Build Quality
This case is very well made, it is extremely light and also is well packaged for carriage, and maybe a bit OTT for the sake of a case, but certainly is extremely professional. This case is also very quiet I had an HX08 before with no case fans in it, and only 2 Hard drive coolers and this case is quieter ;))This case also looks amazing; it shows up any other case I have seen, no dodgy IMac stuff here or cheap and nasty PcWorld cases or generic cases. This case is designed not just to look good
It also looks good with the crème coloured CD Rom drives which I personally thought would look naff but they look good in the nice silver outline colour.
Another thing which I need to mention are the gold plated feet which are on the bottom of the case, these not only look very smart, they also prove a purpose of helping with insulation and also anti static sort of things ;))
The case is in all honestly the perfect size some people prefer full towers but I think that this is the answer, you can fit a perfect amount of kit in to this case, with the hard drive space to run a fileserver, it may have a problem with some dual CPU boards but I am using the latest Athlon Board and it is fine in there so that's all that matters ;) There was only one problem, which I had and that was the Power supply was a pain to get in, and after 5 minutes of thinking it was in phew. There really should be a manual.
How easy is it to break in to? And how is expansion?
This case can be stripped in seconds with the aid of the nice thumb lock screws, which I had my first experience with on a Yong Yang case back in the early p2 systems which had one thumb lock screw at the top. But on this case there was one screw missing which miffed me a bit. Hey I replaced it with a spare Yong Yang one ;)
Coolermaster have done a damn good job with all the drive bays which they have got in to this little baby of a case. With a mere 3 x 5.25", 8 x 3.25" bays of which 2 are external, and 6 internal 3.25".
With the internal Hard drive bays you can see from the picture the 2 case fans which are located here, there is a flaw that the drives are not firm in to the case but a small distance away, it was slightly tricky to sort them but after they are in they aren't goner budge!
Next issue to deal with is how easy is it to get to the inside of the case, there is easy access and you can remove the sides and the top with a little bit of effort by undoing a few screws... Some people say it is hard to remove them as there aren't any handles but I found it VERY easy to remove just my liking, they didn't fall off, I had to slide them off
