Pros: Very nice looking and seems to be well built. Room for both external 5.25" drive and 3.5" drive. Substantial Active PFC power supply.

Cons: Power supply has no molex connectors, so plan accordingly. HDD mounting is set up ONLY for a 3.5" drive (2.5" hdd in adapter requires modification to work).

Overall Review: I built mine with the ZOTAC GeForce 7100/630i wi-fi motherboard, an e7300 processor, 4GB Transcend DDR2-800 memory, an LG DVD burner, 3.5" card reader and a 2.5" SATA 7200rpm notebook hdd. Plenty of power for this setup from the power supply. Tips: Turn the case fan around to blow air inside the case. The PS fan is on the other side of the motherboard and does a great job of evacutaing the air your pushing inside. Clearance between the CPU heatsink and the back of the optical drive is VERY tight. Do yourself a favor and order a 90deg SATA/power adapter from the get-go (I used part #N82E16812226019). The 4-pin 12v connector from the power supply is too short. I used a 12" extension to make life easier (part #N82E16812198005). I tried building an AMD system in this box so I could use a more modern chipset (780G) with Blu-Ray playback. The Jetway board would fit fine (even with the stock AMD cooler), but a Blu-Ray drive (LG) is too deep and would not clear any cooler.

Pros: Just got this baby put together and I'm pleasantly surprised. Mini-ITX format with support for a full 3.5" HDD and a 5.25" optical drive. I didn't think I'd even need the external 3.5" bay but it might come in handy for an internal card reader. Perfect balance of size, features, and price.

Cons: Warning: if you purchase this case for use with a Zotac 9300 ITX, you will need to replace the stock CPU cooler with something with a lower profile (Silverstone NT-07 775). If you don't, you will not be able to install and connect an optical drive. The fan cage on the stock low-profile Intel cooler occludes the SATA and power connectors.

Overall Review: A little louder than I'd like. Planning on replacing the PSU with a 150W Pico PSU. The 80mm fan *can* be replaced with a quieter one, but it needs to have a slim profile of about 15mm deep. Also, you might want to place a vent in the side panel above the CPU and chipset.

Pros: It's a solid case that did what I needed. Not too large, and fits a decent amount in it. I read some of the other reviews to figure out the hard drive positioning, but it's not that hard to take apart. Just look for screws, and unscrew 'em. The case works perfectly for my HTPC build, and everything installed smoothly. Although to be fair, I took the PSU out which gave me a bit more room to work with.

Cons: A bit tight, and there are definitely some clearance issues with the stock Zotac ION CPU fan and the 5.25'' optical drive bay.

Overall Review: It seems that some of the complaints in previous reviews have been alleviated. My case came with three SATA cables as well as a 90 degree SATA plug. Nice to know that someone is listening.

Pros: A great mini itx case. I wanted to build a mini itx FreeNas home server that contained a bootable CF card adapter in the external 3.5 inch slot, and two internal 3.5 inch hard drives. This case permitted construction of a system that generates very little heat with two 3.5 inch 5400 rpm hard drives.

Cons: As previously noted, there are no instructions with the case. However, any information needed regarding taking the case apart can be found in the newegg reviews.

Overall Review: components used: Newegg parts: Foxconn RS233 case N82E16811153099 Intel BOXD945GCLF2 Atom 330 Intel 945GC Mini ITX Motherboard N82E16813121359 Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory N82E16820134192 hard drives- SAMSUNG Spinpoint F2EG HD154UI 1.5TB 5400 RPM X2 N82E16822152175 sata II signal cable -OKGEAR 10" SATA II CABLE-UV BLUE Model GC10AUBM X1 N82E16812123107 non Newegg parts: CF card - TS1GCF133 1GB Transcend 133x sata cable power splitter - SATAYP43 SATA 15-Pin Power Cable Splitter SATA Power 15-pin Cable Adapter to TWIN 15-Pin SATA Power Splitter (this can also be found at newegg) 15 pin sata power to floppy cable adapter with SATA Only Power Cable YES5FL3 IDE to CF external adapter- ADIDECFB IDE to CF Adapter IDE - CF adapter mounted in 3.5" drive bay metal frame Internal 3.5-Inch to 5.25 Hard Drive Adapter Bracket (also available at Newegg) FreeNAS 0.7RC1 AMD64 embedded

Pros: price. Case fan is very quiet, as is the PSU fan. No issues with power connector lengths. small but well built, better than some other cases for less price.

