Zalman - S2 - ATX Mid-Tower PC Case - Full Acrylic Side Panel - Mesh Front Panel - 3x Case Fan 120mm Pre-Installed, Black

lightweight, easy to build system with this case

It's really a great looking case with some real thought put into the layout/design.For instance the frame/Mobo panel, slots for wires close to the mobo interface allow you to run most your wires on the backside of the mobo panel until it's point of connection. Hard drives are installed from the backside so even less wires showing on the window side. A SSD mount directly on the back of the mobo panel keeps all the 3.5" bays free.Plenty of space for my ATX Deluxe Mobo, PSU wiring comes out of the backside Mobo panel and is completely covered from the front view except one cutout window that is great if your PSU has graphics etc in that area as my does, added to the look. Case has PSU filter as well.It's a little thin on the gage, however the build structure makes it very sturdy. I found after everything was installed it felt even more sturdy considering how much it weight in the end.The top reset and power are nice and feel like metal, with no 5.25" bays, no adding SDcard reader, be really nice feature to have in the media panel, just need to use SDC-USB adapter.No bays for your dad's cd burner.No Issue for my rather large video card.Great for water cooling couple mounting options (font or top). I was able to transplant my 280mm radiator in the front of the case drilling a few holes and then using the fans that came with the case.I highly recommend.

Good things are:1. Lots of room for large GPU installation,2. Power supply location on the bottom,3. SSD located behind motherboard,4. Ability to route cables behind motherboard.5. Multiple fan configuration optionsThings to improve:1. I/O shield was almost impossible to install, I was unable to get it completely seated.2. Although the case is rated for an ATX motherboard (MB), when I installed my Asus Prime 390-A, there was no way to mount fans on the power supply cage due to the location of the connectors at the bottom of the MB.3. It would have been nice to include an USB-C port on the control panel.4. The mounting of the aftermarket IO cards was difficult. The screws were hard to install.5. Metal thickness leaves a lot to be desired.

Durable case with a good amount of USB ports to use. Nice size to fit most components for a pc build. Used this case to build a pc for our youngest son.

Its a nice case and despite being fairly small there is a good amount of space in here. The case is fairly thin metal which makes it feel cheap but does it matter when its just sitting somewhere? In fact it may even be a good thing, less metal = less weight. And the plastic panel is light as a feather too. The parts inside will weight it down nicely. The case has a few usb ports at the top, and 3 fans included which is real nice. The fan at the back uses this tiny 3 pin cable that connects to the motherboard, the two front fans use this big molex pin connecter, my power supply had a cable for those thankfully. So the only one controlled by the motherboard is the back fan. They are pretty quiet fans tho, so running at full speed isn't really an issue imo. There is a hard drive area and it comes with a few plastic caddy guides you use to install them in the case, real nice for big storage.Now lets talk about the issue ppl have with this case: The power supply area.People are on here complaining about the power supply space and I'll admit it IS cramped but you can get a pretty big one in there with some patience. Really the problem is the cables being chunky, this corsair rmx 850 w has some of the chunkiest cables I've ever seen. They are massive, thick, woven cables and EVEN then with some problem solving I got them all in, no cutting the case or anything required. The trick is, connect up all the cables first to the power supply if you are using modular and get the power supply in first. The huge motherboard one you may wanna thread in first but other than that do it after, because getting the power supply in will be impossible otherwise, the cables get in the way and you kind of have to angle it in. Then once its in you can carefully thread all the rest of the cables in. I know you may be thinking I cheated, using modular because I only used the ones I needed. WRONG. I installed several extras for less hassle in the future, even two extra pcie power cables direct from the supply for an RTX 30-series upgrade soon. I used up almost all the cables included, trust me you can get it all in.This is a good case, and I love the aesthetic. That ps2 ribbed look is a look I love and my laptop is a G5 with that look too. And in the case of this case there is a mesh behind the ribs so you get really good airflow. There is a magnetic filter at the top of the case and a slide one underneath the case for the power supply. Unfortunately not all the vents are covered by removable meshes. But this is a budget case so I'm okay with that. Overall I really recommend this one!