I bought another brand of the same design for my first build but this was less than half of that one's cost. I am not going to defend the instructions that come with it, they're awful. To anyone who complains that the holes don't line up for a motherboard, that is because if you follow exactly what the drawings say, the bottom part is backwards. Just flip the bottom part over before attaching the sides. The bars that hold the fans are super sturdy and I prefer this over that little plastic pieces of the more expensive brand. Yes, it does take some time to put together, but it's not very difficult. Just remember, the pictures show the bottom backwards and you'll do just fine.

Assembled this chassis for a client of mine. I found that once assembled the chassis is very sturdy, quite better than another brand that I assembled two months ago.

The kit came with picture instructions with codes for each piece (nearly) that was being assembled. When I say nearly, there are come codes that are not even in the assembly pictures sucyh as KC-H (four of these thumb screws) and KC-L which I'm guessing is for the GPUs.

The parts they gave that is suppose to be use to assemble the cooler portion come with KC-B screws. These are suppose to hold the wire fan protector to the frame and into the fans that you buy yourself. The problem is, these screws do not even fit into the fans to even mount, so you need to use the flat case screws that come with the fans you by to assemble this part of the chassis.

Finally there are some areas that require a special nut and bolt to be partially assembled into the different frame pieces then these pieces are slid together with these special nuts needing to fit into channels so that they tighten up the frame pieces when you tighten the bolt. This design to be could have been better thought out such as using prethreaded holes and bolts like there are on some other pieces.

Revised if i would buy this again.
Possibly. As it sits now, I'm adding the Zotac 3080 GPUs into the system and they do not fit whatsoever when the cooling braket is installed.
It's a shame as prior to this point it would have been a decent chassis. I now need to modify the cooling rack so i can fit the cards in the chassis while still having the ability to have extra cooling.

Like other reviews, the build is easy and sturdy, but the fan assembly instructions were a crock. Worst part of the entire build. I'm just going to custom do that part. Like others I'm installing it outside the rack since gpus are so long. That wasn't the hard part. The instructions do not provide a clear way to mount the fan support brackets just says screw it on and didn't label which screw and there is no nut or hole to screw into, so it doesn't hold.

First, whoever said that the motherboard holes don't line up, they're wrong. They line-up perfectly with older full ATX boards. I'm using an old MSI AM3 790-FX GD-70 (circa 2010ish) motherboard for my build. I haven't tried reversing the motherboard to utilize onboard PCIe slots, but the holes are drilled properly if you go by the diagram provided.

Secondly, the others who were critical that the GPUs won't fit, they are correct, but you don't really need the middle support bar if your cards are long enough. If you install the middle support bar, most GPUs will slant pretty dramatically - the workaround would be to drill holes for additional placement. I'm using a Gigabyte GTX 1660 Ti in the photo, with five MSI 1660 Super's on order. If they're all similar in size, I'm just going to remove the middle support bar and let them rest on the other end. The cage comes with some 3M non-slide padding. I'm not using mine yet - waiting to see if the MSI cards are long enough.

There are also slots on the bottom deck to install cards if you don't want to install them on top as seen in the item description. A couple caveats here is that if your cards are too long, you won't be able to install fans. I had to take one of the fans off to demonstrate placement of a card if you use this method.

Yes, if you have an old ginormous CPU cooler, you'll need to get a low profile one, as you can tell in the photo. I have a cheap $20 one coming in today. I'll see whether it'll fit.

If your motherboard doesn't have onboard display, you'll need to get a 90 degree HDMI adapter, or take out one of the fans if you want to use one of the GPU display ports. There isn't enough clearance.

To summarize:

1) Middle bar prevents proper installation of GPUs - solution is to take the bar off or drill additional holes.

2) You'll need to use a low-profile CPU cooler

3) If you plan on installing cards on the lower deck, fans may not fit

4) Not enough clearance for DP/HDMI cable if your motherboard doesn't have onboard video

I'm still tinkering with this rig - I saw someone with a photo of a 5-GPU rig that had the middle bar installed - not sure how he did that. I may send the frame back depending on whether the MSI cards I have on order will fit. This may be a great option if you're looking to add two or three cards sitting alongside an open frame ATX desktop, and pull cables over to the frame that way. There are a lot of really expensive junky 2-slot carriages out there, this would be a great option for that use-case.

Three stars! Not bad, but not great.

Update: I finished building my rig, and it's actually not bad at all. The middle bar, and the reason the card bends slightly upward, is because the bottom of the risers that I use have 1.5mm tape, which along with the 1.5mm tape that comes with the rig bends it upward. The other thing I had to do was screw it on the bottom hole (previously, had it screwed to the top).

Also, I didn't mention, this frame also comes with a starter button. My motherboard already had a start button built-in, just one thing less you have to worry about. The low-profile fan I got works perfectly.

I'm adding an additional star because everything works as expected. Adding photos of the end product.

It goes together much like an old-school Erector Set model. I've not assembled a case made of extruded aluminum before, nor have much experience with these specific materials, but -- to be fair -- I built a RepRap from parts I printed myself, and ... if it isn't obvious based on the purchase of this case, I am completely comfortable with assembling a PC from parts and have been doing so since the early 90s.

So, assuming you're a computer builder and want an open air, well built case -- this works.

I do not have the number of graphics cards that this case is designed for (I top out at 3), and chose to buy this case in hopes that I could re-purpose anything that was left. For the most part, I did. I kept the top row off, entirely and my PC runs cool.

As for quirks: the aluminum bar that the PCI-E cards screw in to included two holes for mounting the cards (they assume you're mounting graphics cards that take two slots). In the kit I received, the left, but not the right of these holes was threaded, the other was not and was too small to accept the provided screws. The screws were weaker than the aluminum, so forcing them in just stripped the threads. I had similar sized screws that were a little more durable which were left over from my 3D printer build, and they were able to tap and grip.

I'm *very* please with the build-quality over-all. The extra $10 for the upper section was left off, entirely and re-purposed to replace part of the franken-enclosure I have for my 3D printer.

It came with more screws than needed to accommodate everything (even removing the upper section). It was sparse on other common case parts -- it came with a switch, but no LEDs or other things typical on cases (I expected this and didn't want any of that stuff, but if you're looking for that, you'll need to buy them separately). It comes with no fans (also desired -- fans included with cases are usually loud/cheap) and -- as would probably be expected -- it comes with none of the required wiring for hooking the fans to controllers (or adapters to get them powered). So plan on getting all of the necessary cooling parts (it comes with a power switch).

Packaging was excellent, there were no scratches/damage to the unit.

Thankfully, as well, the manual that it ships with was available online.