After a whole year of running my parts in a rusted abomination, I finally went out and got me a new case
. My original plan was to get a Source 210 Elite but that went to hell since I couldn't find one in stock anywhere
. Now I could have got the Elite 430 but my main gripes with the thing were - 1. No cable management; 2. Flimsy build quality; 3. Only one fan pre-installed. Now I saw the USP 100 sitting right next to the 430 and in comparison was a lot heavier, sturdier, had cutouts for cable management and shipped with two fans. So I took the plunge and bought it and can't say I'm disappointed in the very least. The cutouts are wide enough to route cables through with ease (though I had to break my back getting everything routed properly since the length of the cables of my PSU are anything but long
). Needless to say, after getting everything set up, I never had much to complain about. Airflow was decent and dust filters for the front mesh and PSU grill was an added bonus
. One major con? Only has provisions for 4 fans
All in all, a good buy
P.S - The vanilla version of the 100 has no cutouts for cable management, doesn't have an all-black interior and ships with only 1 fan.
Pros
Cons
Decent cable management, comes wth two fans, dust filters, tool-less design and well priced
No USB 3.0 header, stock fans should have been more powerful, Only a total of 4 fans supported
I have that case too, currently using it in my bedroom for an htpc ( regor 245 with an 8800gt). It was a refurb that came with a 500 watt psu. I've had it for about 3 years now and my only complaint is that the handle on the door fell off ( someone stripped the plastic threads on it). A couple of screws just a size bigger fixed the problem easily.
Well worth the $39 I paid for it
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