Reviews were concerned about cooling but I haven't ever had thermal issues. It has great features and plenty of space to build in. I have have not built a PC for a long time and this mostly ASUS build went great with no issues.
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Expansion: 1. Internal 3.5” Drive Bays 2 each, The ROG Strix Helios original website specifications before editting definitivle stated one could expand the 3.5” Drive Bays: Up to 4pcs (Pre-installed 2 pcs). No one can find the additional drive bracket anywhere for sale in black or white color. 2. Internal 2.5” Drive Bays (4 up to 9), 2.5” Drive bays: Four on back of case (Page 18 manual) Six if one includes the pre-installed drive cage (Page 19 manual), Seven if one installed a 2.5” drive on the multifunction cover (page 7 and 8 manual). How can one install nine 2.5” drive bays? When the two brackets behind the motherboard are missing? 3. If ASUS provided the additional 3.5” drive bay and two additional 2.5” drive brackets that fit behind the motherboard one could install eleven 2.5” drives. Or one could install four 3.5” drives and Seven 2.5” drives. 4. No one can get the extra parts, so your stuck with either two 3.5” drives and five 2.5” drives. Or seven 2.5” drives and no 3.5” drives. 5. Fan Hub Connectivity: Who uses 3 pin DC fans today?
I would recommend this to a friend!
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This is now my favorite case. I build Frankenputers since the parts in the case evolve over time. Eventually everything but the case has been swapped out. Right now I can easily see myself going through two or three motherboards with this case. The only drawback is the small number of 3.5" HDD slots. Even that does not diminish how much I liked this case.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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This is an absolutely beautiful case. The pre-done cable management of all the included fans/front I/O left a little more to be desired, but I was easily able to look past it, considering how many options I had for redoing it.
I'm not a fan of the fan controller the fans came hooked up to, but the Crosshair VIII Extreme motherboard I was installing came included with an RGB/FAN header that could install into one of the 2.5" drive mounts. The built-in vertical GPU mount doesn't take away from the other slots and is well designed to not push a 2 slot card up against the glass.
The option PSU shroud has a cut out for fancy PSU's with LCD screens or RGB built-in which is perfect. If I could have bought ASUS-branded RGB RAM, that's the only way my build in this case could have been better!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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