ZALMAN Z3 Plus ATX/M-ATX Tower Computer Case - Black

Recently built a budget, but quality pc for my brother using this caseI have an Antec 300, which I recently tried to upgrade to a Thermaltake Armor Revo which cost £120.After endless quality problems with the Thermal take it went back and everything went back in my Antec.It is high praise to say that I would rather have this Zalman case than either my Antec or the TTGood quality build, painted inside also, fairly light and small case (but not flimsy), but my ATX build went in like a dreamIts pretty much toolless, the 3 x 5.25" and (3 or 4?) 3.5" bays included ... it has 4 fans, 1 front, 1 back and 2 top. Front is a lovely blue LED lit, and all but the back have mobo connections. There is a fan controller for 2 fans, with a simple hi/low switch. I attached the 2 top fans to the controllerIt has a front/top USB 3.0 connection and the relevant mobo connection, which is quite rare at the momentAll the front buttons and connections are on top, so your USB cables etc wont get in the way of any dvd drive drawer. All buttons feel solid and well madeMaybe the cable management is not perfect, but I had no problems at all with space and making the internals look tidy by routing cables behind the mobo. Although the CPU power cable was not long enough to go behind, but maybe this is a power supply issue rather than the case (Corsair 430w builder series - one of the few components i was a bit disappointed with, but that is probably down to my bad research rather than the product itself)Hard drives are mounted so that access to their sockets is gained by removing the non-window side, (ie 90 degrees right of the old standard, where their sockets would be facing the mobo and get in the way of graphics cards etc) this also helps cable management. There is also an internal slot for a 2.5" SSD/HDD etc, and an external slot for a 2.5" floppy or card reader etcClips included with the case attach to the side of Hard drives, which then simply slot in and out of the case toollesslyThere is good space between the 5.25" and 3.5" bays for a massive graphics card to fit in betweenThe power supply is mounted at the bottom, with the fan pointing down, guarded by a removable air filter, and held off the ground by 4 rubber feet.The only negative for me, and I take on board what others say about space and cable management, was that the metal backplates that you remove when adding a PCI/PCIe card etc, are not re-usable - you snap them out and then cannot use them again. Fine if you are careful which ones you remove or have spare plates to hand.For me, and i dont buy alot of cases, but this was amazing value for money, and can be found cheaper.The Z3 plus, i believe is the same as the cheaper Z3, only it has a side window and a bracket for holding up heavy graphics cards or mounting an additional fanThere is space at the front for an additional fan, but I cannot comment in the slightest about this cases suitability for water cooling. The front fan sits behind the main front bezel of the case, which comes off easily once you have done it once (good tug from the bottom), which is fully air filter lined and has nice removable covers for the 5.25" baysPlenty of screws, cable ties etc ... cant remember if the mobo speaker came with the case or the mobo sorryI love companies that provide quality at value for money and don't hesitate to give this case 5 starsI will be buying Zalman from now on

I originally wanted to buy four fans for my case which would of come to the same price as this case (£25) so it was a bit of a no brainer to go for this case and after seeing TekSyndicate on youtube review it.First of the one thing I had a problem with that everyone should be aware of is that if your GPU used the first PCI slot (I think they all do) and your HDMI socket is on the far left or right of your card, there is a curved piece the frame that gets in the way of certain HDMI cables. My HDMI cable has rubber bits around the ends. Only way round it was to hack a piece of my HDMI cable.The case itself looks nice and the build materials is a combination plastic and metal and is definitely not as sturdy as my old coolermaster case but for my needs its fine. My old case I was confident that I could just grab it by the top back with one hand to move it but when doing so with the Zalman the top feels a tiny bit wobbly and just not secure enough to hold the PC's weight so I would only pick it up with both hands from the bottom.As stated before it comes with 4 Zalman fans (Dustfilters included) and one LED fan, not too bright so not distracting. I don't imagine they are top quality but they will do the job for a good while, at least for me and my machine doesn't get incredibly hot with an i5 (akasa cooler) and gtx 650 no OC.The case also includes one extra space for a fan at the front which I would take advantage of to even out the airflow.The front fan is molex, the rear 3 pin and the 2 on top are also 3 pin. The case includes a fan controller for two fans, this is controlled by a button on the front, Low/High, no inbetween.I found the cable management to be decent enough, most can be hidden behind the left pannel and sice the side pannels are made of a flexible plastic you can squeeze a little more if you like.