DARKROCK EC2 Black ATX Mid Tower PC Case, Type-C Ready, Supports 50 Series Graphics Cards, Tempered Glass Side Panel, up to 8 x 120mm Cooling Fans & 1 x 360mm Radiator, 1 x Pre-Installed Fan

For the money, I don't think you can do any better... I bought this to put my build into a smaller case. And like anything else, there are good and bad.THE GOOD: The price. You really can't go wrong with it if you are looking for an inexpensive case. It has pretty good cable management as there are many places to "make things organized". The build quality isn't bad considering what you pay for it. The side panel has a bit of a flex to it.THE NOT SO GOOD: The hard drive cage on the bottom of the case makes it a bit tricky to attach your various cables to a modular power supply. It can take a bit of playing around to get all your cables, etc., situated as you like. Not a deal breaker by any means, though. And being as it's meant for a smaller footprint, it can be a bit tight depending on what size motherboard and components you want to use.My old case is a larger Antec 900 which will now become my NAS server.Overall, it's a good deal for the money. And for me, that's what I wanted.

So I decided to rebuild my old PC and I bought this case for my new PC. It looks beautiful and it's very easy to work with. I love the way the glass door simply opens with a simple pull ribbon since it's closed magnetically. There's plenty of room in the back panel for cable management and lots of room in the front if you want to install a few 120mm fans. I got 3 of them and placed them on the front and they work beautifully. Thanks DarkRock for making a good quality, yet affordable case.

Best price to performance case available. Lots of vertical airflow with the top and bottom fan vents which are good at cooling graphics cards. It's a decent sized case with a enough back panel space to cable manage. My only complaints is the metal thickness is a little thinner than I would like but as soon as you add case fans it seems more sturdy. Overall a very functional case and the oval shaped mesh in the front looks a lot better in person than the photo does.

I haven't done a build in a while and was looking for an inexpensive case to build in. Primary considerations were a small case, good air flow, flexible air/water cooler options and one with multiple USB 3.0s on the front including a USB-C connector. I also needed 160mm of cpu cooler height. MB = MSI Z790 MAG Tomahawk Wifi.Nice to have: Screwed in slot covers! Seems like many inexpensive cases have the stamped in covers that once you twist them off you can't put them back and worse yet, leave a nice sharp edge. Air filters, top and bottom. Not a single sharp edge to be found. Easy remove front panel.Wish it had: a nice removable magnetic filter for the front fans. A removable top so I could have more easily got to the CPU power connectors and top mounting screws for the motherboard. Taller feet. With this case sitting on carpet the bottom air intake for the power supply is almost totally blocked.My case arrived in perfect condition. No dents, dings, cracks and no scratches. 6 mb standoffs were mounted, 3 in the parts bag needed for the full ATX MSI mb I used. The holes all lined up. I ended up with lots of extra screws presumably for drive mounting and fan mounting. The build was a very easy. I removed the HDD mount box (easy to do) to plug in the Modular power cables and used that area to stuff all the excess cables. Keeping the flat cables flat as they travel across under the mb gave them plenty of room. The front mount cables all easily reached their destinations on the mb. Added 3 older 120mm Scythe fans to the front, plugged in the video card and I was done. My storage is all nvme SSD mounted on the mb so I didn't have to mess with mounting SATA or HDD devices.Final testing, all of the front panel (top) connectors work, USB and audio. Switches work (PWR & Reset). I'm happy to recommend this box if it meets your criteria.

I’ve built plenty of budget PCs with sub-$100 cases and this is by far the most rugged and feature-rich case. The tempered glass case is very nice and the layout of the interior is intuitive and clearly built with the consumer in mind. Cable management was easier with this case than even some $200 cases I’ve worked on from Fractal Design, NXZT, and Cooler Master. Regardless of if you’re on a budget or not, this is a terrific mid-tower case for a full ATX motherboard!

Realistically it’s as simple as it gets with a little plus more on top.Had two pc servers in some janky cases before I decided they needed to be in some good and simple cases.First thought was a racking system but after comparing the cost on a good racking system I’m looking at well around $200-300 and that’s just for the case.With this case it’s right to the point and won’t hurt the pocket as muchIt has a slot for One Big Drive and 2 mounting points for a regular hdd/ssd size.I was able to install a larger 1000w power supply in it so I know it can handle the standard ones.And I like the wire grill on the exhaust and I can forget the inice matte fan that was pre installed thereIf I had somethings to say about it , it would be to verify the size of your cpu radiator to ensure that it will fit because I didn’t realize I had a cooler that was bigger than 120 and it definitely wouldn’t fit and that I wish it came with more standoff screws than just 3,I swear one of them came with 2 and it would be helpful for those that tend to lose some bc it fell and have to spend more time looking for it than the build lolA good 10/10 build though!

love the form factor, size, and ability to pop on standard size fans. the type C port is a cherry on top (for motherboards that support it!). I thought at first the glass being able to slip off by pulling up seemed a bit cheap but it honestly does the job fine, it's designed to be secure but easy to remove. weight is light on its own, better than several ATX cases i've had in the past. some decent opportunities for cable management with the through holes and such. LOVE the way it looks with RGB fans installed.