Thermaltake Core P3 SE Snow Edition ATX Open Frame Panoramic Viewing Tt LCS Certified Gaming Computer Case

It's a cool case.it feels very sturdy, nice and heavy. It has a lot of space to work with in the "hidden" area behind everything. It BARELY has enough room for my hardware, it's smaller than I imagined. It uhh isn't as customizable as I thought it was, it's kind of railroaded, only a few options here and there. It was a pain to put together but it was fun. I'm a little biased here, this is my first modern computer. Going from building my first computer out of recycled parts from late 90's-2005 to a liquid cooled almost super computer as my second, so I'm having fun either way. Also the instructions are horrible, you're going to need a little bit of common sense mixed with some trial and error to figure it out. If a noob like me can figure it out then so can you. Mine did not come with a riser card. I would recommend it, I mean it's a see-through case to showcase your skills for (I paid) 90 bucks. Some people just like to complain before they try to figure stuff out.

This is absolutely one of the most solid and aesthetically pleasing chassis out there in the market. However, I would say that this case is not for someone who is new to PC building and customizing, especially if you want to install your GPU vertically, which does make your build more flaunty. First of all, this case does NOT come with the pci-e riser cable. If you want to install your GPU vertically you would need to buy your own riser cable separately (which I believe Thermaltake should make it a bit clearer in the product description). Second of all, Thermaltake kinda thinks that everyone who buys this chassis is a pro, so they put different screws in one unlabeled bag, which is the biggest mistake that they made. I had to find the right screw through several bags, which almost doubled the installation time compared to my last build. Although this chassis is exceptionally open and versatile, it does require loads of basic knowledge in terms of PC building, which will definitely add difficulties to newbies. However, if you manage to figure everything out in the end, you will get something that you really wanna show off to your friends.BTW, this chassis is HEAVY as hell, and that's why I say it's solid.

Beautiful case. I occasionally put stuff that get in my way on my desk inside my computer now (at the moment there are a few external harddrives sitting inside it, along with a few documents and battery packs and a figuring of a male sheep - aka my upgraded "ram").Dust hasn't built up yet and I haven't cleaned it even once since I got this months ago. Well, the 'inside', anyway. I have to occasionally use windex to clean the pseudo-glass portion of it since that part does collect dust and fingerprints and smudges from my drinks that sit on top (I know, I'm playing with fire by doing that).My only complaints with the case are relatively minor: the bottommost/leftmost USB 2.0 port on the front panel seems to be going out. It isn't recognizing some of my USB devices occasionally (such as my headset), although the other one (and all three of my USB 3.0 slots) have no issue with said devices. However, it seems to work just fine with my mouse and some other devices, so I am under the impression that only one of the pins has begun dying. Not too big of a deal, though, since I still have three other ports to work with, since USB 3.0 is backwards compatible, luckily. The other complaint is that I can not unscrew one of my columns that hold up the 'glass' (I put it in sarcastic quotes because it's some kind of somewhat bendy material, but I'm not 100% sure if it's regular plastic or some sort of special glass). It's in there really tight and no matter how much I've tried to unscrew it, it remains stuck, so if I ever do decide to move my computer, I won't be able to make it take up less room by packing the columns and the 'glass' separately.I didn't feel like these two issues warranted (no pun intended) asking ThermalTake for a replacement, though if you guys are willing to send a replacement column and a replacement front panel USB thing (the column thing was a day one issue; I noticed the USB issue about 3 weeks in), that would be amazing. But these are like minor gripes to me that would knock it from a 5.0 rating to like a 4.6, and I don't think it'd be fair to reduce it to 4 stars because of something relatively minor like that.Oh, and for what it's worth, while everyone will immediately be amazed by the open air design and comment on how cool it looks, expect every single person to ask the following:- But dude, isn't that like really bad for your computer? Like won't stuff fall into it and break your chips and stuff?- But dude, what about dust? I bet you have to clean it daily (for the record, remember that I have yet to dust the inside, so it's nonexistent if you have a reasonably clean room with no smoking or shedding pets)- But dude, doesn't it overheat (people seem to assume that the inside of a computer employs airconditioning style cooling and don't realize that this open box design actually keeps things COOLER than using a metal box that traps all the heat inside).