DARKROCK EC2 Black ATX Mid Tower PC Case, Type-C Ready

You literally won't find a better case at this price point. Absolutely terrific value. It's not much bigger than the case I replaced, which was about the same price when I bought it 10 months ago, but everything is just structured better, and the metal doesn't feel super cheap. There's more room for a bigger graphics card (340mm as opposed to my last case's max of 280mm), so there's plenty of space for upgrades. Cable management was a breeze with the abundance of holes and openings for cables to go to all the right places on my motherboard. Also, there's plenty of space on the rear side of the case for cable management, with more than enough cable tie points. The PSU shroud is nice and roomy as well, with an included hard drive bay tucked inside, which I appreciate, as my last case did not include one. The shroud also allows for even better cable management, especially if you're using a non-modular PSU with extra cables that you don't need. I just bundled them up and zip tied them together and tucked them away, allowing my case to stay fairly clean and open for maximum airflow, while also not making me worry if I would be able to get my side panel back on without a fight. The swiveling tempered-glass side panel that is fully removeable is a nice touch. With the mesh front panel, bottom and top vents (with dust filters; the top filter being magnetic), and rear exhaust, the case feels practically open for lots of air flow. As far as noise level, as with any mostly-open, high-volume airflow case, it strongly depends on your setup. With room for up to eight (8) 120mm case fans, or six (6) 120mm fans and two (2) 140mm fans (top vent), there's lots of room for efficient cooling. But if you're like me, you don't care too much about the noise, as you tend to tune it out when you're immersed in an intense gaming session. So, I have my GPU switched to performance mode, and my case fans are set to keep things nice and chilly, so it can get a bit noisy at times, but again, nothing that really bothers me too much. If you have a dual-BIOS GPU set to quiet mode, and have your fans fine-tuned to perform at maximum efficiency with minimal noise, the openness of the case, while creating the possibility for more noise exposure, also allows for plenty of airflow for efficient cooling, allowing your fans to keep things moving at a nice, low dB. Overall, it's a solid case. As stated at the beginning, you won't find a better value case for the price.

Great price, friend rebuilt my gaming comp and it worked well with things I needed. Its sturdy, door on side opens for easy access, lots of air flow for fans. Door is glass, most of the top and all of the front has vent holes. Its very sleek looking. And was able to put alot of ports on top as well as the back of the computer.

Fantastic quality case. Super easy to take apart and install your components. Cable management isn't the best, but for this price you're honestly not going to beat it. Willing to bet anyone with good cable management skills will properly have zero issues with it, but you're not going to make anything super aesthetic. Case has plenty of room, fits my RTX 2070 with plenty of space, would have no issue with a 4070 TI Super that I use in my other system. I'm actually thinking about upgrading my old case for my main PC to this one as well. It looks really nice and mature, looks like it belongs in an adult apartment and not your teen gaming bedroom which is also a huge plus. It's good quality metal as well, doesn't seem like it would bend easily and get damaged unless you're royally clumsy. The only thing keeping this from being 5 stars is top fan attachment is a bit awkward and the only place i had difficulty installing anything. Drive bays are also another plus, designed to ensure you can easily pull drives in and out without having to remove a bunch of components first.

Every case in this price range will have some frustrating features. I'll get to those later. I'm moving a motherboard with CPU and cooler attached from another case to this one. I always install the CPU, tower cooler, memory, and m.2 drives before I put the motherboard in the case anyway. In the past few weeks, I've assembled, disassembled and reconfigured 4 PCs at least 3 times -- just for fun. Your experience may vary. First, there's plenty of room around the sides of an ATX motherboard to get to connections, such as the CPU connection from the PSU on the top back corner, which I've had issues with on other cases. There's plenty of room for longer graphics cards. There's plenty of room for a conventional CPU cooler. Typically, MB screws along the top edge require a long screwdriver if a conventional "tower" cooler is already mounted. This case is no different. I like that the PSU and HDDs are in a compartment at the bottom such that all of the cables are inside the back of the case. I like the magnetic latches for the door, and that it can easily be lifted off the hinges when open. The case metal is rather thin, and bends easily, but that's not unexpected at this price level. It's also pretty easy to bend back for the same reason. It's supposed to take two 140mm fans in the top of the case, but I was only able to fit one 140mm and one 120mm fan in the top, because the CPU power connector interferes with mounting a top rear 140mm fan. It may be difficult to mount a 140mm cooler for the same reason. There are 180-degree adapters that would help with that, but I don't like using more connections than necessary. It would be nice if the HDD mounting bracket had some way to isolate the HDDs from the thin metal. I haven't gotten to the point of turning this on, but I'm sure the noise from the two 10TB WD Red Pro drives will transfer to the case and resonate. They're screwed directly to the thin sheet metal bracket, and it attaches directly to the thin sheet metal case. I believe I can get a dual drive isolator and use that in place of the mount provided. I may do that later if it's too annoying. I also prefer to mount fans using rubber/silicone isolators instead of screws, and it is possible to do that with the three front fans and the rear fan. There are slots instead of holes for mounting fans, and I don't feel that they're necessary. The rubber mounts I'm using might work their way back out of the slots on top, so I used screws. If you want a really quiet case, you'll have to buy a more expensive case than this. It's that simple. I'll update this once it's up and running, but I expect the case will amplify vibrations. It certainly won't dampen them. I'll also add finer screens to the front fans. The grill in the front of the case is sufficient, but it's simple enough to add better ones. At $54, this was a very inexpensive case. The issues are minor for the price. The airflow appears to be sufficient. It has a subdued appearance. It's not flashy, but lends itself well to my purpose. I bought two of these to build matching gaming PCs for my wife and I to use in the living room. This case fits the bill for that, without breaking the bank.

Package arrived without issue (all the way to Fiji). Normal styrofoam was used with single boxing but no damages. The case is a decent budget case (with 1 each usb2,3 and c front ports) and comes with a rear exhaust fan which is nice (i replaced it for aesthetic). Side glass is sturdy and hinged which is also nice. Fits 06 fans (used corsair rgb 120s) 3 front intakes, 2 for upper exhaust and replaced the rear case fan with another corsair for exhaust. There is nothing wrong with no rgb/argb but this was a gift for a friend so spruced the build up with rgb (but really hate the icue software). Am not into rgb (no rgb is the norm) but gotta admit it does add personality (mentally) to an otherwise all black case (used white static lighting at its dimmest which makes it look kinda like the b/w superman logo aesthetic). Can fit a 3 slot gpu comfortably but do consider a 90 degree adaptor for clearance from the glass panel. Airflow is very nice and airy, no inner dust guards (top one is a magnetic mat only so its nice) and temps are good (idling in 30s celcius and 60-70C under loads...in Fiji's hot December room temps) (specs: msi mpg edge wifi ddr5, 64gb vengeance, 13700k, dc-ak620 aircooler, wdblack sn770 1tb and another crucial 2tb ssd with a stock 10gb 3080). All front ports work and cable management takes some time but no bulging of the side panel with decent cabling/zipties etc. Would buy again as Fiji retailers don't have any (all over Fiji) tower cases at all with front usb c ports (the msi mobo would've been a bit of waste without front usbc). So far no issues from my friend and I hope this build lasts him a decent number of years (the refurb optiplex we got gave up after about an year). Overall, a decent product and vinaka to retailer.