The cost to quality fallacy gets musicians and tech nerds the most. I love how one reviewer says, "this is a good entry level case for moderate gaming". Huh? Moderate gaming? Temperature is the metric that means the most to me... you know, performance?
I do intense gaming with a Ryzen 5900X and RX 6750 XT. AAA games at max settings w Ray Tracing for hours on end at 1280. I can also render to my heart's content, including Blender and StudioOne projects. I've got 4 Blender projects rendering right now on the computer I am typing this review on, and HWINFO has both the CPU and GPU at 60C.
For fans I have 3 Corsair 120ML Pro and 1 Corsair 140ML pro. The CPU is cooled with a Skythe Fuma 2. Bottom line, temps are never a problem.
As for other features, I like that it is relatively small for an ATX case. The side panel is made of heavy high quality glass that sits in solidly. Cable management it fine. The controls and USB interfaces are fine. Drive space is fine and easy to access from the back or by removing the front panel. The front panel is easy to remove but still sturdy when in place. PSU storage is fine with an easy to remove and clean dust filter on the bottom.
No frills is the path to bang for the buck. The thing that many more expensive cases get wrong is simply restricting air flow. That's all. No magic. This case's mesh front does great at letting the air in.
If I had to search for one nit-picky gripe, there is a weird little white LED light strip thing at the bottom that doesn't line up well and is distracting to the aesthetic, but I just unplugged it and you can't notice it was ever there. But it was a strange design choice.
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
|---|---|
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 2 |
