Here's some pics of my new case:



Lot's of space to hide cables in, hidden SSD bracket and space for 5 hot swap bays (only come with one) is also a nice touch. Those holes are for studded cable ties which I don't have. All in all not bad, I was even able to fit my fat 24pin motherboard connector behind the tray.



Finished cable management and build. Not all that bad I think. My PSU isn't even modular and has somewhat fat connectors, yet im pleased with how well it turned out.



With side panel on



View of the top panel and connectors. Notice the slide away USB/MIC panel and fan switches. This thing kicks up a lot of cold air when on!



Everything hooked up.



Overall I am very pleased with this case. It has a lot of features and seems over-engineered in a good way. I don't see much room for improvement. Maybe a few extra 2.5" bays would have been nice. The main reason I got this to replace my NZXT Apollo was because this is a quieter case. My old case was nice and small, but the fans made a constant humming/whirring sound, and it didn't really cool well enough or have much workable space. The trade off with this case is that it takes up almost twice the cubic space, but it's silent with the fans on low, and downright inaudible with ASUS silent Q-FAN profile enabled in the BIOS. Even with the fans at their lowest setting it still cools as well as my old case. I'm seeing atleast 5c on all components. Cable management, space, sound damping foam, cleanliness and sturdiness are all nice bonuses. I can also say that this case is quieter than the HAF922, while you can still hear air moving, these fans don't hum like the ones on the HAF or many of these such advertised 20dba fans.

My only gripe is that the rear-most 180mm fan is defective in that it rattles on anything higher than 250 RPM. Silverstone tech support is non-existant. Luckily for me amazon stepped up and refunded me over $50 to buy a new fan from them, and without even any proof of malfunction! all it took was a 3 minute phone call. I've never had any manufacturer or e-tailer treat me so well. Kudos Amazon.com!

Here's the thread that sold me on the case: http://hardforum.com/show...?t=1429251&page=24 Lot's of other builds in there if you guys are interested in picking it up. Well worth the $$ in my opinion.

Temps:

nice build bud

!!!says the guy with the refrigerator-case!! jk

It is deep though, yea. 24.25" x 8.35" x 19.57"

Yea, I like mine too. The build quality is phenomenal.

My new C: drive got here today





no more HDD bottleneck, yay!

Can't really get used to the way the motherboard is, but that's a personal thing so, it looks great!

For $230 (that I paid) I still think Silverstone should have sleeved the internal wires from the factory. I'm gonna have to take everything apart and do it myself, it's like a rat's nest behind the motherboard lol

Still love the case though.