Pros: The finish is superb and I had no trouble with scratching while installing. The AL panel feels solid and I have no concern with bending either. The exterior layout is brilliant with a minimalist front panel and ROM drives open to the sides. The power button gives a sense of qaulity craftsmanship. The interior layout of the case was also great. Efficient use with its limited space. There are holes around the HDD bay, PSU bay and ROM drives bay for easy cable access. I found no trouble directing the cables through these designated holes.

Cons: No major problems but I have some issues with DVD ROM rattle noise. It would be nice if they use the same rubber damper mount used for HDD for ROM drives as well. While screws are no big deal but I had a Coolermaster case prior to this Lian Li and I enjoyed the screw-free mounting design Coolermaster cases have. Perhaps Lian Li can incorporate new and screw-free design in the future? This is a small case so there are limited choice for after-market CPU fan, I am still researching for a good CPU that would fit to replace my Intel OEM CPU fan.

Overall Review: Overall this is a great case and I am impressed by Lian Li's quality. Without much complaint but there are some things to consider with building off this case. Because of the limited space of this case, you need to follow specific orders of installation with ROM drives first, PSU, HDD then onto mobo and the rest. The space between HDD drive and the case fan right behind the HDD area is tight. I read reviews on here and bought right angle SATA cables and it fitted just fine. Came with limited cable ties. Since this case demand some cable management, you might need some just to get the cables in order. The space next to the PSU bay where the PSU cable drop down to the mobo is limited, a modular active PSU will clear up unnessasary cluster above your mobo. ASUS P5Q-EM, CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX, Intel Q6600, CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800, XFX 8800 GT, WD Caviar RE WD2500YD and Vista Home Premium.

Pros: * Looks great. * Quiet. * Lightweight. * Solid construction. * Did I mention it looks great?

Cons: * It isn't small: it's about half the height of a typical tower, but makes up for it in width. * The power light is bright. In an otherwise-dark room, I can read by it at a distance of two feet. * The airflow isn't too impressive. Despite having two large intake fans, there's a shortage of air intake space.

Overall Review: * The side USB ports are spaced close enough that some thumbdrives won't fit properly. Standards-compliant plugs will fit fine. * There isn't much clearance between the drives and the cooling fan in the hard-drive bay. You'll want right-angle SATA cables, and if you can get them, right-angle SATA power cables. * You should probably use a modular power supply with this case. There's plenty of room in the CD-ROM bay for hiding spare cables, but getting them in there would be a bit of a challenge.

Pros: - Very well put together. - Massive cooling capacity, the limiting factor is the input porting. - Relatively quiet fans. - Mobo tray makes the build MUCH easier. - Cube design makes cable management simpler IMO. - Enough room to bundle and route cabling to maximize airflow. - Looks much cooler than a tower. - Relatively small form factor but still uses standard format equipment (mobo, PSU, full height cards).

Cons: - Side panel screws look nice but are not the easiest to work with. You won't want to take the panels off once you put them back on. - Side 5.25" drive bay covers are a tad on the cheesy side, very easy to push in out of alignment with case and drives. - Relatively expensive for a case without PSU.

Overall Review: My first Lian Li. I like this case, the build went together easier than my desktops and every tower I can remember. Very tough compared to other cases I've used. I may try adding some filter material at the intake ports to combat dust and pet fur.

Pros: I like the looks -- nice brushed aluminum. Overall quality is good. Ball-bearing fan quality is decent too -- quiet and good output. I still bought some ultra-quiet scythe fans and it made a slight difference -- surprised how little of a difference it made though. Very nice suspended HD mounting.

Cons: 1x 8-cm back exhaust fan _does not_ balance out 2x 12-cm front intake fans -- so air flow is only mediocre. You may need to turn off one fan but do some check thermal tests to make sure. Those little screws that secure the side panels are annoying to put on/off if you tweak a lot -- get some thumbscrews (see notes below).

Overall Review: Careful if you order more thumbscrews since they are the metric M3 kind, and most thubscrews don't have tight enough threading so don't work, so you need the geniune lian li kind -- they are inexpensive though so that's good.

Pros: Awesome construction, first Lian Li case I have ever used, feel light but yet very sturdy. The case has a nice finish on it also, just looks real nice, a quiet sleeper

Cons: Its so quiet, not really a complaint but it is so weird to go to bed not hearing my rig :P

Overall Review: Awesome case, if you are looking for something different this will work awesome for you. I am using it in a Intel Q6700 setup, Intel DG33TL motherboard, 4 gigs of OCZ DDR2 800 ram, 7900GT, Seagate 320 and 500GB perp drives, Lite-On DVD burner, make sure you get everything SATA for this thing, gives more room for airflow.

Pros: Great smaller case that won't prevent you from putting the fanciest hardware in it.

Cons: None, it's a smaller case which is what most are going for when they buy it.

Overall Review: Get a modular power supply so you don't have excess cables hanging around. My GTX 280 fits in this thing!

Pros: +Superb build quality. +Beautiful interior and exterior. Nothing flashy, just clean and functional. +Small footprint, but more than enough space for powerful components. +A 9.5 inch video card fits easily. A 10.5 inch card fits, but it would be very tight. +Lots of space to hide cables. Either in the 5.25 inch bays or the 3.5 inch bays. I've never had a cleaner looking interior. +Removeable motherboard tray was easy to work. Slide the tray in part way, finish the connections, then push it all together. +Being aluminum, this machine is a lightweight. When I was done building, it weighed just 16 lbs.

Cons: -Modular power supply fits, but spacing is tight. It's very difficult to attach/remove connectors without sliding out the power supply. -The mounting points for the power supply are not thumb screws. The standard ATX screws scuff up the finish. Everything else in the back is thumb screws - why not this? I'll need to find replacements. -The side panel screws are small and numerous - 6 on each side. They are small and easy to lose, but there are no extras. -Everything picks up fingerprints, inside and outside. It's hard to keep clean. -Make sure there is room to open the sideways optical drives. If only companies still made slot loading drives... -Power and HDD LEDs are bright, which makes for a distracting HTPC.

Overall Review: In order to organize the cabling, I needed to do a lot of re-routing of the fan/USB/audio/firewire cables. 10 inch SATA cables were long enough to connect to my mobo. Less clutter is always better. This took a long time to build. I've been building my own machines for 10 years. I'm pretty fast, and this still took me most of the day just to be ready to power up for the first time. With such a small space, a lot of planning was necessary to get everything together without backtracking in my assembly process. This was a slow, deliberate, but very enjoyable build. Here's what I ended with: OCZ 550W modular PSU Asus M3N78-VM microATX board Athlon X2 5000 Black Edition OEM AMD heatsink MSI 8800GTS 512 4GB RAM LiteOn Blu Ray drive Seagate SATA HDD

Pros: Easy install, good geometry, cool and quite. Comes with plenty of hardware (thumb screw, zip ties, grommets). Surprisingly spacious for a Micro tower.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Used as a HTPC. Smooth black aluminum looks nice with out being "flashy." No blinding LEDs to annoy you when watching movies.