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Old July 20, 2008, 07:46 PM
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Well, after working on this review for MUCH longer than I had anticipated, the Hiper Osiris Mid-Tower Case Review is finally UP!!!!!

Overally, it is a great mid-tower case with some issues that drag it down a bit in my eyes. However, like I mentioned many times in the review; opinions about cases are highly subjective so tell us what you think.

Enjoy the review!!!!





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Great review as usual but $200 for a mid-tower case seems a bit much IMO even if it is aluminum. I would of also preferred a acrylic side panel rather than mesh since that allows all the dust to just fly in.

As per the CPU power connector, I think that's a problem with all bottom mounted PSU cases. My Antec 900 is the same. It's impossible to plug in with a TRUE. Luckily the top panel can come off giving you a 200mm hole to stick your hand down through though. I just use an extension since it makes life easier, but my LCD Poster connector is right there too.
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The side panel has acrylic BEHIND the mesh.
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The side panel has acrylic BEHIND the mesh.
Oh, guess that's what happens when I don't read carefully
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you forgot to mention the problem with expansion brackets. this case has a MSRP of $201 USD, little expensive, not alot of flexibility and nobody needs air grade aluminum :p

Thank you for the review.

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Thanks for the review SKY about time!!!

Pretty disappointed about the availability issue too though.
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you forgot to mention the problem with expansion brackets. this case has a MSRP of $201 USD, little expensive, not alot of flexibility and nobody needs air grade aluminum :p

Thank you for the review.

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What didn't I mention about the brackets?
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I should clarify, you mentioned it to some degree in the review but some reviewers didn't like that there was only 3 expansion covers for 7 slots so they chose to list it as a con. :)

maybe more reviewers need some of this:



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