NZXT Technologies TEMPEST 210 Massive Mesh Style Midtower Case with USB 3.0

Very large case and was able to fit all of my components (albeit not loaded to the brim) with ease. The simple clip ons for inserting hard drives and disc drives is very straightforward and holds them securely. I was worried while I was looking at other cases such as raidmax that I would have to deal with purely molex pins for my cpu fans. Thankfully they are the simple 3 pin (with 4 pin molex option) connections for your mobo or psu. Also, supports up to 8 total fans! 2 side, 2 front, 2 top, 1 rear, 1 bottom next to psu. Take out the disc drives if you plan to install the front 2 or the front panel will be locked in.A couple of nitpicks now,the rear cover slots where your pci cards go through, are very difficult to remove. If you do not apply enough force with your screwdriver you will end up stripping the screw. Also, it was a little difficult to connect the front bus connectors since they are not color coded at all (matches the all black case though) so just remember that the positive pin is the one with the little arrow on it. First time builder here, so it took a little while with google searching to make sure I had it all right. The fan pins are also a little short so you might have to use your power supply for them or get some Y adapters/extenders. Cable management can be a bit tight when compared to the my friends coolermaster HAF, the side panels do not bulge out so you have to find the nooks and crannies to place the larger excess plugs.I love this case despite those nitpicks. I added another top mounted matching 140mm nzxt fan and 2x 120mm front green LED ones. Excellent airflow throughout, couldn't be happier.Look at hardwaresecrets site for their review of this case if you are still on the fence. Cheers.

This is my first time reviewing item for Amazon. I've been an Amazon.com customer for years and bought hundreds of items but this case just screaming me to write the review.I've went through many PC cases in the past from cheapest $30 range to $300 range. And my thought on this $54 case is just awesome. NZXT is not something people would buy when they're being referred to. Usually my customers want Antec, Cooler Master, and Corsair...Pros & Cons about this case:1. Decent quality for $50 case. 8/102. Roomy for it size versus its competitors. 9/103. Cable management compartment is top-notch for it price range. 10/104. 7 Fans slot that can easily mounted to. I'm going to get fill all 7 slots. 10/105. CPU cutback for the MOBO is a plus nowadays. 10/106. It came with filter for the front panel fan. 10/107. The front panel is not so easy to take apart. And if you installed a DVD drive, it's impossible to put back the front panel without sliding the DVD drive out a little first. So it's a bit complicated when you want to clean the front filter. (I guess the designer of this case missed this part) 2/108. I have antec 120mm Fan with individual controller. This case is so tight fitted that I cannot mod my fan controller to be sticking out of the case so I can freely control the fan speed whenever I like. (But this is not the case faulty design but my own personal problem) 7/10I bought Antec One, Corsair 300R, and this NZXT Tempest 210 and I prefer this case out of all of them.

I like this case and it's features I just wish the quality control was better. I had a lot of problems trying to remove a screw holding one of the pci slot covers in place. The machine or whoever screws the screws into the case drilled this one extremely crooked. After several minutes I was finally able to pry the screw out of the case and ended up bending the slot cover and scratching the case a bit. I wasn't happy about that at all but it was better than having to return the case and wait for another. Overall I'm happy with case just annoyed about what I had to do to use it.

I realized after assembly that the "keepers" that should replace the drive screws to secure the drives in the drive bays were missing. I opened a support ticket with NZXT and promptly received a reply that an "accessory kit" would be shipped to me. This accessory kit I received was merely a bag of screws - so I still don't have the pieces that would make the case "tool-less". Further email/trouble tickets to NZXT have been unanswered. The case itself is nice, but it is hard to be satisfied with a tool-less case that isn't. NZXT's quality control / product support are preventing what could be a great product from reaching its potential. Update: I have now received two packages - both containing wrong replacement pieces. And my most recent trouble ticket has gone unanswered for two days now. It seems the tech support site is not regularly monitored.

I custom-built a new computer about 6 months ago, and went with this tower based on the LifeHacker recommendation. I'm very happy with it so far. My dad assisted with the build and complained about some of the pre-wiring, but since we didn't need to rewire anything it ended up being convenient for clutter.I didn't have any problems with the various included components. The case sides come off and go back on easily. The hard drive bays have the easy-access screws, which will be easy to work with if I need to add drives or move stuff around.I got and ASUS GeForce GTX 660 video card, which is pretty long. It fit in this mid-sized tower without any problems.The case has 1 included fan on top, but two fan spaces. One fan is fine, but I was worried about sucking dust though the holes of the unoccupied fan space, especially in an apartment with a dog and two cats. I taped a piece of paper over that area, which is a simple if ugly solution.Overall a solid case. The wiring set-up along the side would probably be a pain if you need to re-wire it, and the empty space on top for the second fan should be considered.(edited for typos, clarity)

Ordered two of those. First one arrived with a dent in the bottom of the case, the metal is quite soft though so i could remove it myself. Second one arrived in perfect condition. Great value case. 4 instead of 5 because of the dent.