Do you think the personal opinions are a bad thing? I try to differentiate when I make a judgment call of my own and say something I feel confident the other editors would agree with..

The choice of the this case had more to do with the timing of me joining the crew than anything else.. more popular cases will be soon to come.

I don't see mention of cable routing space/organization niceties. Was the build messy because Tamale was in a hurry, or is the Osiris missing places to route cables in its frame?

Very nice article. I like the detail you put into it and the many pictures. I hate case reviews where they take 4 pictures, and say "here's the case, it's shiny, we give it a gold star". I also liked the writing style, felt very TR'ish. Maybe Damage has been handing out some of his drugs?

I'm actually very glad that this article came out, as cases seem to get neglected, but are a very important piece of any computer build (come to think of it, are there any pieces that aren't important). I spent months looking and researching cases before finally settling on my Antec Sonata III. I would definitely welcome more case reviews.

However, who's this Josh Buss guy? I was unfortunately without the Internet for about a month while in a state of moving, so I did miss a lot of TR, and haven't been able to keep up on the podcasts to know if there are any new writers. It's good to see more contributors writing to TR, as it means it's growing, but first Dustin Sklavos, and now Joshua.

I do of course send out a hearty TR welcome. Good to have you on board, and keep the reviews coming.

I don't see how this could be really even considered next to the similarly priced cosmos. Just... not as refined as it. Though a lot lighter

Nice to see a case review.

Drives tend to be one of my most swapped components. This case would not suffice.

Great review of a really nice enclosure.

It's probably more than double what I'd normally spend on a case, but hey we can all dream, right? :D

Nice case for sure, I'll keep my Antec 900 for the moment though.

I agree about doors on my case.. my case is always on the right side of me, and the hinges are always on the left side.. this is why I have the 900 instead of the P182

Question about the USB / eSATA ports on the top of the case.

Are they set up so that if you have the drive resting on top of the case, the cable wouldn't be twisted?

I guess that depends on what way around the drive is actually ... do you want to see the rear of the drive or have the cable arching over and behind the drive ... hmm. Or you'd just plug them into the rear ports, duh. I'm not plenty bright today.

I like the look of the case. I like power supplies at the bottom. Plenty of drive bays. Win. Shame I don't need a case right now.

Glad to see a Hiper case review on TR. Hiper's two cases peak my interest and its good to have a solid review to fall back on in case I get a new case.

Hmm, didnt directly see any mention of edges, etc. Feels like some of the ridges inside the case could provide some measure of edges.

Even with the facts of being just a tad cramped if you use huge PSU's, i feel like the P180 and P182 is quite superior to this case. Just got a P182 and did my first build in it. Just removing the middle lower fan made it very easy to work with considering a corsair modular PSU.

The p182 though, is not for somebody that all the time are swapping things out. But for a steady build with a minimum of clutter. The p182 is just great. Too bad their SE edition is supposed to be quite expensive.

Then of course you have the p190 with its dual power supplies if you need more power so...

So you must like the simplicity and the quietness and ease-of-access of the Dell Optiplex 755's. I so wish they would sell that case as a stand-alone case.

*Gah, mean to reply to #8

whoops, this was meant as a reply to #18..

I'm convinced someone was really, really rough with this unit. The pin that broke was not that small, and the case itself was a little out of square after the blow. I really don't think you have to worry about the construction.. just hope that the shipping company is a little better for you.

There isn't a removable motherboard tray, but honestly it's not a big deal with this case. Sometimes those are really useful in smaller cases or if you're trying to get some really clean cable routing, but this case opens up so spaciously there's really no need for one.

The latches included lock the panels in very securely and both of them have to be pushed to remove the side panel. I wouldn't feel uncomfortable taking this case with me on a long trip for fear of them coming off.

We're working on getting some longer / hotter gear. Stay tuned.

So the temperature of the GPU under load is the same as it is under idle?

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So that's what that forum thread was about a few weeks ago...

After having several cases with massive front doors, I am beginning to like the idea of having a case without one. This is really a good solution, hiding the drives, but still having nothing blocking the way of turning the thing on.

Might be my next case.

You said all that needs to be said about this case, it got broke on the way to you. Have to wonder about the quality of the case that breaks during shipping, either they’re shipping in some low quality boxes or the case is just weak.

Mounting the Mother Board, is it done in the case or can motherboard panel detach from the case to make it easy to mount outside and then reattach?

Can the side panel be screwed / locked in place? For when you want to bring this to a LAN party?

Can you us a full length graphics card to give an idea of real space usage for this type of case price range, since if you’re dropping $170 on a case you’ll obvious be spending on the GFX card also. We need to see the actual space used.

Decent review but what I'd really like to see is how the insides of the case look once some heavy duty cable routing is done.

Reviewing cases. Oddly enough, that sounds like a really great job to me.

The shipping could quickly become a killer, I think.