25.3.2021

As good as most Mid sized ATX cases around and great value at this price.Pro's: Excellent cooling thanks to the full mesh front & top, plenty of room for fans (or rads). Plenty of room for a large CPU cooler, I installed the ID Cooling ARGB cooler which is offset so doesn't block any RAM slots and it does an excellent cooling job.Enough room for large PSU, but if mor room needed then removal of HDD tray provides masses of room. You'll still be able to install 1 or 2 HDDs in the bottom should you wish once PSU is installed by simply sliding them into the leftover space and securing with some foam strips, or even a modded drive caddy,they'll never be on show so it doesn't need to look pretty and best of all I could fit 4 x SSDs into the space with no issues.Front fans came fitted to outside of case just behind the front mesh, however I found that they'll easily fit to the inside as there's plenty of room. This is far better as the screws then go in from the front making fitting & removal far easier than trying to get at the screws from inside once the other components are in place. It places the fans closer to the components meaning stronger airflow where needed. It creates an air chamber behind the front mesh panel where you can install another fine mesh dust filter should you wish, that doesn't affect the front RGB as long as you use the correct mesh. I've also noticed that more dust seems to get trapped in the front mesh since moving the front fans to the inside due to being a less powerful suction directly behind the mesh, there's certainly been less dust inside than before.The front panel easily unclips allowing for quick and easy cleaning when needed.Cons: The PCIe screw & access slot cover plate is a pita, vase should have threaded hole & plate elongated for easy adjustment and/or removal.The PCIe slot blanks are snap out disposables, remove the wrong ones, move cards around, or no longer need a card and you've only got 2 spare normal slot blanks supplied, need any more and you'll need to try to find some that fit. Why not just supply 5 more reusable blanks making 7 in total already fitted to the case, it would've taken less metal than 1 blank to do !The glass side is too dark for my likes, it blocks out too much light from the ARGBs, would be better if clear, RGBs can often be dimmed if needed, or film is cheap & easy to install should anyone want it, and you could swap and change shade as you wished.Would've prefered a raised lip to slot bottom of glass side panel into, when screws are removed there's nothing to help support it so you need to be careful it doesn't slip and hit the deck if removing whilst case is upright, would've only needed 2 screws for top also.The ARGB controller only partially worked for a few minutes before frying the 2 front fan RGBs. It never worked using the case front panel button and shortly after turning the PC on the RGBs failed on both front fans. Now I also had 3 EZDIY ARGB fans hooked up which fortunately didn't blow, so either the MSI ARGBs are cheap & nasty, or the controller fault only managed to cook fans connected to No1 + No2 before completely burning out. Tested the controller and it's completely dead, same for RGBs on MSI fans, but third party fans & LED strips still going strong.My Mobo only has 1 5v ARGB (Asus Tuf Z-490) so I connected a 4 way splitter and 3 fans + 2 strips all work perfectly with full M/Board control. I spoke to seller Scan about blown fans & controller but it was past their 30 day return window as I'd been to busy to sort it earlier. SCAN WERE GREAT, they contacted MSI regarding the issue and arranged for replacement fans to be sent to me directly from MSI. I'm not sure if they even told them about the controller as no replacement was sent for that, however I'd told Scan that the fans were all that mattered to me so no doubt that's all they asked for, but MSI actually sent me a set of 3 new ARGB fans so that's a win in my opinion.No front panel USB-C or T-Bolt, for another £10 those would be perfect additions, I'll probably buy a cheap panel with those sockets and leads and strip em down to mod the front panel, as I do use those connections often.Well I've gone on slightly longer than I intended with this review but wanted to get as much info in as possible, so despite 1 perfectly sorted issue & some personal grumbles I can certainly recommend this case, there's more than enough room for a powerful PC build with great airflow and strong cooling, some easy modification options, and apart from the dark glass it looks great.

7.11.2020

I bought this MSI ARGB case for my new PC build. I am glad I chose this product as it has everything a Mid-Range budget PC builder need and can afford. It is priced at £59.99 at the time I bought and written this review.This case offers some nice to have features including anti-vibration material around the tempared glass windowed side panel. There is a magnetic dust filter on top which looks AMD feels like a good quality filter. It comes with 3 fans already installed. 2 fans are A-RGB and 1 non-RGB it's a shame that 1 fan is non RGB but I understand it's a budget case so can't expect too much.Case also comes with a 5v 3pin ARGB hub for connecting total 6 ARGB fans or ARGB strips.

22.9.2020

I purchased this case to swap out my old Thermaltake view 27 case with a more 'modern' look. I was in the hunt for a smaller chassies so I can tuck the unit under my desk on the small compartment which described in my desk's instruction booklet as 'desktop shroud' which is way too small for most of the cases in the market.Pros:- It comes in with 2 ARGB 120mm fans as intake and 1 blackout fan for exust. For most of the builds just plug in and good to go.- Robust build for moving or tossing around (please don't)- Front mesh is fine enough to act as a dust filter, but I still got some filters installed.- Air intake is great, it is basically a see through design.- Good price with tempered glass,

21.10.2020

I decided to gut my old pre-built HP machine and migrate the components over to a case as I was moving up to a 2060 Super GPU and wanted to make sure it stayed cool on air. After a lot of searching for a case with decent airflow performance and room to upgrade in future, I settled on this one.Fifty quid for a case with three fans, two of them RGB (self-controlled on the lighting side, which is fine for me as my old motherboard doesn't have that kind of thing anyway) and a lovely glass side panel is an absolute bargain!Coming from a smaller pre-built case, this thing is an absolute dream to work in (with an mATX board in my case) and cable management was great fun - cable-tying all the wiring in place was really satisfying (even if I could have done better)

