Structure:

The A.l. case is really poor in terms of structure for numerous reasons. Let’s go through a list of what people tend to look for when they buy a case and see if the A.l. has it.

Folded edged steel (non cut yourself steel) – Not available, so if you do get this case make sure to be careful as a lot of sections are sharp.

Removable Trays – Not here either even though there is some sort of release option with the floppy drives. The case holds up to four 5.25” drives and four 3.5” drives.

Space: Less than an inch between the CPU fan and the PS doesn’t make this the most spacious case.

Good Quality Screws – The fan screws almost stripped just loosening them to replace the fan with a Thermaltake Thunderblade. This made me want to use my own supply of screws since I had an incident where the screw heads literally broke off.

Tool-less – The case screws are thumb screws, but not the rest of the computer. The brackets are also tool-less, but as you’ll find out, that isn’t exactly a good thing.

Brackets – After realizing I couldn’t screw the optical drive anywhere I decided to search for the brackets. Since there wasn’t any documentation I didn’t know what to look for. I looked in the box and found nothing, I went back to the case and noticed the yellow cap below the 3.5” tray and found the brackets inside.

First Impression: Yellow didn’t strike me as the best color to choose for this case. If there’s still time to change it before its release I hope they take advantage of it and change the color to black.

Second Impression: Even though this case and its components were supposed to be new, the brackets looked a bit dirty to me.

Third Impression: Dirtiness aside they looked and felt remarkably cheap, not something I would ever want in my personal case.

 

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