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If you're looking for quiet, look no further

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2015

Although I'm annoyed that the price has dropped from $110 (2/7/15) to $90 (3/9/15) since I bought this case, I'm still very happy with it. It has a sleek, minimalist design that looks great, and it is absolutely as quiet as advertised. My previous build was in the gamer style, so it had eight fans and was a very noisy machine. I was looking to create the opposite experience with this build, and this case did not disappoint. It is very quiet, even under maximum loads. (I run BOINC in off-hours, which uses 100% of both CPU and GPU causing the fans to run at max speed, but the rig is still very quiet.)

The tool-less drive bays are easy to work with, and there is ample room behind the motherboard panel to route almost all cabling. The case has room to add more fans, but with the quality air flow I haven't seen the need.

My minor complaints are (1) the power button sticks in it's housing, and (2) the side panels aren't fitted quite right so are difficult to take off. Other than that, this is an excellent case and well worth the price.

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Daneel Law

Absolutely silent with some trade-offs

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

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Bottom Line: I like this case. It is indeed silent as shipped. There are some minor inconveniences and you have to be smart with your cooling.

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This is a small mid-tower, where an ATX mobo will consume almost all of the vertical space. There is limited lateral space in the case behind the mobo, so most your cabling will be inside the case, which I don't find ideal, but it's not a deal breaker. That said, the noise isolation is phenomenal and it absolutely eliminates any noise transfer from hard-drive vibration, which was the biggest issue with my last case and drove me bonkers.

Pros
- Absolutely silent with stock configuration
- Though small, there is still ample space for all your components, including a GTX 1080, multiple SDDs, multiple HDDs and external access drives.
- Enough space for 6 fans (but see below for some drawbacks on this)
- Sufficient front panel ports for USB and audio
- Quality feet to support it
- Both side panels removable

Cons (but not deal breakers for me)
- Cooling is a bit of a challenge, especially if you're running high end gaming components and a full size GPU like the 1080, 980 or similar
- There are 2 top fan options and only one bottom fan option. I fall into the positive pressure camp, so having two bottom would be better
- The two front fans (limited to 120s) draw air from narrow side vents and are also completely blocked by HDD and SDD cages. This caused poor cooling performance for me, so I had to install a Noctua 140 bottom fan, which helped a lot. You will sacrifice noise dampening by having to install these additional more high powered fans, but it's not terrible - you just hear the air flow.
- Cabling space behind the mobo is limited
- Some of the top panel wires are fused to the front panel board, so getting the front panel off completely requires you to disconnect them from the mobo.
- If you decide to install a bottom fan after the build, you're going to have remove all your cables from the PSU and probably remove your GPU to get to the screws inside the case - why didn't they put them with outside access to the heads like they did with the sound dampening panels?
- HDD and SDD trays seem to fit poorly into the cage for some of the trays.

So, again, though the cons outnumber the pros, those cons are inconveniences, not terrible, and silence of this case is worth every penny. Just wish it was a bit bigger and had better cooling configuration options.

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Cool, Massive and Understated

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2016

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Pretty much exactly what I looking for, well-built, low key, quiet and roomy. So roomy in fact that it is almost a full tower. My only gripe with it besides it's bulk (which really can't be a gripe because I knew how big it was going in) was the feet. The feet are cheap chromed plastic that will last for one or two slides in and out of position before they will crack and break. I replaced them immediately with some more durable but less sightly rubber feet.

The case has plenty of room for a chiller, dual video cards and just about as many hard drives as you might ever need. The foam sound insulation does a great job of keeping the computer running silently. It comes standard with three chassis fans and room to add at least three more if an application requires it. It comes equipped with a manually adjusted chassis fan controller however I opted instead t use the fan control features integrated into my motherboard.

Overall a great case for just about any machine as long as you have the room.

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DoinStuff

Beautiful, Heavy, Tight fitting, Quiet, But...

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2019

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This case has a LOT of excellent features. It is VERY quiet, the 1,300 RPM fans make little noise. They also move little air so I had to add two more of them to adequately cool my system, which is not very hot. The sheet metal is thick and heavy, insulated for sound, and it looks great. However I did have a couple of issues with the case.

