The first thing I noticed upon taking this case out of the box is that the hole in the back for the power supply is at the bottom of the case. I remember thinking that this was an odd design, but when putting the case together it works out well for the placement of extra cables.

I set the case on my table and removed the side and noticed how roomy the case was inside. Much roomier than the full sized tower my computer was already in and this was just a mid size tower. One way they managed to get space was by turning the hard drive bays to the side.

The hard drives themselves sit in shock-resistant holders, so if something bumps your case, you don't have to worry about your hard drive taking damage. The holders are also completely screw-less, with just little pegs you slip into the screw holes on the drive itself. They also keep the hard drives nice and quiet when running.

The SATA and power cable for the drive come up from the back side of the case, keeping them neat and out of the way. There are also holes in the motherboard to hold cables out of the way as well, so you may run them up the back of the case. That is, if you have the length you can, on my power supply I did not have the length to read the cables I needed to.

When putting in my motherboard, the ASUS Crosshair, I had to turn the cable holders up the back of the case to one side in order to get the board set in place. Once the board was in place, however, there was no reason to keep them turned.

I did, however, have to remove one of the cable clips in order to put in my 8800GTX. Without the cable clip in the way, there was more than enough room for even 2 of these huge cards. And removing the clip is easy, as they are screwed into place, and can easily be removed by hand.

With the power supply coming up from the bottom, there weren't all the extra cables hanging down into the computer and taking up space, and even trapping in heat as there was in my full sized tower. This goes to show what some good thinking designers can do with less space.

Getting the DVD Burner and DVD Rom into place was fairly simple. The only difficulty I had was getting off the front of the case. You have to give it a fairly good pull, so I was scared I was going to break off something by pulling to hard. Once it started to give, however, it came off very easy.

Where these drives go, much like the hard drive bays, are also completely tool free. There are tiny latches inside, black with purple colored switches on them. Just flip the switch to the left, raise the thing up, slide in the drive, and lock it back down into place with ease. Holds the drive perfectly in place when locked down, and is easy on the wrist to install.

The drive covers were very easy to get off, as were the metal pieces to break off from covering the bays. Towards the bottom there is a metal faceplate that you can break just the middle out of in order to place a 3.5" floppy drive. There is also a cover so your computer won't have a cheap-looking hole in the front of it around the bay.

Putting my computer in this case was an overall painless and enjoyable experience. The cable management works pretty well, and the no-tools needed setup for the drives is very nice. The thing I can't get over is the room inside this case. Cooler-Master isn't kidding when they say this is an SLI certified mid tower, because there's more than enough room for 2 of the biggest 8800s you can get your hands on.