Cons: Almost too small in some circumstances. As others mentioned having only 2 SATA power connectors is restrictive. You'll either have to find a SATA power -> 4 pin (rare at best, though there's one on newegg) or you can replace the TFX PSU. Very little clearance between sections of this case (sometimes 2mm or less). The front panel audio connectors are extremely stiff, difficult to plug in a headset. The side fan is 80mm x 80mm x ~20mm, good luck finding that if you are going to replace this fan. Because of how the retention bracket for the fan works, anything smaller than ~20mm will have an open space between the fan and the case, which will lower performance and increase noise. Due to space constraints I ended up moving the 80mm case fan to the side panel right above the GPU heatsink, lowered the temperature of that heatsink by 5-10c. A con if you want to use this fan for helping to cool the CPU, a pro if you want to cool your GPU.

Overall Review: As others have said, the hard drive is mounted upside down underneath the 5.25" Bay, using one screw internally, and two (not one) screws behind the front panel. Lower the HDD into position from the PSU side. For most none Intel Atom/integrated CPU boards you'll need a very low profile heat sink. I'm using #N82E16835192018 on the ZOTAC 9300 ITX motherboard and it is taller than the 5.25" bay by about 2-3mm (and that heatsink/fan is only 40mm tall). However if you have a device for the bay that is 6.75" or shorter and some creative cable management, you can mount a DVD burner (with STRAIGHT cables, not right angle cables) or whatever without issue. Your mileage will vary with this case, but I got it to work. =)

Pros: It has everything in a small compact case. Full size 5.25" external drive bay (so I don't have to spend $$$ on a slim drive blue ray like the other cases require) Room for 2 3.5" drives (one internal one external) Internal power supply.

Cons: The front panel connectors (Power, reset, HDD Led, Pwr LED) are all on 1 solid connector. If your board doesn't have the exact connection layout it could case lots of headaches. My Intel board was set up exactly like it, so I had no issues. The 5.25" drive is very close to the motherboard and any standard DVD/blueray drive will be over the motherboard. Depending on layout puts it over the processor. This is what happened to me, however I got a low profile fan/heatsink and it all fit under the blueray drive.

Pros: Nice case. Not the smallest, but well built and good looking. Plenty of room to fit what you need for a HTPC. Paired with Jetway NC81-LF mobo. I did my research first and the case met my expectations.

Cons: Tricky front face plate removal for installing and securing HDD and optical. No instructions, but Foxconn tech support was great and very responsive.

Overall Review: The hdd and optical cage slides out so you can properly secure the mobo and to install/secure both the hdd and optical. Internal power supply is good for portability, but not necessarily for silence. Still pretty quiet though.

Pros: - Quality construction - Comes with decent power supply - Chassis opens up for ease of access - Looks pretty cool

Cons: - More expensive than I wanted to spend (call me cheap) - No directions came with the box

Overall Review: Overall, great little box. I originally had one of those low-end Apex and the switch in that one didn't work, believe it or not. As soon as I got this one I could tell right away the construction was way better, even the leads for the power switch, etc. were better designed than the Apex. New system fired up right away. I put together an Intel ATOM w/ 250GB HD & DVD-+R for a kitchen PC. Works great. Agree with another reviewer, directions would have been nice for to remove the DVD chassis you need to remove 2 screws and push down and back.