This is a big case, but it uses the space on the back of the motherboard for more cable management and on the front of the motherboard for aesthetics and airflow. Assembly is easy and does not cause any irritation. You loosen a thumbscrew on the back, press the switch, and remove the top plate. After that you can remove the other panels by sliding them up out of the grooves into which the tempered glass and metal panels slide easily. Build quality is very good, with no weird sharp spots, plates or shells to force into place. The hard drive slots are secured with a knurled screw, as are the power supply slots. Possible disadvantages in this case are small. There is a plastic limiting clip on the bottom fan tray that may fail (additional accessories are included in the box in this case). In rare cases. if I replace the fan entirely. I also personally don't like having the reset button flush with the USB connectors where it can be easily bumped during normal use, but you can always just omit the reset SW connector. The only other build issue I would like to mention is that the fan filters are loose metal meshes with magnetic retention strips. I prefer the stiffer toe-grid aperture filter like on the nzxt covers, but that's negligible, and as a short-haired dog owner I found the grid filters to be enough to catch loose hair and like it, but not a lot of fine dust in the dry area. However, I would highly recommend this very beautiful, well thought out and constructed case. My cons are minor and just for full information.
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