PC Power and Cooling Solid Steel Full Tower Case

Company: PC Power and Cooling
Product: Solid-Steel Tower
Street Price: $224.10 USD (w/o PSU)
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2002
Reviewed By: Joey C. aka Chong345
Rating: (8/10)

Testing:

After powering on I noticed that the 2 fans in the front were fairly quiet. They seem to be moving a decent amount of air compared to some other cases that seem like they have no airflow at all. With all the extra space inside I think that the air has plenty of room to travel and cool the parts without being disrupted by component clutter. All the lights and switches worked fine, the speaker beeped and everything was cool. Of course I wanted to see how well the temperatures were so I used motherboard monitor to check and used a temperature probe to check the ambient. My ambient temperature was around 24.5C. I let my computer idle in windows for 10 minutes and then I ran Folding at home for 10 minutes to get an idea of what the idle and load temperatures are.

Ambient:

Idle:

Load:

I'd say that the temperatures seem pretty decent for only having 2 fans in the case and using the power supply as the only out. So I think it's safe to say that there is pretty good air-flow inside of the case. This of course is always good as it prolongs the life of your components.

Conclusion:

Overall the case is pretty nice. It has plenty of room to work inside of as well as plenty of room to hold all of your components. It runs pretty quiet and does a pretty good job of getting airflow inside of the case. There is plenty of room for modding projects such as adding a window or more fans. You could remove the fans that came with the case and add some that move more air. If you use water cooling and are having a hard time fitting everything in your case then you might want to look in to this one. You could fit a pump, radiator, even a couple radiators. There is room for dual power supplies as well. PC Power and Cooling definitely had the hardcore user in mind when designing the case. It's very sturdy and rugged. I doubt there is much you could do to this case to really damage it. The looks are simple but are still nice, everything looks very unison and I like that clean look. The case has more functionality to it rather than cosmetics.

A special thanks to the guys at PC Power & Cooling for sending this case to review.

Pros:
  Many drive bays
  Plenty of room to work in
  Solid Construction

Cons:
  Only one (1) 3½ to 5¼ mounting bracket
  Have to remove the front bezel to install drives

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