I would not buy the case simply because it is so damn tacky looking.

These companies need to take a hint from Apple, Fractal Design, and Lian Li on how to make simple aesthetically clean cases.

actually, for me this case has the same problem as HAF912: almost 23cm wide. I need a case 21cm wide at most :(

I actually have this case, and have had to remove the central drive bays to fit my GTX580 card in. However the one thing I bought this case for was the 2 front USB 3 & USB 2 drive slots. This alone sold me the case, which, whilst I agree is ugly & loud, has massive functionality as I have had to transfer large amounts of data recently.
Besides who really looks at the case after turning the computer on? I have found all my past cases to be invisible after the first couple of weeks.

Hey all I just finished building using this case in the past week so thought I'd add my impressions...granted it's the first case I've worked with that uses cabling in the motherboard tray (last was a thermaltake kandalf monstrosity from years and years back) so I'm a little bias for comparison

kk first off it *definitely* fits a 6950/6970 without removing the HDD if your wondering (though only just and only cause AMD put the power pins on the side rather than the back of the card) this is something I was wondering about..

I've got 1SSD 3HDD (about to add one more) and a Optical drive in there no worries with the cabling (and I"m messy as hell with that stuff normally) like the review said only some PSU's will have the needing to be upside down problem I'm running a Corsair AX750 which is fully modular and could be installed the normal way without interfering with the SSD bay

I've got every cable that could save space by running up the back of the case running up there and can get the side back on ok (yes it's a damn squeeze but it's not that bad and like I said I fail at making things neat)

random pro's and cons from a layman

btw I don't actually find it too noise..just played with my fan speeds and discovered the noise from my case 90% of it was from my CPU cooler fans..the case fans added some...but far less..but I'm used to noisy cases so yeah

Pro's
HDD trays are fantastic installing/removing a drive is a matter of a second or two (not the little 2.5" bay though)

USB3 front headers were a great sell for me :)

over in Australia the case is really cheap for what it offers compared to other cases (though the Shinobi is available and cheaper over here if you want that)

basically aside from the two problems mentioned below actually installing in this case was a breeze everything fits nicely (CM 212+ CPU cooler and 6950 GPU) the HDD's seem to have a nice little bit of spacing in between them so they don't block the front intake too badly if you put a lot in

I personally like the look though would prefer a blue fan but can fix that :P in the end looks are very individualistic :P

very light which is great coming from my Kandalf (which was about 18KG's empty!) though again the Shinobi mentioned above is apparently lighter)

Cons
putting in the optical drive accidentally pulled the pins out for the front audio headers...this took a while to discover and was a $#^&* to plug back in

I'm not sure if it's the case or something I've put in but I"m occasionally getting some resonance from around the rear fan/MB rear panel area could be the rear panel that's resonating will find out it's annoying but not constant and can be stopped

yes getting the side panel on after putting the cables back there was a squeeze...but not that bad and not something you should have to deal with reguarly

might be a problem just with mine but the thumb screw on the side panel is crap...doesn't screw in properly seems to not quite match the hole...not mentioned in any reviews so I think I just got unlucky

In the end this case has got some fantastic reviews I <3 it can see why they like the Shinobi more I think the main differences are aesthetic preference and USB3 support..if you don't care/can't use USB 3 on the front and don't like side windows you can save a lot of money going Shinobi (at least over here) otherwise I'm happy with my purchase ^_^