hear the thing at all. Plenty of space inside (for a HTPC case), the drive cages being removable really help for installation. didnt have any issues getting all the hardware including a HD6850 in there. Good internal airflow, the side venting allows outside air in, and the fans blowing out the back help keep a nice flow of air in and out. the i5 is peaking at 38C with the stock cooler.

Cons: Would have been nice to have ONE more drive bay avalable for hard drives. You get 3 drives in the 3.5 cage, then one slot on the 5.25 cage is already modified for a 3.5 drive plus the 2 5.25 bays. After a blu ray, and IR reciever I only was able to get the 4 mechanical drives in the cages, had to zip tie the SSD to the outside of the cage. Not a deal killer, as I doubt a lot of people are planning on putting 8T of storage in an HTPC.

Overall Review: It was apx the same width as my A/V reciever, though much deeper at 18". I knew this going in, but it means my next project is to custom build a new entertainment center. Oh well! At least my day job is in carpentry!

Pros: - As mentioned before, beautiful fit & finish, lots of room, quiet fans.

Cons: - The case does not have good airflow, and therefore runs quite hot. I didn't appreciate how poor it was until I moved the MB/CPU from this case to a GMC R-2 Toast ($20 refurbished!) and temps went down ~12 degrees. You have to expect an HTPC case to be placed in a cabinet without a lot of clearance, so it should be designed with a variety of ventilation options. The lack of any vents in the top of the case was a poor design decision.

Overall Review: - There is approximately 145mm clearance between the top of the CPU (LGA 1156) and the top of the case, so most of the better aftermarket CPU coolers will not fit. A Zalman 9500 fits just right, but the benefit is hindered by the lack of air inflow from the front/sides of the case. An i3-530 with stock cooler idled around 35. An i5-750 with a Zalman 9500 idles around 39. If I remove the top of the case, temps go down ~12 degrees. - It may be worth trying to reverse the airflow from front-to-back to back-to-front.

Pros: After trying a $70 case and hours of research this is the media case I would recommend. Plenty of room even for large video cards. Plenty of well placed ventilation and quiet fans. DVD / Blu-Ray drives don’t have the flip down door that blocks the eject button when open. The metal may seem a little thin, but the case is very sturdy.

Cons: Had to drill holes to move the rear feat forward 4 inches so that it would fit a standard media hutch. You can use the power LED for a night light, I will add a resistor to dim it.

Pros: This is a great quality case, light weight with lots of room inside. Fans run quiet and case has good air flow. Unlike some other HTPC cases this case allows for a full size GeForce GTX 2xx (10.5”) video card to fit in perfectly. I love it!

Cons: Blue LED at the front of the case is too bright.

Pros: Roomy and it looks great under the TV

Cons: limited to 135mm tall CPU cooler but I finally found a push/pull fan that fits :)

Overall Review: I've had this case forever now and recently changed all of my fans inside plus my CPU cooler because of my AMD FX8350 causing major heat issues. I had a CoolerMaster GeminiII on it at first but the down flow setup seemed to hold the heat inside the case because the original 80mm X2 and 140mm fans seemed lacking in CFM. I changed them to Artic Cooling's ARCTIC F8 PWM Case Fan and changed the 140mm fan to an ARCTIC F14 PWM Case Fan. I decide to try Artic Cooling's ARCTIC Freezer Xtreme Rev.2 CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan for the push/pull effect to help direct the flow. Now everything is sucking in from the front and flowing out the back in unison. My case stays cool as well as my FX8350 now.. 36c idle and 50c under heavy load just like it should be :) The new fans have much more CFM yet just as quiet as the originals. If you take off the inside guards on the 80mm fans it actually gets rid of the whirring sound you hear as well. Just my two cents and I hope it helps ;)