First when I looked at the front panel wiring I noticed the Reset switch was never going to work because they didn't put the wiring together. I had to extract the old pin, BUY A NEW PIN KIT AND CRIMPER TOOL and fix this myself. I wasn't about to ship this heavy case back as defective for one wire some idiot couldn't get crimped right.

Second, when I opened the instructions they were in German! Then I found the second half was in English, but it wasn't much better. The pictures are so dark you can't tell what you are looking at, and the descriptions are very short. If you have not had experience in building computers before I would this is NOT the case for you. If you have had such experience you can figure most of it out yourself. There are a couple of parts I still don't now what they go to! Very little explanation in he instructions.

I don't recall seeing on the Amazon page or in any description the fan controller. Th-inn fan controller for 6 fans, there are 2 slide switches below the .25" bays that control 3 each! I was very surprised and pleased!

Overall this is a great case so far, and very quiet. I am sitting right next to it with 6 fans running and can barely hear it. I can hear the two computers all the way across the room over this one, those may get upgraded cases in the near future!

Update: 9/25/19: Now the front USB 2.0 no longer works, and the USB 3.0 ports have come loose and fallen inside so I cannot access them. To fix it I will have to remove the cover, disconnect all the wiring, AND remove the circuit board to get to the screw heads, which it looks like the screws may be too short to properly hold the USB 3.0 in! For such a nice case the front panel sure has been lousy!

I will give it this: The case is the quietest case I have ever owned. I have this sitting next to my chair in my TV room. It runs Folding@Home when idle, so an 8C/16T E5-2648L V1 on a DX79SR running at 100% with two Quadro P1000 video cards folding also at 100%, fans around 7000RPM on those, I can barely hear it! But, I have not taken out the insulation for the top vents to keep it quiet, and that does keep things a little warmer inside but not unreasonable. If necessary I could open them to cool, but I am sure would be louder.

Second Update: I have tried, unsuccessfully, to contact Nanoxia regarding warranty, they have just ignored me as I expected. They are no better than any of the other tech companies, sell you junk plastic at an inflated price, then not honor the warranty when it falls apart! Pure junk, doesn't last at all! I mean really, my CAR has a plastic intake manifold on it, and that has lasted 220,000 miles with all the engine heat, gasoline, etc., but a plastic computer case falls apart right out of the box! They COULD build a better product, but they choose not to so you have to keep replacing them,! What a disgrace!

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StreetlampTV

Overall a decent case but there are definitely better cases. This one was not for me.

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2016

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This case is not for everyone. It definitely was not for me.

Pros:
Lot of expansion room so it will definitely last you.
Everything is pretty easy to fit in and change.
Cable management is pretty easy.
Looks great and runs silent and cool.

Cons.
Heavy. Makes changing anything inside the case a freaking nightmare. Make sure you get it right the first time.
Weird rubber for cable management comes off extremely easy.
Cut myself multiple times while opening and closing the case, was considering using thick gloves.

Again, this case was just not for me so take my review with a grain of salt. It it extremely frustrating to work with and made my cheapo 40$ case look a lot better because of it.

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Lord Waffle of the Breakfast Empires

Great value

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2017

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This case is, especially for the price at the time I purchased it, absolutely fantastic.

Prior cases that color my experience here: Silverstone Raven RV-02, Thermaltake Level 10 GT, Antec P300.

Build I just put in this thing:

Intel i7 7700k@5.1GHz
Asus Strix Z270E
Scythe Ninja 4 HS/F
EVGA GTX1070 FTW Video Card
EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 PSU

Everything in the above parts list fits, but I'd put a pretty decent asterisk on the power supply. At the bottom of the case, there's a plastic rail perhaps for relocating drive bays from the front of the case - Not sure the purpose it serves, but the bottom row of modular connections on the PSU become very hard to use with this in place. In my usage, this isn't going to be a major issue since I'm not going to get anywhere close to maxing out the PSU's connectors even without access to this bottom row, but it's worth noting that it is (technically) an issue.

The Ninja 4 is probably on the taller end of compatible heatsinks, I haven't measured it too closely though. I'm pretty confident a Noctua D14 would fit in here,

The doors fit *very* snug, which is great for reducing rattle, but it does make it a pain to get them back on, so keep that in mind if you tend to go in and out of your case often. I wouldn't bother buttoning the thing up until completely done with a build. The door design has a series of tabs that lock into slots on the case, which I've always had issues with getting all the tabs into all the slots reliably, and I might wind up loosening the tabs ever so slightly to make it easier to get the doors back on.

