This was the first case that caught my eye when wanting to build a PC. Futuristic design that looks like the apartment complex in Japan's PlayStation home. The color changing way before rgb was an accepted concept, swappaple drive bays and easily removable filters is something people will always need and this case has it. I bought two other cases before deciding to stop playing around and try my first love. Usually that ends badly but not this time!
One thing of major note is the cable management, where it might not look like much, the space they saved by pushing the drive bay panel back and having a modular drive array is absolutely massive, as well as the about half inch of space they give you in general. This means that even with all 5 sata data connectors connected, there is little to no mess, furthermore, connecting extra DVD drives and such does nothing to hurt the case's management, the supplied fans have generous wire all routed in plain sight to their ports. Which is less cables you have to worry about. The only set of cables that took me back a little were the I/O cables, which were just barely enough to plug into the taichi motherboard. Ironically, the USB 3.0 cord is comparable to the dragonball super dragon. But because of when this case was made, it was most likely designed to fit in a USB 3 pcie extension slot. Which is a fantastic measure. This case was designed to accommodate someone who was aiming to completely deck out their PC. And that may be easier with the 1080s architecture and efficiency, but even without it, this case can take the wires with no problem. The hot swap bays require screws, which makes me happy, the screws push rubber forward and keeps the drives stable and makes for a more reliable way to store them. If you've ever had a tool less wheel pop out and have you playing tug of war with your case you'll understand why it is much better to have control over how secure your drive is.
Another major note is the key locking system. I think the only thing someone can take out of the case if secured properly is the drive bays, and if you screw them in the other side, they're not getting that either. If you have internal USB headers in your motherboard or a USB header extension with ports you can store all of your sensitive drives in there and no one can get at them. It's also good if you want to anchor something heavy in it to deter people from moving it. There are keyboard cable locks that can be used to hold the cable to the system. So if you do something rash like secure your monitor to the PC. Whoever tries to take it is going to need an extra pair of hands. So if you're going to go all out and build a monster system, you can have a failsafe, especially if your monitor is mounted to the wall.
The cooling potential is pretty normal among full tower cases, two 120 areas for your aio, one if you bought the big boy power supply. (Still two if you don't mind it looking silly down there) and one 120 on top. There were a few places that had a 240mm mounted on the hard drive sleighs, but I don't know what sorcery was involved there. Unlike other cases, save for one 200mm filter, you're pretty much completely set up to do whatever you want here. So to pair with the cooling, as is there are no hidden fees in this case.
All being said, this case is the aesthetic masterpiece that someone wishing to make a complete build would want to have while avoiding the less practical things like colored cables, or hard drive arrays to save visual space in the case. Too many times you see builders with their rear mounted ssds, or no optical drives, or one hard drive, just to keep a neat build, this build will take all of your things and make it look good.
It's amazing how a case that's 5 years old can be so properly aimed at a target than newer minimalist builds that seem to be the new thing.
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
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