BitFenix ​​Nova computer case, 120 mm

For the price of this case you really do get quite a bit of PC considering the cost of some cases. Anyway, the build quality is good and is finished off well. This case is used a small server to house an old micro atx machine. It can fit a normal sized ATX and would likely fit some of the longer ones like the H1000i from corsair. However the drive bay in this system is not movable/detachable and would not have enough space for the cables. On the subject of cable management, it isn't impossible in this case but for me having 3 hard drives and an SSD it is a little bit messy at the bottom. In my case it was also very hard to pull off the front panel to get in to put in the 2 x 120mm fans in the front once off you have to slide the fans in quite a tight space which can be taken up by the drives if you have them set to far back. I did not try fitting a disc drive as I find they are no longer necessary in today's world and would be wasted so I can't comment on that. The case came with one exhaust fans and all the usual wiring, for me the front USB 3.0 did not work but I think that was me breaking something on the motherboard. It should be noted that the side panels are fitted on with thin metal fins and if bent will cause the panel not to go back on so be careful. Final caveat and nothing major was that all the screws are kind of jumbled together and it was hard to figure out which screws did what until I counted and sorted them. Anyway the long and short is as the title said^

Really good case! Cannot stress this enough, I built a budget gaming PC using this case but there are some issues that I'll highlight:1. No intake fans are included - you'll have to get them (and filters) somewhere else. Opt for SLIM FANS too.2. The only intake vents are slits on the sides of the front piece, it doesn't particularly promote good airflow, but of course there's plenty of ways to solve this (I've gotten two 120mm fans on the front with filters and everything seems good).However, there's far more good points:1. Value for money is outstanding2. Build quality is brilliant3. Feet of the case lift it quite more than other cases (great for carpets).4. Cable management could be easier, but it's still pretty easy to tidy things up.Hope this helps!

Max Cooler height must be less than 150mm!For the price point, this is a very nice case, the window comes with a plastic cover, it's acrylic itself so this protects from scraches. The side doors are secured with easy to remove thumb screws which themselves are tinted black to match the whole rest of the case, even the rear PCI port covers are all black, keeping the black theme going.Internally, you have space for two 2.5" drives one horizontal, one vertically mounted, these positions sit above the 3.5" internal bays in the front bottom, I would here suggest the case needed a front fan mounting, but there wasn't one evident on mine. The case draws air in through the two grills to the left and right of the front plastic panel - which pulls off easily for access.With air drawing in at the front, the rear fan is extracting and pushing out the rear. Now, I had to remove the rear fan to easily slide my motherboard into place, but this wasn't a chore, four standard simple screws and done, and then the same to put it back in place before I fitted the CPU cooler.Now, the CPU cooler was an issue, I had done (or thought I had) and picked this case as I wanted to fit a Tuniq Tower 120 cooler, which is over 155mm when fitted to the motherboard, this - according to spec - should have fitted with 1mm spare. It didn't, it didn't fit by about a single mm margin.I believe the reason for this is the major problem with the case, it appears the steel work has been crafted from a very old jig, almost as if the machines were slightly worn out making it. Some of the rear PCI ports were so loose as to fall from their supposedly securing bracket, that bracket itself had tollerances around the screw alignments so wide you may as well have held the PCI cards in with Blue-tac (until I bent them back to some sort of shape and filed them correct - but one shouldn't have to get a metal file out and work on the case which is brand new to align things).It was perhaps, shall we politely say, made too cheaply, because this is a very good case, and I'm certainly going to keep the make in mind if ever I need a fullsized, reasonably good looking, black, sleek case design in future.The single 5.25" bay is ominous and keeps the front mount clean and clear, the front controls are decent, including the USB ports mounted top left they're solid when pushing things in and out, I had worried they'd break easily.The silver logo can be removed from the front - with a bit of leverage - but it leaves a mark, not a problem if you want to respray the plastic, but keep that in mind.As a full sized ATX case it's not overbearing like a full tower would be, this is a nice, decent, cheap and good looking case. Just a shame the build tolerances on the metal work is so awry, and it didn't have the head-room for a tall CPU cooler as promised.

For a budget case this is a very impressive case. It has space for 2x 120mm fans at the front, they must have a thinner housing as regular ones will never fit (I ordered Deepcool GS120 fans and they only just fit) but they are in the right place to cool my motherboard and blow air towards my graphics card. There is space for 2 small 2.5" SSD drives as well as a 5.25" front bay for a DVD drive (a feature most cases do not seem to have these days) and there is still plenty space left for other 3.5" drives.The case fits together very nicely and the simple styling appeals to me. The window does show my shoddy wiring but until I get some longer cables there is not much I can do. The case does seem to have adequate space for routing cables out of sight if your cables are long enough although the unhelpful layout of my old motherboard doesn't help.

I bought this case for my very first build. It took me a bit of patience but I was able to root all the cables nicely around the many cutouts provided. I was using a mATX motherboard and a non-modular PSU. There is quite a bit of room to hide unwanted cables behind the 3.5 bays. The case is sturdy and feels well made. It has a nice design blending the classic monolithic look with a more gaming-oriented windowed panel. Maybe the plastic window feels a bit cheap to the touch but still does a good job. Plenty of screws were provided. At this price point, it was a bargain, I would truly recommend.