Application: Mid-Tower Computer Case Provided by: CrazyPC Review by: Paul Edited by: Scott Review date: January 11th, 2003

     Aluminum cases have been very popular for some time now.  The only problem was most were priced out of the range of the average computer geek.  If I'm on a budget, why would I want to spend $200 on a nice case when I could spend that money on something more useful, like RAM or a new video card?  If you don't really have that kind of money to blow on a case, why not spend half that on a off brand case and then spend the rest elsewhere?  Thanks to case manufacturers like Skyhawk USA, you can now get a nice aluminum case for well under $100.  What kind of sacrifices, if any, are you going to have to put up with for an aluminum case at that price? Let's find out...

What's included

     The case comes with what you would expect from any case.  A I/O panel, tons of screws, directions and a little added bonus; an adapter for the power button.  There have been several computers that I've built that needed a power button adapters.  Most cases come with the standard wide power switch connector because most motherboards have the power LED leads spaced apart.  I can only assume that this was to keep the user from mistakenly switching the HDD and the Power LEDs.  However, there are some motherboards manufacturers now making the power LED leads close together.  This would make it necessary to have this adapter.

     One the front of the case you will find two USB ports and one firewire port. There is also a speaker and a headphone jack with the cables built in to make life easier.

     As you can see from the above pictures, there is an LCD panel in the front of the case.  We'll talk about that later.