Thermaltake Versa H21 SPCC ATX Mid Tower Computer Chassis

Found this case by accident. The price was right and it has plenty of slots for expansion drives and ample space for any size motherboard. It is a cheaper example of the Corsair 200R - not quite as wide, but the same general layout for drives. Another difference is that the Corsair is all powder coated metal, this one is metal framed but plastic hardware for holding drives. Nevertheless, unless you are going to open her up and play under the hood more than a couple times a year, some of the plastic parts could break. Otherwise, this is a great basic case - not much for gaming as none of your gear is visible because it's a solid case. For us, it works great and $43 was more than fair.

This is a good case, sturdy enough for the price point, and with space for a lot of drives; however, it loses a star from me because the drive enclosures are not removable at all without a drill; they were assembled together with screws which then had the heads cut off, which combines the worst aspect of screws and rivets, being unremovable with a screw driver but also difficult to drill out. This is fine if you happen to need only 3 3.5" and 3 2.5" and 3 5.25" drives, but not so great if you need more space for 3.5" drives, which was my situation.There are adapters to convert the 3 5.25" drive area into space for 5 3.5" slots available from various vendors, but I ran into trouble because there ended up being too little clearance between them and the power rail on my full ATX motherboard. I ended up buying an inexpensive server rack on newegg for $200, much higher than the price point of this case.Those complaints aside, it works well for what it is, has good airflow and is sturdy enough to not warp if you have to transport it after it's filled.

Build quality isn't spectacular, but it is fitting for the price. I used this case for a old gaming rig to nas conversion, and it works well enough for thatPros: has enough room for a large GPU. Plastic 3.5" sleds reduce noise (although I would like to also see rubber grommets, but more expensive cases have metal sleds and no grommets (looking at you, Corsair))Long front panel IO cables make cable management possible.Has back panel for easier wire runsLight weightIncluded dust filters at front of case, and under PSU.ConsRear PCIE shields are stamped, so once removed no going replacing them - and they are tricky to get out without bending the supports.Case front has to be removed to clean dust filter, and the cheap clip faster will likely break after not too many removals, so be extra careful.Number of uncovered openings in the case that will likely lead to EMI.Overall good for a price concious build, you won't be tempted with RGB, as you'll never be able to see it in this case.

This case is really neat. It has easy to disassemble the parts particular for both side panels with a simple screw though it's a thick plastic not sure how durable it'll be in the coming years. Easy to assemble the parts back tho it has 3 gold or yellow-ish bolts to screw in the case to place the motherboard at it would of been nice if it already had it in place but since you have to screw it in yourself you'll have to put some strength into it so the motherboard screws don't take the bolts with it if you have to disassemble it for any reason as it can be a pain trying to unscrew it while holding onto the motherboard speaking from experience as a first time custom PC builder.My only issue is the front intake vent is difficult to either take out for a quick clean up (I still haven't figured it out) while the intake vent in the back-bottom is so easy to remove and clean.Semi-off-topic. I'm so glad this has 2x 2.0 USB ports to make installing Windows 7 much more tolerable as using the 3.0 USB ports in the back would not work with my MSI B350M motherboard. My only concern is a potential Windows 7 issues using the F8 command as all USB ports do not function with regular USB mouse and keyboard at all. May want to grab a PS 2 mouse and keyboard for such instances.