Raijintek Arcadia ATX Mid Tower Case 2X5.25 2X3.5 *No PS* USB3.0 - Black

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It's a neat little case, cheap, but not more than that. Considering the price, it's pretty good, but I was expecting more. It was on sale, so hey, it's okay

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An excellent case for the money! I was very impressed and would buy it again. Customer was thrilled!

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I was looking for a case for my mom and this one was for a very good price 24 hour sale it seems, so I got I. Overall I like it, the wiring room leaves something to be desired as the door behind wiring area does not give quite enough space and/or the holes while functional to not allow very clean wiring area. The front fan placement I love really but you have to remove the fan to install drives every time is a pain, also where this fan blows air into the case is constrained so I feel it cuts down fresh air a great deal and the place where you grab the bottom to pull out the front all the air can rush right in this way with no filteration at all which of course the fan will pull air from easiest route.The top area above motherboard could have used maybe 1 inch more height to allow the cpu power to be routed behind the motherboard in easiest way possible instead you have to run it on top of motherboard OR take up more of the slim pickings to try to route all the wiring while still being able to close it when done. The top area mesh while I like the mesh is also a very stupid design A the mesh goes inside under the fans, if you have no fans its fine but then the holes that are cut to allow fan screws through mesh are also open holes defeating the point of having said mesh there to a point, and if you have fans installed then the mesh is trapped between fans and top of case no way to clean it, also if the case where that extra few inches taller it would allow you to use at least 1 fan on top without interfering with the cpu cooler fan.I think for a design like this case makers should extend the top fan area backwards a bit so it looks like so----------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------this way the top fans do not interfere with the air being cycled in case and actually can help air flow. Recent designs have the pci expansion area extended to be able to use thumbscrews and such outside the case and yet cases that have top fan area, area is to close to motherboard interfering with using fans there in first place, very rarely help airflow as the top and rear fans are starving the cpu cooler more often then not. So extend the top up and back so it overhangs rear of case a bit this will give proper space for wiring and such AND also ensure solid airflow.Anyways, this case is quite decent for its intended purpose, budget, however because of dimensions I do not think it was quite as well designed as it could have been had it been a touch taller, wider(wiring) and front to back dimensions(cooling) as well as front fan placement and front panel wiring these could have used some better refinement maybe a usb3 to 2 adapter built into or given in package.Alas, for my mom she will love it, nice clean design, quite lightweight so it should be easy for her to clean when need be. I like the case and while the shortcoming I do not very much like, reality is, it is a low cost case so there will be things a little out of wack I suppose. I would highly recommend if top mesh were better done number 1 ssd in front were raised off floor a couple mm, fan in front given less constrained airflow and more wiring room give. Keeping all this in mind, we shall see how it works for mom overall, if it works for her, then I have found a new case for budget builds. if it wasn't for size/spacing I would have used it to replace my GX700 which is absolute crud for dust filtering :(

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Bought this on-sale and price-matched so it was a no brainer to replace an old basic white case.Just like the Bitfenix offerings this Arcadia model offers a lot of value for little money without the tacky gaming styling cues. The overall package is made for modern machines with the dedicated SSD slot at the bottom of the HD bays, mesh filter screens for the 120mm fan cutouts, quick release 3.5 and 5.25 drive bays, and a motherboard cutout. As the 3.5 bays are fixed, some may experience clearance issues with extra long videocards but by and large should be fine otherwise. Cable management is improved as both side panels have an embossed outline with gives you a little extra clearance for various cables but the side panel lacks a side fan mount for those that prefer one. The side panels have notches that you can line up to the case which surprisingly is a small detail omitted in many other cheapie cases.Naturally, finishing takes a bit of a hit for these budget segment cases. The sheet metal is relatively thin but not unusual at this price range and the riveting job on the panels aren't first rate but look strong enough to keep it together. As this case was housing an older computer, an extra USB 2.0 external port would have been preferred otherwise you are relegated to 1 USB 2.0 port with an unused USB 3.0 port.Excellent value and easily worth more.