Thermals so far have been really good, but I haven't had time to monitor them too obsessively. Impressed by the efficiency seen even with just the stock included fans. I'll probably setup at least one intake or exhaust on the top of the case, sooner or later.

All slot covers and the doors come with non-captive thumb screws, which is nice.

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Nice Try, But Too Many Flaws

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2016

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Since the beginning of PCs I have be building my own rather than buying OEM. This time I constructed a LINUX system, and choose to house it in the Nanoxia Deep Silence 3 Mid Tower Case. Although the case for the most part is fine, there are numerous flaws which result in this negative review.

First the positives:

(1) Mechanically the construction is fine.

(2) Out of the box it includes 3 fans for cooling.

(3) The front panel has room for 3 external drives.

(4) The front panel also has 3 USB ports plus an audio interface,

(5) There is more than adequate room for internal drives and accessory cards.

Now the negatives, in order of how I observed them:

(1) When installing a 3.5 inch front bay multi-media card reader I found the Nanoxia's front panel adapter badly warped so that it would not stay in place when installed in the chassis. I resolved this problem by using a heat gun to soften the plastic so it could be straightened.

(2) The power supply is located in the chassis bottom rear rather than the more traditional upper rear. Although this locale allows the power supply to vent independent of the chassis for hopefully improved cooling, I foresee a problem because the power supply air intake now draws air from floor level where dust tends to accumulate thus potentially clogging the power supply components more easily over time.

(3) The air filter in the lower-half of the chassis front is extremely difficult to clean. To do so requires the entire front panel to be snapped off, then the filter screen must be unscrewed for cleaning.

(4) The Nanoxia comes with 3 fans: 2 entry and 1 exhaust. Unfortunately these fans are old technology 3-pin rather than current technology 4-pin PWM (pulse-width modulated) as supported by new PC motherboards. So I replaced the 3 fans with 2 PWM fans, installing 1 as exhaust and 1 as intake, and not using a 2nd intake.

(5) Upon installing the new fans, I noticed that the air flow from the 2 intake fans is almost wholly blocked by the drive bays. I resolved this problem by removing a 2-stack full-size drive bay near the upper intake fan, leaving both the lower full-size 3-stack drive bay and a 3-stack mini drive bay intact. This provided about a 60 percent air flow opening for the upper intake fan, but no air flow improvement for the now unused lower intake fan.

(6) 2 cooling fan locales at the top of the chassis come equipped with shields to block airflow when not used. Another cooling fan locale is at the bottom of the chassis. This one is open to the outside with no filter, presumably intended as exhaust. It is not clear that even with standard 2 intake and 1 exhaust fans (with all the drive bays installed) that there would be sufficient positive pressure inside the chassis so that air exhausts at the chassis bottom fan locale. Certainly you would not want this locale to be an air intake, thus I choose to shield these airflow holes, thus relying on now 1 intake and 1 exhaust fans.

(7) Because I installed 4-pin PWM fans, I had no need for the front panel fan speed control switches.

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West Coast Professional

Excellent case

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2017

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I am very happy with this case. It is a nice size, is quiet, and is keeping my i7-7700K processor nice and cool (I do have a CPU cooler attached). I wanted a case with lots of space for drives, and this has it. I am not even tapping the full number of fans that could be in this unit. The 5.25" drive bays are nice in that they don't require any screws, and they seem to work just fine. Packaging was stout, and the instructions were clear. Everything fit perfectly - mobo, power supply, cooler/fans. Overall, the construction seems very solid and high quality.

The only things that I was not ecstatic about:
1. One of the 2.5" drive bays wouldn't come out. They have a carrier that doesn't require tools that is supposed to slide out, but one wouldn't work. I didn't need it, so wasn't a problem for me, but a bit of a bummer.
The front panel where I put extra USB ports has a door that is completely flush. I would have preferred a bit of indentation so that I could plug in USB dongles, such as for the wireless mouse/keyboard, and have the door close, but no luck.
To use the fan controller, I would have to avoid all of the fan connections on my ASUS Z270-A mobo that allow fan speed to be dynamically adjusted. Maybe if I added 3 more fans, that manual control would be good, but I am not using it currently.

