With the exception of the pre-punched water cooling tubing holes, installing components into this case was actually a bit of a pain in the ass. First off, the crossbar which provides PSU support for this case forces the end user to angle the supply down, and pull it out over the board, making it impossible to remove the unit when a large CPU cooler is installed. Next, with an extremely tight gap between the motherboard and the HDD cages, those who have boards such as the upcoming 590 boards from DFI will have a hell of a time plugging cables in; whose heads will buttle together.

Next, with no gap behind the HDD cage, it’s a real bitch to squeeze cables in behind the drives. Finally, the doors on the front of the case are not motorized, so you have to pull them open, and seeing as how the heads of rivets are torn off in shipping more often than not, the tool-free system quickly becomes the least of the user’s worries. Still, once all of the cables are packed into the case, things aren’t too bad, though the duct over top of the CPU will interfere with just about everything except the stock coolers. On the plus side of things though, at least the solid side panel of the case will keep your wires hidden.