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Very Efficient Case!!!

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Having the ability to add 4 120mm fans is great! Adding LED fans looks really good! I lowered my MB and CPU operating temp by 11 degrees from my last case. Turns out my ASUS M3N78-VM MB design was perfect for this particular case. All the wiring can bet tied back or held in place with clips, allowing for totally free air flow over the entire system. As others have mentioned "No Sharp Edges", I found 1 but it was in a place you shouldn't put your hand anyway. The design is very Basic but totally functional. If you use your imagination, you can add up to 7 hard drives internally in this case but who would need that anyway. Maybe with a little coaxing we can get Cooler Master to design a removable HD tray for this case...I have a 160GB IDE drive inside and use the USB ports to connect external drives for storage. "TIP! If you have and older style AT PSU laying around you can use that to power your external drives alleviating any drain of power to the PSU in your case"...

All in all I am Very Pleased with this case. It works very well for my current needs...I wish Cooler Master would make an affordable Full Tower with the same design...

Perfect Size!

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It's just what I wanted. Compact and simple, yet sturdy enough for my needs. One minor problem. It seems the wiring for the HD audio front connector isn't correct for my mother board. To use it I'll have to change a couple of wires around.

Nice case

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My best case yet. Every thing fits very well and it is a very nice looking case.
I wish my new Dell 545 front panel was as functional as the one on this case.

Great case!

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Pros:

Can mount 4 - 120mm fans (which I did)
Pre-installed standoffs were perfect for my mobo
Light
Screwless drive mounts and pci slots

Cons:

No removable mobo tray
My dual slotted video card couldnt use the screwless pci feature, so I had to remove them and use regular screws.
My hard drive mounting screws was not flushed with the provided screwless mount, so I had to remove it and use regular screws
2nd hard drive might be tricky to install due to the big motherboard power cable
No PC speaker
An extra pci slot at the bottom would be perfect, if I were to SLI another dual slotted video card.
Slow case fan (650RPM)

Other Thoughts:

To remove the PCI slot screwless mounts, bend the metal holding down the pin, slide out pin, remove wanted mounts, then replace the pin back and bend the metal.

Intel i5 750
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD2 v1.0
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9
Western Digital WD7501AALS
Sony AD-7240S-0B
3x Apevia CF12SL-UBL
Sapphire 100283L Radeon HD 5770
Thermaltake W0100RU 500W
Windows 7 Pro 64

Cooler Master Quality as always. Small, slick, and elegant.

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I've been buying Cooler Master cases for a long time. In the past I would buy those cheap $19 cases and some even included a power supply. You get what you pay for the cheap stuff and the power supplies burn out fast, sometimes smoke, sometimes smoke and fire (scary).

I bought quite a few of this model Cooler Master case and I am very happy to say that I haven't lacerated any part of my body installing a motherboard into these cases as I almost have with the other cheap "no name" brands I've bought in the past.

If you are looking for a nice, sturdy, and cleanly designed case with a nice paint finish (semi-gloss) and front panel/case (glossy black) with a small footprint that will hold a ITX/mATX/microATX then you really should try this case.

The backplane inside the case has all the possible mounting post holes for all the board sizes that fit into the case.

Just add your own power supply and you are good to go. If you are a first time system builder just looking for and internet PC to get your feet wet I would recommend getting a "Intel D945GCLF Essential Series Mini-ITX DDR2 667 Intel Graphics Integrated Atom Processor Desktop Board - Retail" at Intel D945GCLF Essential Series Mini-ITX DDR2 667 Intel Graphics Integrated Atom Processor Desktop Board - Retail and of course a nice low-wattage power supply in the spirit of what the ITX standards are shooting for.