2.9.2020

I bought this case for someone who im building a pc for (they chose the case) and all i can say is it is amazing what you can get for such a small amount of money!the case is well built no sharp edges and has amazing build quality, building in this system has been a joy! cable management is really easy as it is well thought out with openings in the right places to pass cables through without issues.the tempered glass side panel is a great feature at this pricepoint, and the inclusion of 3 120mm fans (2 rgb and 1 fan with out lights) and also that it comes with an rgb hub to enable you to connect 6 rgb devices (maybe more if you use rgb splitters)

20.7.2020

As you can see from the photo, albeit you have to look close, you should be able to see the at the front there is 3 ml140 pro case fans installed, the official specs say it only allows 3x120mm fans or 2 140mm fans on the front. But as soon as I put 2 in I noticed enough room for a third, so I bought one and tried it and it fits PERFECTLY! Once you have upgraded the fans it is a nice cool case, not saying the original fans are bad, just that they don't move as much air and have low rpms, which isn't bad if you want it nice and quiet but personally I wanted the efficiency! Plenty of room to add stuff, everything I've added as extras have all been done with everything still in the case, with ease...

11.8.2020

For £60.00 (at the time of writing) this case offers some nice to have features in the construction, such as anti-vibration material around the windowed side panel, dust filters, 3 fans, 2 A-RGB and 1 non-RGB and a 5v 3pin RGB hub for connecting 4 more RGB fans or RGB strips. Unfortunately it seems like this hub only works with MSI boards.The 3 included fans are quiet while still managing to move a decent amount of air and come with male & female RGB splitters on the end, so if your motherboard isn't from MSI you can connect them directly to the motherboard and bypass the RGB hub, pleasantly surprised by this.With the appropriate CPU & GPU this is good as is,

12.7.2020

This case is pretty great for the price. Nice amount of space, good airflow and supports a big radiator but for the love of god read this before you build it!!!The case comes bundled with 2 front facing RGB fans, both of which have 2 4 pin connectors each. There is also a very poorly made and unlabelled PCB on the rear side of the case with 4 pin connectors. I assumed this was a fan controller, IT IS NOT. This is purely for controlling the RGB LED's, if you plug your fan connectors in here like I did, upon turning your system on, both fans will immediately catch fire!!!This is my fault for not reading the instructions,

10.9.2020

This case has a lot of space to work with... bar the power supply and hard drive tray in the back side. My PSU is 160mm long in length and I absolutely struggled for ages trying to get the cables to fit in with the HDD tray fitted in. In the end, I removed the HDD tray because I didn't want to risk damaging any wires from my PSU. Just be wary of the length of your PSU - 140mm or 150mm should be okay. If it's longer you probably have to take the HDD tray out like I did.Otherwise, it's actually an amazing case because it looks great - probably the best price-performance ratio because of the superb airflow, and the rgb fans are pretty nice.

9.9.2020

I decided it was time for an upgrade from my cheap and nasty case and give my Ryzen build some diginty. I kitted it out with an extra blue fan in the front, 2 Blue LED's in the top and a Coolermaster Liquid Lite 120 RGB and honestly it's a beast. it looks amazing and has loads of room to hide cables and stuff. I paid around 60 for this beginning of 2020 and I am glad I did. I kitted my wife out with the same case and she loves it. Honestly if I had to niggle, the PSU was a bit of a fiddle to get in and the PCI-E x16 slot took a bit of time to line up properly but that's really looking for things to moan about

5.7.2020

I've had this case for a week now and I can't stop staring at it. The space inside is perfect, and made installing my full Atx motherboard easy with a 1080 gtx on it.The cable management channels make hiding your cables a breeze and with 2 x 3.5 bays and 3 x 2.5 mounting points, it has more than enough expansion for my needs.The airflow is great too, with my system running 10-20c cooler (after utilizing two of my old 120mm fans for top exhaust).I have a video of me transferring my system from my old case into this new one should you want a better look on my YouTube channel Rezal Vision :)

27.6.2020

Bought this for a new Ryzen build for my kids pc. Was really impressed with the quality of the case. Very easy to build with and plenty of space with a matx board. Atx boards might be a bit squashed in there but then it is just a mid tower. Fans are very quiet and very colourful with different colour options and sequences at the push of a button. Enough room at the back for cable management although I would suggest rearranging the fan cables that are already plugged into the controller as it can get a bit difficult to work with.So impressed I'm off to buy another to replace my old pc case.

24.2.2021

Brilliant tower to build in. Power supply cage is a little snug for the supernova but most cases are. Airflow is brilliant the pre installed fans are great. Im using my pc for gaming due to covid and im not getting temps above 80c which for a ryzen and 1060 is very cold. The routing is clean and the ssd mounts are nice and accessible. Hard drive caddies are a touch on the tight side at first but they loosen fine after first openning. If ypur looking for a good case this is a hidden gem worth every penny

5.1.2021

Such a great PC case, I have the MSI forge 100R and the case was so well made, easy to install/easily route cables neatly, has great airflow, 240mm radiator support, separate section for PSU like cases twice the cost I purchased the 100M (identical but with RGB not ARGB fans) for my son as his PC was overheating in the micro tower he had even though it had 5 fans. Now the machine runs cooler and more quite. At £50 you will struggle to find a better case and £10 cheaper than the ARGB model

10.1.2021

Ahh, I was going for a budget case and then saw this one. Could not resist, and I don't regret it. It looks amazing. "Classy" but has an element of "sport" in it. It was used for my first pc build and I didn't find any issues. The space for cables in the back isn't the greatest, but I didn't play around with the cables that much and I could probably have made it neater myself. Definitely recommend for any buyer.

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