Extremely well built, Innovative tool-less drive menchanisms may be the best I have ever used, Attractive styling, Internal layout is well thought out and easy to work with, Covers conceal optical drive, I/O ports, and 56-in-1 card reader, Includes iMon remote and front panel display
Documentation is weak, Not everything is tool-less, Power adapter for front panel display didn't connect to motherboard properly, Long video cards will not fit
I went into this review with what I thoguht were reasonable expectations for the Chieftec HM-01B HTPC case, as I did see it in person at CES 2009. But, I must not have been paying close enough attention back then, as once I started assembling a system...