Ultra Gladiator Black ATX Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side Front USB FireWire and Audio Ports

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case has a lot of space for being a mid tower if you remove the hdd cage in total and just mount your hdds in the optical drive bays you can have enough space to sli gtx 285 and again do not install the rear fan until you install your mb and having a modular psu will help a lot with saving space and not having extra wires hanging i would recommend this case any day

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This case is well worth the price. The tool less design is not with a darn. Screws will hold better than the tool less. Good construction quality

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Solid construction. Tool less feature is nice, but it's not completely tool less. 3.5 bay requires a screw driver. Only real complaint is the hard drive cage on the bottom of the unit will block access to sata ports that don't face straight up on the motherboard. It will also cause problems for people running two video cards. Otherwise, great case. Looks cool without being flashy.

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A few things if you have one of those higher end video cards, GTX 260 and up. The 3.5inch HD cage on the bottom is going to get in the way. You can shift the thing closer to towards the front fan just by taking out the screws that hold it in and the shifting it forward to the next hole which gives you a little bit more room, however this only works for me with only one video card. I WILL run into problems if I decide to SLI cause that second card just is not going to fit. ALSO, if you have one of those MB's with the SATA that face to the side instead of straight up, the HD enclosure will again get in the way. If you get one of those 90 degree SATA cables, that might help. On the plus side, this is much much quieter than my old case, where I had 4 80mm fans running. Oh, and don't put in the rear fan until after you have your MB installed, it will get in the way.

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Guess Im a lucky one but this is the standard case for my business (3 so far and will buy more soon!)... do take advantage of the fan options... tooless drives work good, Heavy alum construction... very professional looking business case...you will need a long 24

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Very good case. Good material and very strong. Will take a significant amount of space on the desk. Great for future upgrades. It's easy to take apart and add new peripherals to your system. Only problem is in the bottom front of case: the airflow is o.k. but if you take take that cover off it will be too large of an opening and can gather some dust. Just make sure you have good case fans from Ultra and you'll be fine.

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That case feel strong and nice design PC case!!

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Everything went smooth only needed a screwdriver to pull out my parts from old case. Front Panel wire is a bit short so make sure your motherboard headers are close to the front panel of the case or you can replace wires. Other than that no problems

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This case is a pretty solid aluminum computer case. I like the HD drive bays in the case, since they are facing the left side of the case, rather then having to insert the hard drives from the rear. The front and rear 120mm fan bays are a plus as well. I did replace the side air cone to the CPU with a 80mm fan instead. You can't have enough air flow I always say. I did not care to much for the front bezel of the case, since you have to remove it in order to drop in a dvd/cd rom drive. I give it all 5s except for the features because of that.

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I like the case. It's sturdy, has plenty of room, and the screwless design is great. The only problem I ran into was the length of the front panel sound wire. It can be worked around, but it could stand to be a little longer. If you need a good case for a low price, this is the one.

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I got this case as part of a barebones package, for the price...it is ok. The paint job is cheap and easily scratched and the front bezel connection cords are too short for the audio with the paired motherboard combination. I would not purchase it again.

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it rocks as part of barebone systems....

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My first build. Went pretty smooth. The only problem was tbat 2 rivets that hold the plexiglass side cover were broken. Called Tiger...then Ultra...and they said they didn't have any of the rivets, I would have to replace the case. The problem is I wasn't going to take it apart, so I super glued the broken rivets in place. Seems kinda half assed that Ultra couldn't come up with a couple of rivets. Not what I call great customer service. Otherwise I would have given 5 stars.

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The only problem that I had with this case ( which is also a problem with my motherboard) is that the HD Audio wires that run from the front of the machine are not long enough to reach the input on the motherboard. It's made decent and leaves plenty of room for 3 fans. I only have a heat sink fan in my system and it stays at a cool temperature.

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where to start. The case is beautiful but there are problems and the main problem is Ultra. Pros: It's a great case. It's heavy and well constructed. Arrived in great shape. It's roomy. The tooless mount system for drives (roms and hard drives both) is GREAT. Sharp looking. easy mount case fan brackets are great. Cons: *growls* the cables for the front pannel were to short and I called Ultra, repeatedly. They will refer you to an outside retailer and you have to FIND and BUY new cables. Here's the problem, you dont know which cable to get (even if they DO give you the item number which they dont on some of the cables) and they pass the buck saying that it's not their fault if some mother boards have different cable placement. You need about an extra 2 - 3 inches on the usb & firewire cable. Its to tight & went across the expansion slots blocking use & when I put in a graphics card, only 1 usb now reachable. I also got this as part of a barebones kit w/asus mobo.

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Shipping case arrived with 2'' dent on one side. One corner of the acrylic side panel chipped (piece nowhere to be found in case or shipping box). Would have been nice to have the top connectors on front bezel; air vent on top. Tool-less pci connectors don't hold anything (removed to increase airflow). Had to add my own fans... Hard drive bay would benefit from front fan if it faced inward instead of to side of case. Have to admit though that the case is quiet!

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Very sturdy case, love the steel door. The HD audio cord is too short to reach the bottom of my mobo though. Other than that, it was a breeze installing the mobo and other parts. Don't like the hard rive cage at all. I can figure out how to use the plastic clips that mount the drives. The case instructions are very vague and the pics are to small to see whats going on. It looks great in my studio, gets tons of compliments.

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After reading some of the other reviews, I was pleased to fine that the USB, Firewire, and audio cables were long enough. I'm using this with an AZUS MB where the connectors end up being located at the very botton of the case. Maybe they responded to our feedback and increased the length. My MB/CPU/fan is a little off-center from where the cases outside air intake is located. The toolless feature is cool. My harddrives fit nicely but I had to use a thin shim to keep the cards from vibrating. Bottom line: For $50 this is a good solid case. I can't complain. Oh... to the guy who complained about having to open the drive bay cover to access his CD drive; don't buy a case with a drive bay cover. ^_^

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This is a follow-up review to the one I left back in June of 2007. After just under 2 years of using the system I built in this case, I have had a total of ''0'' issues. None!! The drive door on the front works as well today as it did when I took it out of the box almost two years ago, the power and rest buttons are solid and all of the I/O ports (front and back) work like new. I love this case!!

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This case came with the first barebones kit I've ever bought (3D Vision/Samsung monitor kit). It was pretty simple to install everything in it and it is a solid case. The side vents for the video card and CPU airflow are nice. You have to take off the hard drive casing to install the front case fan. The only trouble I had was that one of the screws on that casing was stripped and it took a while to work it out of there.