CaseLabs Q&A Session: January 2015 AMA Recap By The Staff of Tom's Hardware published 15 January 15 After a full 24 hours, our “Ask Me Anything” session with CaseLabs came to a close.
Best Of The Best, Part 3: Who Makes The Most Elite PC Case? By Thomas Soderstrom published 29 September 14 We continue our search for the best combination of quality, finish and features with three more cases. Do any meet our Elite criterion?
NZXT H440 Mid-Tower Case Review By Kai Tubbesing published 1 April 14 Big changes are afoot at NZXT. The company's new H440 mid-tower chassis doesn’t have any bays for externally-facing 5.25-inch drives. The company assures us that there are plenty of features to take up that space and make your system look even better.
Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 Case Review: For Your MicroATX Build By Kai Tubbesing published 17 March 14 Fractal Design is extending its popular Arc case family with the Arc Mini R2. It's a mini-tower for microATX motherboards, and it’s supposed to provide the same features as the Arc Midi R2 and the Arc XL. Does it deliver a familiar quality level, too?
AIO DRN-STN Review: A Gaming All-In-One With A 120 Hz Display By Thomas Soderstrom published 17 February 14 The AIO Drone Station is a combination chassis and 120 Hz FHD display, ready to take your choice of ATX motherboard, CPU, graphics cards, storage, and power supply. We'd stop short of calling it portable, but appreciate the appeal of a fast all-in-one PC.
Cooler Master Cosmos SE Case Review By Kai Tubbesing published 12 February 14 Cooler Master’s Cosmos gaming cases are well-known for their extravagant carrying handles. The Cosmos SE is the smallest member of this line-up, selling for as low as $150 online. It has room for lots of fans and three radiators, attracting enthusiasts.
Lian Li PC-Q30 Case Review: A Mini-ITX Chassis With Flair By Igor Wallossek published 19 November 13 Lian Li's PC-Q30 is not just a PC case, but an enclosure that serves as a showcase for the living room, including a unique shape and a large front window to show off the technology you cram inside. It’s sure to raise eyebrows and start some conversations.
Aerocool DS (Dead Silence) Case Review By Kai Tubbesing published 18 October 13 Aerocool, a company best known for its flashy tower-style gaming cases, surprised us with a small and well-thought-out cube-shaped chassis with space for tall CPU coolers and long graphics cards, in spite of its size. It comes in six color combinations.
Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 Review: Improving On A Classic Case By Kai Tubbesing published 30 September 13 Fractal Design scored a lot of fans with the simple and elegant architecture of its Arc Midi enclosure. The Arc Midi R2 represents an evolutionary step forward for the company, incorporating a number of refinements that build on the original's strengths.
Cooler Master's HAF XB: Give Your LAN Party Box Breathing Room By Kai Tubbesing published 21 August 13 Cooler Master presented the newest member of its HAF family to us months ago in the Tom's Hardware office. Its HAF XB is a unique hybrid between a desktop case and a bench table, with two levels for different components. Today, we're reviewing it.
The Final Three: Sub-$100 Cases For Your Gaming Build By Thomas Soderstrom published 3 July 13 The journey was a long one, but we're finally wrapping up our round-up of sub-$100 gaming cases. Today we review the last three of 11 total product submissions and pick an overall favorite. The competition was vicious, but one model definitely stands out.
Four Sub-$100 Cases For Your 2013 Gaming Build, Reviewed By Thomas Soderstrom published 2 May 13 Last week we previewed the first four mainstream gaming cases in our 11-way sub-$100 round-up. Now we get to build four systems and test them. What other features will we uncover along the way, and how will they affect thermal and acoustic performance?
Corsair Obsidian 900D Review: Making Room For High-End Gear By Igor Wallossek published 23 April 13 Corsair already offers a heavy tower case called the Obsidian 800D. Now, the company is one-upping itself with the Obsidian 900D. Is this a genuine high-end enclosure, a bomb shelter, or a mess of sheet metal? We put the case through our bevy of tests.
Take The Train: Lian Li PC-CK101, Built, Tested, And...Driven? By Igor Wallossek published 19 April 13 Lian Li sent us a locomotive chassis that wraps around a PC; it's time for daddy to turn into a boy again. We'll show you how to get the right parts into this case and how to get it mobile. Then, we'll take it to a train museum full of steam-powered tech.
Quiet Gaming Cases, Part 3: Lian Li, Nanoxia, And SilverStone By Thomas Soderstrom published 28 December 12 Part three of our quest for quiet gaming brings us three final enclosures from Lian Li, Nanoxia, and SilverStone. Have we finally found the perfect product to silence a noisy graphics card? We’ll find out by comparing all nine contenders in today's piece.
Quiet Gaming Cases, Part 1: Antec, Azza, And Cooler Master By Thomas Soderstrom published 26 December 12 The pursuit of performance often dictates that we simply live with a loud PC. Enthusiasts sometimes feel forced to choose between reasonable acoustics and the ventilation needed to overclock. Today, we evaluate three cases that promise to deliver both.
NZXT Phantom 820 Case Review: Conceptualized By Enthusiasts By Igor Wallossek published 19 December 12 NZXT is extending its portfolio of high-end PC cases with a full-size tower called the Phantom 820. After an extended evaluation, it's clear to us that power users played a big part in defining this enclosure's specs. But the story isn't quite so simple.
The Final Five: Gaming Cases Between $80 And $120, Rounded-Up By Thomas Soderstrom published 29 August 12 Our 15-way shootout of cases priced between $80 and $120 ends as we compare the last five models to the previous ten, yielding an overall winner. Which chassis offers the best balance of quality, cooling, and noise reduction, and which is the best buy?
Five More Mainstream Gaming Cases, Rounded-Up By Thomas Soderstrom published 25 June 12 We've already given you a pictorial walk-through of cases six through 10 of our 15-chassis round-up. Today, we build PCs inside of them, evaluate their value, and pick one as the most likely to satisfy your needs (though several excel in other ways).