Chenbro Case

[guzzidom]

After a nasty incident with my previous case whereby the flimsy front usb's shorted out my PSU causing irrepairable damage to both (jeez was I ever lucky with my mobo) I found myself in need of a new psu and case, I had had my eye on an X-pro psu because they look great with their braided wire management and I have built 2 systems with them and they have incredibly stable rails (though a little on the high side voltage wise), but had to find a cheap case, after reading a glowing magazine review I bought a Chenbro Gaming Bomb (!), I don't really like the look much, but.....WHAT A SUPERB CASE!, screwless design, side window, rolled edges, slide out HDD caddy, optical drive rails, provision for 120/92mm fans at rear/front, front fabric air filtration, if you see a vendor selling these for the $60.00 - $70.00 that they commonly go for Stateside, and need to box up a budget build, take his hand off!, it was a nicer case to build in than both the $150.00 Thermaltakes I've used recently!.

Here's a review by real people

http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20030804/case-20.html

Edited April 10, 2005 by guzzidom

[anthony]

it was a nicer case to build in than both the $150.00 Thermaltakes I've used recently!.

 

thats because your comparing against Tt's

 

That case does seem ok for its price, the intake could be better, but much better than most cases, airflow inside not restricted (unless with wires )

 

1 flaw I did notice by lookin at the pic is the PSU, currently, the psu is only held up by the 4 screws... it would be nice to see a rail helping to suport it.

Good psu's arent light

[guzzidom]

My psu is 5.2 lbs and there is a 1" x 3" rail supporting it in the case side, though you can't see it on the Tom's page (to be honest I couldn't either, I actually had to look in my own case, lol). Airflow seems to be a lot better than my previous case, with the same fans the system is 4 deg centigrade cooler under load!

And yeah I must admit I've built into $20 cases that were easier that TT's