Xion Performance ATX Tower case, USB 3.0, Black/Blue LED Cases XON-350-BK

Buyer Beware This product contains no optical drive slot. Fit everything perfectly. I loved the layout of the inside took me a bit to figure out how to mount a 3.5" hard drive but I figured it out. It fits a Micro ATX motherboard no problem.

Basic case, I love the layout. fan works and is not too loud. I reallly like the way the hardrives mount on the side. Keeps the center of the case open for air flow. I have a Basic set up, one hard drive motherboard and cpu and psu. This is only slightly larger than the mAtx case which i also love. taller but not much deeper exactly what i wanted and cheap. Built a new computer for the kids to home work and surf the web with for under 170 with this case and could not be happier. its sturdy when to gether but the thin walls allowed me to mod the case with tin snips for routing the cables away from the center where i want nothing but airflow for my overclocked g3258. its simplistic perfection in my book, and on the cheap!

I figured "a case is a case" - I've been building PCs since the 80's. NO drive cage, NO way to mount an optical drive, NO room to work underneath the "side bar" support where you're supposed to mount the HD. This thing is a piece of crap.

This case is a cost saving option, but it has some serious drawbacks.First, it does not come with a manual. Second, there are no HDD/SSD mounting trays. Third, the case, internally is small, it was very difficult to fit my larger graphics card into.Installing components into this case for the first time, one of the motherboard mounting screw's heads broke off and now one motherboard mount is completely useless. Next, one of the foam bottoms pads peeled off.With all that, this is still a fine, usable case.

It's true that here are no drive cages or drive sleds like you typically find in an ATX case, but unless you are trekking through the wilderness to find the best LAN spot on Earth, you can very easily tighten a drive down on one side and be confident that it isn't going anywhere. And note that this is only for traditional platter drives, there are plenty of spaces and ways to mount an SSD easily. So know that ahead of time.It's true that there are no 5.25" bays, but you can see that in the picture. So I don't fault Xion for this as its becoming more common to not need components like DVD drives and such. Its aesthetically worse to have the bay covers there and not use them so for me this was a plus.It's true (ish) that there is only space for the included fan (which is near silent btw), but you do have a cutout for a 92mm exhaust fan at the back. Again, this comes down to use. This is not a gaming/rendering case that is capable of exhausting the heat generated by big boy graphics cards. It's just not. But I put my office file server in here with no GPU and the CPU heatsink fan pointed at the 92mm exhaust cutout (which it is lined up perfectly with) and the air being exhausted is only slightly warmer than ambient. Completely acceptable in my book.It's true that the metal the case is made of is thin, but its not any thinner than the stuff you find on the prebuilt PCs you can buy at the big box stores. Yes, you have to be a little more careful with the side panels than other cases, but really, this case is under $30. You have to expect some sacrifice somewhere. With that being said, this is one sleek looking case when its all put together. +1 for style easilyNow, the bad.There is ZERO cable management. None. Zero. Nada. The fact that there were no slots for the 5.25" drive bays made it somewhat easy for me to zip tie some of the extra cables in that space, but if you don't have a modular PSU (I didn't) then expect to be spending some effort in getting the cables secured where they both connect correctly and stay out of the way of the sole intake fan.The working space is less than you initially expect. Basically, anything under the bar that the drives can be mounted to is dead space as no component will be able to fit under it. I used it as space to tie my cables to and to mount my one drive, but it was tight fit getting the hard drive into place, and I can safely say that I do not look forward to having to change that drive out.TL;DR This case is not a do-all-be-all type of case and you are not going to be able to set this up to be your next LAN rig, but if you have a specific low-demand use for this case (file server, kids computer, HTPC, etc.) and are OK with a little bit of setup time, this case will perform well and look sharp while doing it.

Cheap made . Better cases available for the price .

Kinda flimsy case, but it gets the job done.Had it for about a week now..... and... filled it up withGigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AM3+AMD FX-8300 8 coreUphere CPU Cooler8Gb of Corsair Dominator 2000Mhz Memory RamAMD Radeon R9 Fury X water cooledCorsair CX850M power supply500gb of WD black 7200rpmCase have very nice airflow through GPU cooler and the case temperature stayed around 45celcius.CPU was clocked at 4.2Ghz highest temperature was at 60 celcius under prime95 for about 4 hours, GPU never got above 40 celcius.One thing to note is if you got fans on full blast... the case makes a lot of vibration lolEDIT:: add another silent fan in the rear and it made the whole case a whole lot cooler. CPU never gets above 40 celcius and gpu stay pretty cool at 30-35 celcius. at idle the whole system is at 5-9 celcius lol replace the front blue led fan with red corsair silent fan and it's a lot more quiet. just a reminder my gpu is a liquid cool gpu with a radiator and fan attach to the red corsair fan in the front. now my whole system is super quiet and powerful rig

I bought this to repurpose an older 8 core AMD system as a Christmas gift to my nieces. All components installed perfectly. This is not your largest mid sized case so don't expect to fit a monsterous graphics card. It's very lightweight and easy to move around. The larger fan on the front helps to cool off internal temperature with very little noise. I can hear the old 5400rpm sata drive ticking away.

I've built a great PC in this case, although I had to change a few things which is why it's a 4 star rating.Pro'sGreat, sleek, small, and simple yet attractive designNice Blue LED fan in frontEnough room for a full sized GPU, although it's a bit tight, it fitsCon'sNeeds a better fan in the back, and I had to add another internal fan due to the lack of airflow it provides.

VERY BAD CASE

the power button didnt work for me so if my pc turns off i have to jumpstart it

I built a headless Linux server with it. It doesn't have any support for the other side of the drives which I don't like them kinda just hanging there.. But I only paid $36.95 for it with free shipping.. Couldn't help but notice they raised it to $75.35 which is too much for what you get if you ask me. Other than that thought it's a good case. Nice paint job. Small. Looks exactly like the picture.

Great little case, could do for better cable management, wouldnt hurt to bring it out a little wider, but besides that, included LED Fan is quiet very sleek and minimal design make for a decent little set up.