Joined on 05/09/09
It works
Pros: It works and my motherboard hasn't friend. It's flexible enough so that if you have a tight-nite cable management system in your computer that it can turn 180 degress so you don't have to risk breaking your atx power connector from your PSU or bend the 24 pin port on your motherboard
Cons: Terrible colour scheme. I wish you could buy it in a certain color. I'm going to work on figuring how to paint it a better color without damaging the cable or the paint chipping off
Overall Review: If you need just a little extra length on your cable or just some more bending around the edges with your full tower pc this product works. :D
I didn't realize that I would like it
Pros: I barely looked at the specs and the reviews of this case. When I got the case, I thought nothing of it. When I opened up the box, I was like, "I love this. Why didn't I used this for my main PC." 1) I love the plastic that they use on the top. It isn't plastic that makes you thing it's aluminium and not plastic. It doesn't trick you on that. 2) The case comes nicely apart with extra screws for your wondrous pieces to fit together. 3) The case felt intuitive to put all my hardware in (maybe I just spend too much time building and not much using).
Cons: The only con is that screwing on the standoffs for the motherboard was a pain. There wasn't much documentation for installing the motherboard in the case. The case does not come with easy handles for mobile carrying. Certain screws will not screw into the standoff. My main complaint is that it doesn't have the best documentation. Otherwise, I'm still in love with bitfenix (even if their hardware might be more expensive in terms of price point to features). Very basic included fan. I would like to see a 4-pin fan for exhaust rather than 3-pin but what can you expect?
Overall Review: Have fun with this chassis.
Briliant
Pros: This is a brilliant tool for tech pros. I can imagine using this for popping in and out SSD's for main rigs or setting up backup using 2.5" drives. Right now, I put this in my main server and plopping in 2.5" drives for Spinrite and Dban to run their magic on them. I wish They came in 3.5" flavors because I would love them even more!
Cons: A little gimicky opening mechanism. I wish it use the PCIe lan for data/power instead of sata power/sata cables. It's a great idea but poorly implemented.
Overall Review: I love it. It's exciting
Good enough
Pros: If you want a cheap SSD to replace your slow HDD's this is literally the next best thing to buying the 840s or intel's expensive SSDs. I find that this size is perfect for owning an OS while still not purchasing expensive SSD's
Cons: I haven't found any cons Supposedly the reliability isn't too great but I found it usable and without OS issues. Running benchmarks, the speed's are as fast but I purchased a refurbished drive so I'm content.
Workable but not efficient
Pros: The cage fits inside my Obsidian 700D chassis. Doesn't look like it fits perfectly and leaves open slits between the chassis and case on the sides. Hard drives fit in nicely, and the locking mechanism works. The removal of hard drives is a bit clunky and forced to remove. Hard drives boot up as system drives.
Cons: I wish that it had a controller so that hard drives could should up on the OS without having to do a restart. This made this cumbersome if I'm in the middle of some work and need to do some hard drive reconfiguration as well.
Overall Review: The keys that come with the drive bay are useless and uneeded. You get what you pay for.