you get what you pay for, (What's this?) Or less.
The case is kind of cheap but you can't expect a lot more for the money I guess. As other reviews note, the top fan is nowhere near 200 mm, you'll be lucky to squeeze in a 170 mm one. With return postage, that's $10 down the drain.
In my case the fairly flimsy hard drive brackets were present only on the left side. Guess QA doesn't check parts not immediately visible. TigerDirect (seller) wants me to pick it up with the manufacturer which I might get around to do. Or not as I have some doubts regarding the suitability and longevity of the brackets anyway.
As for the dock on top, the carelessly chosen internal connector blocks the top 5.25" slot. Not sure if anything fits in there other than, say, a 3.5" or smaller disk with side brackets. This is stupid as simply choosing flatter versions of the same cables would've sidestepped the issue altogether. QA failure again, this time in the design phase.
Decent case, The motherboard that went into this case an Asus Crosshair IV Extreme. There's not much info available on cases specifications that will fit an eATX board but this case is able to accomodate the 12.5" video cards so that was more than enough space for the board. I was sold on the top dock.
The plus is the case is light and it has lots of mounts for fans. The internal bays are screwless to secure them with a plastic locking mechanism.
The cons about this case is the top dock makes the top most 5 1/4" opening unusable, the cabling they used blocks it. The dock doens't seem to work in XP so it may be useful if you are using Windows 7 or Vista.
The powersupply placement is odd at the bottom, because I re-used a 500W Antec Earthwatt PS the cables was barely long enough to plug in the eATX to power the board. There is a 4 pin power connector on the mobo but because the PS is at the bottom it blocks it.
If you have a modular PS where you can plug in only the cables you need then this isn't a worry but the length to reach certain spots may.
If your budget concious, buy it!, (What's this?)
Supports up to 7 fans for accelerated hot air removal and heat dissipation..Fully black-powdered interior..Elongated body enables support for high-performance graphic card up to 12.5" in length..Water-cooling system friendly with pre-tapped tube holes. Supports 120mm and 240mm radiators..Top-mounted hard drive docking station enables blazing fast file transfer and effortless hot-swap capability.. Don't compromise when it comes to your next home or office computer. Thermaltake Dokker is reshaping the definition of a value-minded computer chassis. Many of the premium features that are generally found on high-end chassis such as long graphic card support (up to 12.5"), fully meshed front bezel design to accelerate airflow, and native support for a 240mm water cooling radiators that pushes overclocking to a whole new level can all be found on the Dokker chassis. In addition, Thermaltake patented top-mounted hard drive docking station allows for seamless hot-swap capability and blazing-fast data transfer. Performance-grade cooling is achieved by integrating available fan mountings for optional 200mm fan for up to seven fans when fully configured. So when it's time to build or upgrade a PC, don't compromise.
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