The Box

The Packaging

The "case" (at the time it was a bunch of pieces of acrylic and assorted screws) came tight packed in a box within another shipping box, which took the brunt of the shipping beating. A carrying handle on top immediately gave me the impression that this was going to be a high quality product with a bunch of features, it didn't disappoint.

The bits and pieces, kind of intimidating =\

The bits and pieces, when laid out all together were quite intimidating. But I soon realized that all this stuff was to assemble a complete case, now it seems a bit more reasonable. The hardware provided proved to be more than adequate.

PSU Screws, AGP/PCI Fixing Screws, Fans Screws, and Disk Screws

5mm and 8mm Panel Screws, and Faceguard Screws

HDD and Floppy Standoffs

Here's the case hardware... The reason some of the screws look longer than regular (PSU Screws, Fan Screws, Disk Screws) is because they mount to a 5 or 8mm thick piece of acrylic, as opposed to a 1 or 2mm thick case panel.

I still don't know exactly what the AGP/PCI Fixing screws are for, let alone where they go, heh. There's more information on the Faceguard and HDD and Floppy Standoffs later in the review.

Clear Joining Cubes

Power/Reset switches and LEDs

Card Slot covers and Mobo Faceplate

The joining cubes are what hold the case together, you'll see what these bad boys do later as well..

The switches and LED setup is really nice, good looking buttons and Blue power and HDD LEDs; a better setup than we've previously seen in other acrylic cases.

The PC speaker... *sigh*

The Feet

The PC Speaker was one of very few things on this case that was very lame and poorly thought out. First of all, c'mon! The speakers in my car stereo aren't that big! Second, well, you'll see a bit later when we go to assemble.

The feet were acrylic with a thin rubber piece on the bottom and adhesive on the top for mounting, which we'll be doing a bit later.

Gloves!

My New Case... err sort of :p

The case comes with a pair of gloves to prevent finger prints during assembly, an extremely good idea. Taking finger prints off a nice paintjob is one thing, but when there are finger prints inside the case behind your motherboard, it can get quite difficult! I was disappointed to find that the gloves didn't have any type of diamonds or sequins on them, that was really hard for me to accept. *Moonwalks to Assembly*...