Phanteks Enthoo Series Primo Aluminum ATX Ultimate Full Tower Computer Case

I wanted this case because I have a server sized board (SSI-EEB 12"x13"). A Supermicro X9DRI-F with two Xeons and their respective coolers. I also wanted room for a number of blu-ray drives. This case fit that bill. First picture is of that large board being almost swallowed up by this case.Love the space in the case. The fact there are fans preinstalled AND wired nicely is really great. The fan hub (which is fortunately powered from SATA connections) is a great way of doing that. All I had to do was connect power and then a motherboard connection.I used a modular power supply, a Seasonic Focus Gold 1000 and for the most part the cables reached fine but I *did* need to use an ATX extender cable to reach where my motherboard's connector is (top of the board). So, something to be aware of. The placement of the PSU is great, it'll get its own air in and not even suck the air from the warm graphics card.I really like the rubber USB covers installed on the top of the case to prevent dust. I think that was a really nice touch, as was having all the screws in a little compartmentalized box instead just cheap bags. That and the manual showed there was care taken.5.25" bays are easy to work with, the slot covers are spring mounted and can be removed very simply. Drives can then just slot into position.Airflow, attention to cable management and sheer build size make this a great case to work on and I think I'll be enjoying it for many years yet.Be cautioned though, this thing is BIG. :)My 'complaints' (very minor and not worth losing a star over)The only thing on the building side I didn't like is how tight all the screws and standoffs were on arrival. To fit the large board I had to remove the shroud bracket from the case and that is held on by 4 'thumbscrews'. While the ones accessible from the main compartment were easy enough to get a screwdriver on, the ones that face the power supply bay could only be loosened by grabbing them with pliers. Likewise I had to use pliers to undo the motherboard standoffs since they were similarly mongoed in place. For this board I had to move nearly all of them.In use the case is great (very pretty with the blue LED line), except for the placement of the power button on this full tower case. (third pic) It is exactly the same height as my chair so I had to disable whether the power button does anything in Windows so as not to accidentally shut down. A top-mounted power button along with the other controls would have made more sense to me. I may end up redoing the wiring to use the recessed 'reset' button as a power button in the long term, to avoid even prolonged presses of that button.

I just recently finished my primo build a couple weeks ago and it was a pleasure to work with this case. Phanteks were pretty generous with the cable management accommodations that a lot of companies (if they have any) seem to include as an after-thought.The case is massive and quite modular allowing you to pull panels to mount fans, radiators, etc with ease.The included PWM hub works great and the LED strip along the edge of the case looks rad. Case looks like some futuristic 80's bladerunner type thing.Only drawback was that the included reservoir mounting bracket wasn't drilled for the EK reservoir. Quite popular so a bit strange they'd not have the holes provisioned for that. There IS a top hole that works but for the lower res bracket, you need to measure and drill an extra hole. Not a huge deal but I wasn't expecting to have to do that.If anything, I think that thicker side panels would have helped drop the noise a bit but there is enough room behind both the side panels that you can add sound deadening material if you want but I don't think it made much difference.I had a hard time deciding between this case and a Caselabs SM8 but ended up getting this one because a lot of the cable and wire management was pre-done where as with the Caselabs case, I'd have had to come up with my own solution that probably would not have been as good as what Phanteks have done.The only thing I wish Phanteks would have done differently was include a 3rd LED fan in the case at the rear exhaust instead of the non LED version. It's another one of those things I didn't anticipate and is required if you want everything to be all nice and matching.If you go to the overclockers forum and search my username FastRedPonyCar, you'll be able to find my build thread from start to finish in the intel sub forum.

Big - plenty of room.Plenty of big fans and room to add more. Big fans in big cases run quieter than small fans in small casesVery well laid out.All inlets are filtered.Quality is there at every point.Case appeared to be double boxed from factory.Many different cooling arrangements, air or water.Power supply is not visible from window side of case. Isolates heat from case internals. Wiring well hidden out of sight.This case is very adaptable, so changing setup later down the road will not require new case.Did I mention BIG.The front door hinges are not transferable to other side. I wish they would have designed it to look OK with door off. Giving owner option. W or WO door.Two small issues. 1 lower inlet filter screen was broken.1 fastener of top grill was not latching. The box was not damaged in any way. So item was packed with this broken lower grill.Emailed support and they had both shipped to me within a few days. These problems did not hamper my build at all.This may be a "Pro" but support was very fast and accurate. Just shouldn't have needed to replace these items as QC should have caught both issues. This case is very heavyI have had Lian Li cases in the past, but this time I wanted more space and plenty of cooling options. This case fills that requirement well.This red on black paint is eye popping. The red internal parts almost appear to be powder coated as it really looks thick.This is a lot of case for the money. 10 years ago, I paid $200 for Lian Li case. 5 yrs ago, another $190. I should get many years from this case.