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Features
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As I mentioned earlier, I was quite surprised
with just how light the case is. It's even lighter than a Lian Li and is
definitely the lightest case I have come across. It is build entirely of
1.0mm aluminum alloy with the exception of the front panel which is plastic.
The case is also quite small, measuring only
7.9"(W) x 16.2"(H) x 19.3"(D). The inside of
the case is not anodized but its shiny, polished aluminum is very appealing
nonetheless.
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Being
that the case is quite small, there is not much room for anything including
fans. Unfortunately, there is no room in the rear for even an 80mm case
fan. Instead, the case ships with a 60mm fan attached. This is the
first time I see a 60mm fan used as a rear exhaust fan. Typically, they
are used with heatsinks for CPU cooling so I'm not sure there is much use for
it but we'll let our cooling performance testing determine that. The
front will allow you to easily install an 80mm intake fan using the included
housing. What's surprising though is that they managed to install a
rather large PC speaker in the front. It's nice to see a case still
using these rather than the tiny peizo speakers that are included with a
majority of cases these days. There is a drive cage located directly in
front of the intake fan for those who wish to cool their hard drive.
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The
expansion slots all have thumb screws for quick installation of all your PC
cards. This is usually something you see in more expensive cases so it's
nice to see a budget case shipping with thumb screws for both the side panels
and the expansion slots. Honestly, I don't see why it is such a "luxury"
these days. Every new case should come with a full set of thumb screws.
The front of the CaseMaxx 210 is very
attractive. There are pre-installed bubble light strips on each side
that light up blue in color. The drive bezels have one silver
button on each side which adds to it's overall beauty. This case would
look great with just one black drive installed.
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Near
the bottom, you'll find the power and reset buttons which both have a semi nice
feel to them. You have one green power LED and a red hard drive
LED. At the very bottom, you have a push-in type door which reveals its
front extension ports. With the optional (+$3.95) port kit available specifically
for this case, you have have front access to two USB ports, audio jacks and
one firewire port. Our review sample came with the port extension kit
already pre-installed. Now what is interesting is that to the far right, you
have a small hole labeled "LED" capable of housing one LED. Oddly
enough, it does not include one but you can probably install a tailed LED here
to provide lighting to the front extension panel. A neat and
rather useful feature I have yet to see in other cases.
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