The first thing I noticed when I picked the box containing this case up from my front porch was how light it is. Granted, this case didn't come with a power supply, but I was still expecting it to weigh more than the 17 pounds or so that it weighs. The next thing I noticed, once I got the case out of the box, is that this case is noticeably larger than your average mid-tower case, both in height and depth.
Having all of the drive bays located behind a lockable door should help ease the minds of those people that worry about things disappearing from their rig while they're gone. I thought hiding the drive rails in the drive bay covers was a fairly clever touch on ingenuity. I'm not quite as keen on the removeable 3.5" bay, however. Maybe I would like this feature better if the bay were a bit sturdier. Of course, this will only matter to those of you that still use the 3.5" drive bays, as I do.
Here, we see the nearly ubiquitous front ports just under the lockable door. What we also see is that, rather than attaching to the header on the motherboard, the audio ports pass through the entire length of the case to plug into your motherboard from the back. I have always disliked this arrangement and I wish that it would stop being used. Some of us have a hard enough time managing wires as it is without case manufacturers asking us to run yet more wires across the whole case! On the other hand, I absolutely love intake fans that can be installed without screws and without having to remove the front bezel! :-)
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