Zalman - S2 - ATX Mid-Tower PC Case - Full Acrylic Side Panel - Mesh Front Panel - 3x Case Fan 120mm Pre-Installed, Black

It's really a great looking case with some real thought put into the layout/design.For instance the frame/Mobo panel, slots for wires close to the mobo interface allow you to run most your wires on the backside of the mobo panel until it's point of connection. Hard drives are installed from the backside so even less wires showing on the window side. A SSD mount directly on the back of the mobo panel keeps all the 3.5" bays free.Plenty of space for my ATX Deluxe Mobo, PSU wiring comes out of the backside Mobo panel and is completely covered from the front view except one cutout window that is great if your PSU has graphics etc in that area as my does, added to the look. Case has PSU filter as well.It's a little thin on the gage, however the build structure makes it very sturdy. I found after everything was installed it felt even more sturdy considering how much it weight in the end.The top reset and power are nice and feel like metal, with no 5.25" bays, no adding SDcard reader, be really nice feature to have in the media panel, just need to use SDC-USB adapter.No bays for your dad's cd burner.No Issue for my rather large video card.Great for water cooling couple mounting options (font or top). I was able to transplant my 280mm radiator in the front of the case drilling a few holes and then using the fans that came with the case.I highly recommend.

The initial item I received was broken but it was replaced very quickly and in perfect condition. I'm currently using it and it looks great with the parts I bought for it. Its quiet and fuctions well with my motherboard. With a great price and good space I would definitely recommend it.

While this case is great for the buck, there are several issues that prevent it from getting a 5-star:- Non-removable HDD bay and PSU shroud. Like other reviews have mentioned, the fact that the HDD bay is non-removable makes cable management difficult. Likewise, I would have preferred if the PSU shroud was removable, to give more space to build. If you have a PSU that doesn't use flat cables, you might struggle much more with management. I use an Aresgame 750W semi-modular PSU, and while things get tight between the PSU and the HDD bay, cable management was bearable. The side panel is also a tight fit, even with flat cables. I can't imagine regular cables would fare well.- Route your cables BEFORE installing motherboard, especially the 8-pin cable. Because of the issues above and how tight the space is between the side panel and the mobo, trying to route cables after installing the motherboard seems impossible.- Impossible to screw in bottom-most screws if adding an extra fan to the front. With the HDD bay and the PSU shroud in the way, I couldn't reach the bottom screws with a screwdriver while installing an extra 120mm fan to the front of the case. I used zip ties to fasten the bottoms of the fan instead.- Tight fit for full ATX board. With an MSI B450M Gaming PLUS MAX board, the heat sinks and RAM slots on top of the motherboard interfere with fan placement. Like previous reviews suggest, I would recommend installing the back and top fans after installing the motherboard. In my case, screwing in my 120mm fans into the intended slots at the top of the case means the fans just barely touch my motherboard, however since the top is mesh you could also simply offset the placement and zip-tie into the mesh instead. I would've loved just a little more height added to the top of the case to solve this problem.- Dust covers everywhere BUT under the HDD bay. This one is a minor gripe, but a confusing one. Why not add another dust cover to protect arguably the most susceptible components? I would imagine this isn't as big a deal if you have SSDs or use PCI NVMe SSDs.With those considerations out of the way, here's some of the things I like about the case:- Amazing airflow, with a magnetic dust cover on the top.- Easy to pop off the front panel, and since the power and reset buttons, USB, and audio ports are on the top of the case, taking the panel off and putting it back on is hassle-free.- Sturdy enough build. I ordered the acrylic side panel version, and I think it looks pretty good.All in all I'm happy with my purchase, time will tell if it'll hold up but so far I don't see a reason to doubt its longevity.

This case is perfect for the person looking to build a small and lightweight ATX computer on a budget. Zalman has done an excellent job with the build quality, price, style, for a case in this price range. They've shrunk the ATX tower down to the minimum spec leaving no room for error. A standard ATX motherboard has just 2mm of clearance. A typical GPU will just barely fit through the mounting bracket, and there is little room for cable management. Some people will be annoyed by that. The case weighs less than the cardboard box it ships in, which feels cheap to some people-- I get it. I've been building PC's since 386 days, I've had dozens of cases as they evolved over the years and this is my favorite ever. Not because it accommodates every possible need-- it doesn't-- but because it's minimal but without being too basic. I don't think I could fit a 360 mm AIO cooler in here and it certainly wouldn't fit a battleship-sized GPU, but that's not what I'm going for. I don't need a dozen fans, or neon LED liquid tubes everywhere. Any normal sized CPU cooler and GPU should fit, and it has a couple of bays for a mechanical drives with just barely enough room for a compact power supply.No joke, this case is tight. DO NOT BUY if you are going big. It's meant to be compact. That's the point.