Zalman Z1 Plus ATX Mid-Tower PC Case - Tempered Glass Side Panel - 3 x 120mm Fans Pre-Installed - 5.25" ODD Support - USB 3.0 - Desktop Computer Chassis

When you have lots of Optical archive data, and NEED a DVD drive Slot in a case, you will need a case like this for a personal build. I looked at what seemed like HUNDREDS of cases and found lots with ODD bay slots, either one or 5 or something in between, hardly any had style, functionality and ease of maintenance like the Zalman Z1, I would have gone for an Antec Flux 502DP if I could have found one new for sale, it has a hidden ODD bay and swing out door. For the $69.99 price this lists for, you get 3 non-RGB fans, a high airflow case with that sexy glass side window and all the cables strategically hidden behind the motherboard and in the PSU basement. I liked this case so much I bought one for a good friends build to check the quality and was so impressed I bought another one for myself. I highly recommend this case if you want to show off the build, NEED an ODD bay for a Blu-Ray/DVD burner/Player and you don't want to spend over $80 bucks shipped to your door. It is very well built. thicker gauge steel than competitors like "Cougar" for instance. You have room for at least 2 HDD and 3 2.5 SSD drives as well. Plenty to love about this case in my opinion.

The first case arrived dented, but looked very good in quality, it was a shipping mishap. When I requested a replacement, the seller went out his way to make sure I was satisfied--great support for the product. The new case arrived and looked perfect, the form/fit/function of this case is one of the best I've worked with. Excellent cable troughs, good power supply compartment layout, everything fit like a glove. Plenty of room for cable routing in the case with convenient places to zip-tie them out of the way, and look nice through the window. I replaced the rear fan with a blue LED fan and the case interior lights up nicely. The system is quiet and efficient thanks to this case and it's fans. At this price, I couldn't ask for more. I am very pleased and would recommend it to a friend.

A good solid case. Easy access to both sides, good flexible wire loom from the power supply makes for a clean install. RGB ready to accept the modules, has several 2.5 inch & 3.5-inch drive bays and an Optical drive bay as well. Fluid bearing fans that you cannot hear running at all, sided with a tempered glass side, showing all the internals. Very light weight but very well manufactured in a modular type of format. I would definitely buy again.

First off, the 5¼ bay up front was the deal-maker for me. You would not believe how hard it was to find a good-looking case I could mount an optical drive into. Second, building my PC inside this case was quite easy, with enough room under the solid side for cable management. The two cons I have both have to do with the expansion slots. The first (and one most people are likely to have to deal with) is that the screws that secure your expansion cards (e.g. video cards, capture cards) don't actually lock down securely; rather, the holes are just loose enough the thread strips away and the screws free-willy. The second issue I had is the bottom-most slot can't actually take an expansion card. It's not a major issue if all you put in is a GPU, but if you want the most out of your computer, you can only really use 6 of the 7 slots. (Often 5, since many motherboards have an M.2 slot occupying where PCIE slot #1 should be) That said, for the average user (an SSD, maybe a platter, 2-slot GPU, 2 sticks of RAM) who wants to have an internal optical drive (DVD or Blu-Ray), this is a solid case.

Yes I was looking for a case that will host an upgraded pc with an optical drive. This case is full ATX so the MB fit with no problem. I only used a tall vented CPU cooler but it fit with no problem. I also do not have a huge graphics card either but it will fit with no problem as well. The side glass for viewing is a clean look. My preference was to add white CPU fan, memory and power supply. The fan and memory are easily seen but the power supply is not visible from the side. Which leads me to how the power is brought to the board and peripherals from small holes from the bottom to the main area. And then the hard drive location is equally as weird. You have to open the back to access them. If you think oh man I want something that hold a bunch of hard drives and want/ need to swap or hot swap I don’t think this is for you. One would hope you know what you’re looking for with that function as well. So final thoughts: great case with updated features but not USB-C with an optical drive with good air flow you’re in the right place.

Like: easy access to all compartments of case. fans are easily moveable. Had to move 1 which faced my CPU Cooler fan, but in the opposite air directions. screws are very tiny, recommend a magnetic screw driver to keep from dropping them on the board. Had one screw hole over a PCIe card slot that was too loose for the recommended screw, and too small for the next size up. I am currently working this out. I selected this tower to use the ODD option, but found that the power supply I purchased did not have a power cord long enough to wrap around the tower's compartment inlets. Bought an extender for ~$8. Problem solved. I like the glass panel. It shows off the LED components.

What you would expect from an economic build. Not the most friendly build, but I went in knowing it was a budget case. The mounting hardware stripped, with very little tension. Not all mounting hardware is equal, and I learned a lesson that day. And since MOBO's no longer provide the mounting hardware, you will need to buy it separately. Don't rely on what comes with it, it was not ASUS board friendly. I bought this case, because it has a DVD rom drive option, and I needed it. So many new cases don't offer that. Fans came with it, which worked for me. It was compact enough and fit a full ATX MOBO, with a monster CPU fan. The DVD Rom drive space was not as clean fitting as I would have liked, but after that and the stand off screw incident, it went together relatively easy from there. This worked, but will look else where next time. It arrived undamaged, so that is a plus! 3 star rating is average for me- Good, but not great rating.

Awesome product

perfect seize 5.25 bay perfect

i love the item i bought will be getting more from amazon

The product is very good. It has a solid structure. It is of very good quality. The glass on the side has added a different atmosphere. There is enough space for 5 ssd/hdd and odds inside it. The cable channels are very useful.