Fractal Design Focus I Black Window OEM-CA-FOCUS-I-BK-W Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: A very good starter case for a beginning builder. Budger friendly. Lots of air flow. pleny of room for up to ATX motherboards. Has the features of more expensive cases. I have buit in several Fractial cases and never have had issues. Well built and designed for plenty of cable room and good placment of parts to make a decent build

Cons: not a con. but you can always wish for a glass pannel. Perhaps more fans.

Overall Review: Great case foir the budget builder. First time builder. Looks good and handles everything including your now aging DVD drive or in my case the Blu-Ray player.

Pros: Everything you need for a DIY Pc build. Nothing too fancy just what you need for a solid rig.

Cons: PSU bundle would be a cool option from fractal design. Newegg could sell barebones kit's all day long of Fractal case's with solid fractal PSU's already mounted. Step it up fractal design!

Overall Review: Fractal design makes good quality PC components. This is an entry level mid tower case but it is on the top of the hill for entry level cases.

Pros: This case is a quality product! Very good fit and finish and most of the features you could ever want. Caddies for 3.5" drives and 2.5" drives; 3 of each. Space for 2- 5.25" drives and the entire front is mesh for better ventilation. Places for 5-120mm fans; 1 at the back (installed), 2 at front and 2 on top which can also fit 140mm fans. If you use 120mm fans on top, the holes for the 140mm fans are plugged with little plastic brads, wonderful attention to detail. All the screws you could use even if you installed 3-2.5" drives and 3-3.5" drives. Even has a ventilated cover for the empty slot left for a discrete video card. If you are using the cpu graphics you can cover the empty slot in back. Plenty of room for a mATX mobo, but kinda cramped for a full size ATX mobo. Fantastic Newegg shipping; I ordered at 12:30pm with "free shipping" and received before 2PM the next day. I live about 150 miles south of LA from where it was shipped.

Cons: Yes you cannot use a radiator in front, because the caddies for the hard drives, SSD drives and 5.25" cd, dvd, form a solid frame in the front that provide excellent case rigidity. Yes, the feet are hard plastic and tend to slip a bit on the desk, but you can easily remedy that with some felt stick-ons. There aren't any rubber cushions for the PSU to rest upon, but you can easily remedy that too. The case and sides are light weight metal, but when you get the components installed it gives the case good rigidity.

Overall Review: I have been building computers since 1987 and this is a very good case in my opinion and I would highly recommend it. The faults that some have found with this case are minor and very easily fixed. The product was very well packed and although I would prefer to buy in person, it survived the ship in great condition. Always do a thorough inspection of you shipment even if the box is in perfect condition; it could still contain a factory damaged product.

Pros: This is the best inexpensive case I've worked with. The Focus G is not anywhere near as good. This case has room for 3 SSDs and 3 HDs/SSDs, more than any other in the same price range. It's light but well made. Cable management is tight but doable.

Cons: Fractal Design stopped making this case, but they still make the not so good Focus G.

Overall Review: Too bad Fractal Design stopped making this case. As I stated earlier by far the best case for the price.

Pros: Cheap Decent Looking

Cons: If you are using a Micro-Atx motherboard the standoffs will continue to spin not allowing you to tighten or loosen the screw. This caused the screw to fall off and break capacitors in the motherboard.

Overall Review: Case caused us to break the motherboard.

Pros: - Relatively sturdy construction. - Well thought out cable management to hide unsightly cables from window view. - Bottom mount space for PSU. - Slide in and out slots for hard drive(s). - Does not look like a Transformer.

Cons: - Tricky optical drive installation. Haven't been able to pry out the panel. - Some may dislike the plastic window, but it's no biggie to me.

Overall Review: I'm a big fan of budget low-profile cases. I've built a few computers on DIYPC and Fractal Design cases and time again Fractal Design proved to have the superior layouts and designs.

Pros: Price Appearance

Cons: Instructions are poor Construction is difficult to deal with Poor cable management

Overall Review: It is a good case for the money, but I would not recommend it for an inexperienced builder. Many of the optional openings need to be cut open with wire clippers. No grommets are placed around the cable slots. Not much room for cables on the rear. The metal is pretty flimsy. Getting the problems out of the way, the case worked fine for what I was building - an inexpensive set for my grandson.

Pros: The fan it came with is good enough. Glass window makes it easy to check on wire positions. The screw holes for the expansion slots are outside the case so if you fumble a screw its less likely to land on your motherboard.

Cons: Front fan screw holes are motherboard size screw holes not fan size making them unusable, even if they were the right size it would be difficult getting a screwdriver past the drive bays. Slightly bendy metal. I think my graphics card would have liked a side air port if not a front intake fan.

Overall Review: Not the best but for what I have it'll do; and it does look nice.