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Old March 28, 2007, 06:58 AM
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Default This case got a 10 in Maximum PC Mag.

It snagged a kickass award and a 10. I'm not overly impressed with it's looks but then again I own a Kandalf lol. One thing I do like is the fact that the optional clear side window comes with the case.

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Old March 28, 2007, 07:25 AM
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I like the optional window and the space- also the pre-prepared water coolinh holes- I found that the review wasn't very exhaustive though- kind of a brain-fart. H.C. does far better! ;-)
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Old March 28, 2007, 07:41 AM
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I like the optional window and the space- also the pre-prepared water coolinh holes- I found that the review wasn't very exhaustive though- kind of a brain-fart. H.C. does far better! ;-)
Oh crap was it already here? I looked first but obviosly not close enough My bad sorry bout that
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Old March 28, 2007, 09:01 AM
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HardwareCanucks will have our own review of this case coming up very soon.

Is there anything I can add to our review to make it a little more "exhaustive"?
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One thing I find when some sites do reviews is they don't do a step by step installation of components to say how well they fit.
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One thing I find when some sites do reviews is they don't do a step by step installation of components to say how well they fit.
agreed!

all case reviews should feature a buildup. That's where the good and bad parts of a case start to come out of the wash. I don't put much weight on a case review that doesn't feature a buildup.

Case in point (no pun intended), I reviewed an NZXT Adamas case. While the case was built like a tank and had some very good features, the side pannels rattled a bit from fan vibration. This was a design flaw and would not have been observed if a build up was dismissed in the review.
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i was kinda shocked when MaximumPC gave this case a 10, because i think it's maybe a 9 at best, and that's only because of it's low price when compared to the top-end cases from Lian-Li and Silverstone.

thanks, but i'll stick with the Silverstone TJ09. it may of only got a 9 in MaximumPC, but i think it's much better than this perfect 10 case.
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i was kinda shocked when MaximumPC gave this case a 10, because i think it's maybe a 9 at best, and that's only because of it's low price when compared to the top-end cases from Lian-Li and Silverstone.

thanks, but i'll stick with the Silverstone TJ09. it may of only got a 9 in MaximumPC, but i think it's much better than this perfect 10 case.
I'd give it a 7.5 lol But yeah price is low for what you get. I'll stick with my lovely Stacker
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