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Redhorse409

Expensive compromise/Painful installation

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2018

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Initially, I intended to return it. But, after spending about 12 hours over three nights trying to find a better candidate I couldn't...had to settle and so kept it. Basically, the problem with this case is it is made in a country that has no idea about quality or accuracy in manufacturing (or maybe doesn't care). This case is German design but made in China. So, the case could have been a Porsche, but turned out a Yugo because it was manufactured in product purgatory. I do like the design and the functional layout. Wanted a subtle, professional looking case and this one is. And it is one of the few ATX cases available now (that don't look like an illuminated lizard or godzilla) with an opening for a DVD drive; I still use BD and don't like having to plug in 12 things to get a fully functioning desktop workstation. Simplicity is nice, but not when it goes too far and simply ceases to exist! Because the bends and measurements are off, the case is hard to work with internally. The outside panels are especially difficult to remove, and received a 1.5 inch gash in my forearm on opening the first one. The case is packed marginally, and the box allows the case to twist in handling. I have been tweaking the case to get the joints overall more "square". That helped, and now the panels are a little easier to remove. Basically, because of those panels, you need to use the case only for a build where you don't expect to open it up very often. I have another machine built 8 years ago with a case made in Taiwan, and it is wonderfully made --and it has the same style side panels that slide off easily with a little thumb pressure. May swap out the cases later. To open this case, I have used a plastic pry bar designed to work on car interiors....to get it open firstly, and minimize any more arm cuts. It will be OK once I get the internals assembled and finally buttoned up.
Update: After finalizing the install, I wanted to comment further. The motherboard fit was superb (at the I/O panel), I had a M/B with a shield on it, and the precision fit was excellent. That begs the question for why other parts of the case are not made as well. There are three things that keep this case from getting 5 stars from me. (1), the outer shell dimensions are not as precise as the inner chassis, so it is sort of just wrapped around (rather than fitting) and squeezed to the inner part with rivets. Consequently, the upper panel flexes and pops like crazy. (2) Those outside slide off panels!!!! Poorest design implementation I have ever seen and it is almost impossible to get the doors on or off without damaging something. (3) Drive bays. In some areas, there is not enough space for cables without them dragging on the side panel when installing or removing. Had an expensive SSD almost destroyed because the data cable was ripped off by the case. Got it to work, but WOW! I am stating a DO NOT BUY recommendation. Just not worth the pain.

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Keaves Sharpi

Fantastic case. Just a couple foibles.

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2015

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Man, wasn't sure what I was expecting. Never bought a case online before, let alone an over $100 case. I've always tended to think of the case as an after thought: "does it support my mobo? How cheap? SOLD!" But this time I was building a high budget rig: 500gb m.2 SSD, Gigabyte z170 g1 mobo, 1000 watt p.s., 6700k cpu, you get the idea.

PROS:

*This thing is almost silent. From my last case, this is a huge improvement. The soundproofing on the covers really makes a difference.

*The drive bays are modular, and you can move/remove them to make room for your oversized GPU. I've got an EVGA GTX980 in there, and there's plenty of room. I could easily add a second card and i don't think I'll have any issues.

*Lots of holes on the back plane for wire management. I really don't have anything going from the power supply unit (on the bottom of this case) to the mobo. It all goes from the back, making a clean install.

*Front door is hinged, but the entire front cover is removable. Makes it easy to get to the air filters.

Cons:

*It's big. It's pretty close to full tower size. It's not really a con, but I wanted to make it clear.

*The power button and front case ports (3 USB, Mic, Headphone) are all on a small PCB that isn't particularly well secured. If you push the power button a little too hard, the whole thing will push in, and you have to open the front cover to put it back in place.

*The front door only opens in front of the 5.25" bays. My last case had a door cover that opened over the entire front of the computer, giving me access to the front filters. You need to remove the entire front cover of this unit to do this, which isn't a big deal, as long as you're careful with the front access wiring (the aforementioned USB and audio jacks.)

*One of the rear watercooling port grommets was missing from the package.

*The front and rear covers are the standard screw-down, slide on, slide off variety. With all of the wiring being routed behind the mobo, it takes a bit of skill to get the rear cover on for me. I could possibly improve my wire management, but the whole point of hiding it back there is that I shouldn't have to. I'd like to have seen another 1/4" clearance, or a hinged door to make it easier.

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