Alright, lets take a look at what Enermax is doing to appeal to the enthusiast market with their cases. This case has the X shaped window preinstalled, with a bright blue LED fan in the center, which is good for bringing cool air onto the motherboard. The front cover has a small crystal-like lens on it, which has a bright blue LED behind it. This is really kind of weird, since Enermax uses a special dual-drive bay cover to hold one blue LED in it which lights up the front. Take a look:
This makes the front of the case look very cool when the door is closed, but it also takes up 2 5.25″ drive bays for one LED. If you can live without the light you can take the LED holder off and use the drive bays though, so it doesn’t really come at too much of a sacrifice. Here are some pictures of the blue LED fan, which is very bright and nice looking.
All in all I think that this case looks very nice and very professional, especially when compared to the cookie cutter generically modded cases that we have been seeing very much of in the last few months, at least around the ‘Shop.
Conclusion
All in all, Enermax has put together a pretty nice budget case for those who want a case that looks nice without having to exert the extra effort to mod it themselves. There are a few negatives to this case which I would like to point out.
First of all, the lack of removable hard drive cages irks me, since you can get cases with this feature for around the same price range. Second is the lack of removable motherboard tray, but this is usually reserved for higher end cases, so I can let that one slide.
Those are about the only quibbles that I have with this case, other than the fact that I prefer larger cases. If you are in the market for a premodded midtower case with high quality power supply, I would recommend this case to you wholeheartedly. I am going to give this case an 8.0/10 and award it the OCmodshop Seal of Approval.
Pros
- 300W Enermax PSU
- Small footprint
- Looks great
- Lots of potential for cooling
Cons
- No removable motherboard tray
- No removable hard drive cages
- Front LED takes up 2 drive bays
