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Another important aspect of a case, especially if your into overclocking, is its cooling capabilities. We all know when overclocking, giant copper heatsinks, loud fans and a ton of air flow is needed as it produces more heat.
This case has 3 extra spots to put 80mm fans. One in the side panel, and 2 in the front of the case as seen in the pictures below. What it is really lacking is a spot or 2 in the rear of the case to exhaust the hot air. This to me is a major downfall. While this arrangement may work for a average computer user it won't do for a serious overclocker. All of the exhausting is relied upon the power supply which is installed into the case. You could also use the fan in the side panel to exhaust but thats kind of defeating its purpose of blowing onto the motherboard and expansion cards.
Now some may think this won't be a problem i'll just rip a hole into the back. It will be harder than you think. Because of the way the steel was bent on the back of the case there is an uneven surface to mount a fan on. Now there's ways to get around this but it would make it nice if this wasted space was all flat. Then that way there would be a good area to mount up 1 or 2 80mm fans to exhaust hot air out of the case.
The 2 front holes however are nice and open so air flow won't be too restricted from the metal frame of the case. However there aren't any vents in the front of the case itself. The only spot for the 2 front fans to pull air in is at the bottom of the front bezel. So if you set this case on carpet you have just sealed off the only way for your front fans to pull in air. So it must set on a hard surface or be proped up on carpet so that those fans can work their magic.
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