Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Oh wow, where to begin... Very roomy inside, and lots of places to put fans (even the stock fans that come with it cover the essential airflow points). The 120mm fans that come with it are quiet. All of the fan locations are drilled out to handle various fan sizes. The hard drive rack is nice. The cable ties are useful for a few of the wires in your case, but for the ones that are in the way, you can just unscrew them.

The power supply mounted on the bottom may seem like a bad idea... Until you realize there's a fan hole right under it. If you get a two-fan power supply, it will drag cold air out from the bottom of the case, and straight out the back. Virtually eliminating the power supply from the list of heat sources in the case! Very nice!

The construction of the case is very sturdy, and has a very nice finish. I barely cut myself removing the top cover. 1 cut during the whole build is pretty good I'd say.

eSATA connector on top accomodates motherboards without it.

Cons: I'm nitpicking at this point really. The power LED connector for this case's front panel was a 2pin, and I needed a 3pin. Not a terribly hard modification to make if you run into this problem.

No PC speaker? I'm not sure if this can even be considered a con though, since most motherboards have other means of reporting errors these days.

The top and front covers are a little hard to remove. Take them off once, get the work done, and don't put them back on until the end of the build and hopefully this will become a non-issue.

The top connection header wires are a bit long. It's probably bad to complain that any wire is 'too long,' since longer wires will accomodate all situations, but these things can reach about a foot outside the case from the header. Yikes.

Overall Review: I think a few people said it didn't come with any screws. It's funny, because I caught myself thinking the same thing. On the 5 1/4" drive bays they placed all the screws into the metal of the case. There are more than enough there to handle the mounting of your components. The case itself comes with 12 brass motherboard standoffs if you needed to know that as well.

Also, the 3 1/2" bay adapter for the floppy drive is great, just be sure to install it in the right orientation. Some users reported it sticking out an inch too far, and it's likely they put it on the adapter backwards. Looking at it again, it probably will stick out a bit if it is on the wrong way. Just examine the diagrams carefully and/or trial and error it otherwise.

Pros: First build was very nice and easy thinking this was a great buy.

Cons: After a few years, the plastic pieces became exceedingly brittle to the touch - braking easily. This rendered the hard drive bays useless and the quick latches for the dvd drives short lived.

Overall Review: Only replaced parts in this once or twice, so very disjointed with the that the product did not last the test of time. If it would have lasted, the ease and convenience of the case would have made it a real winner.