The company that manufactured my new computer case, NZXT, was offering a very nice poster for free that featured my case (I know that’s geeky - be quiet) so I ordered one.

FedEx just came with a large box. In it were three copies of this poster. That would have been really nice except that (1) whoever put them in the box folded them (!) two times rather than rolling them like, well, a poster and (2) the ends were all torn up like they’d been knocked around quite a bit.

Why even bother? They paid to ship these things via FedEx, and they’re in horrible condition, all cracked and torn. I’m disappointed.

I haven’t written in detail about my 5-day ordeal rebuilding my computer last week, after my old Dell 2400’s system board finally bit it. Suffice it to say, I ordered a new system board, Core 2 Duo processor and 2gB of DDR2 memory for a bit over the price the local computer repair shop wanted to try to fix my 4-year-old Dell. So basically I have a brand new, screaming fast machine.

And it’s in a shiny black case from NZXT. I got that from Newegg on sale for about $49. It’s black, nice open side window with blue fans. It fits ATX, baby AT and micro-ATX boards.

This was my first computer build, and this case was extremely easy to work with. I didn’t have any problems with connections, there’s loads of space, and everything went in nicely. It’s sitting here by my desk and I can’t hear anything, despite the four fans running. Very quiet at all times.

The only negative thing I have to say about it is that it scratches easily - I found that out taking off the side panel, and got a nick at the top corner but was careful afterwards so no more scratches to date. The case looks good and seems to be well-built otherwise and I have nothing but good recommendations about it - especially for the great price.