Cougar Middle Tower Cases

I love this case. It has plenty of room and lots of options for cooling. Also the pop outs on the all metal case allows you to fit bulky air coolers like the Noctua nh-d15 no problem. On the backside of the case the panel is removable and also has a pop out. I was able to mod the case and get a fan placed on the backside of my motherboard. I’m running an only 990fx board so the fan on the opposite side has helped drop VRM temps by 5 degrees c. Great budget case.

Great case overall. Definitely mid size. Plenty of room!!! Cable management was a breeze. Bought this for a build for a customer.

I purchased two of these cases (Couger MX330-X Mid tower Case) for a couple of builds priced at that time at about $40.00, installing ATX sized MSI brand Performance Gaming X470 motherboards, equipped with AMD Ryzen 2700 CPUs, using the included Spire air coolers. Other hardware included Corsair CX750W bronze power supplies. Both motherboards had added Western Digital WD Black Sn750 NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express SSD, G.Skill Flare X 16GB (2x 8GB) SDRAM DDR4 3200 memory cards. We were interested in fast daily use without any intent to do heavy gaming, so one used an existing graphics card, the other a Sapphire Radeon RX 570 4GB PCI-E graphics card, for some lightweight graphic work and gaming. These machines were built for fast, but common home office use with the intent of future proofing for the next few years so specs were pushed forward. The cases appear to be durable, properly sized, and air cooling friendly with nice bump-out panels that allow for room for cable management. If heavy gaming were intended, it appeared that the cases would accommodate larger graphic cards and water cooling systems, for those requiring such. If that is your intent, examine the sizes and verify fit before making your purchase. We didn't need a glam light show for our computers so LED visibility was not a consideration so I'm not going to review that ability and other cases would probably be more suitable for that. Over all, we are very satisfied with the cases. The mesh front, top and one side allow for good ambient cooling with allowance for more fans as needed. The base has a mesh area directly below the power supply bay, allowing for air flow. All the components are usually very silent allowing for a quiet work session. Per System cost including Home Windows 10 came out to under $900, using existing monitors, but I was patient and shopped for good prices. The cases easily met our needs and expectations. Those with similar interest and requirements would be satisfied with this case. The mid-sized case allows for easy access for upgrading components or maintenance.

I was afraid after reading reviews and watching videos about this case that I would have a tough time doing cable management and installing video cards and CPU coolers. No fears were realized when I put this together. The system:MSI X58 Platinum motherboard, ATX size, with Arctic Freezer Pro Rev 2 cooler and 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 memoryPNY 2.5" 240GB SSD, WD Green 1.5TB HDD, Zotac GT1030 2GB video card, 4-pack of Rosewill 120mm fans, Corsair CX750M power supplyIt seems like with all the cables I had to use in this build that there would be a problem with cable management, but as it turns out, that wasn't what I got. After moving the SSD into the drive cage with a 2.5 to 3.5 adapter, I have nothing in the way of anything.Build tips:If you're going to run your 4-pin and/or 8-pin connectors through the top hole above the motherboard, run them through that hole BEFORE installing the motherboard. This method saves a lot of frustration because once the motherboard is installed you're NOT getting anything through there.Don't install SSD's on the panel adjacent to the motherboard unless you want your SATA cables to be tough to install. The power cable going to the drive will be in the way of anything else nearby. Just use the HDD cage. I'm also thinking one of those 5.25 to quad 2.5 bay adapters would be useful here if you need multiple SSD's.I was unable to make the front panel sound and USB connections reach on my motherboard in particular (connections are on far lower side near back of case. I'll just use the rear ports but you might want to consider AUD and USB extensions to have neat cable management if you want to use those front ports at all, or else you'll have those cords running right across the motherboard right in the middle of everything. Really could use about 3 more inches of length there.I really like the magnetic filters on the top and bottom of the case and wish they had one on the front as well. The front of the case isn't as easy to remove at first but once you get it, you get it.If you just think you need more space think about looking at the MX340 and MX350 which are larger versions of this case