Hey MZ4 calm down, people on here are "know-it-alls", mostly because they do..... I am one of those (and a grumpy bastard), but I am not in a bickering mood :x I don't get riled up over little issues such as these. SPCR's policy on reviews can be found but I cant be bothered right now, the essentia...

I understand the point. I believe I have made myself clear on this matter. I never said it was an exceptional case or was perfect in stock form. Do you read? In the end, the VF900 cools sufficiently, reliably, and is reasonably quiet. Thats all that matters. Until a mod tells me otherwise, I will po...

You don't understand. I KNOW why it got a bad review and I understand the POINT of the review. I will repeat myself and say that it CAN be a good case with modding. A comment, that is all. To the modding enthusiast it is still a viable option. That 65-70% who could not build a computer for their lif...

This also suggests, to me, a change in Zalman from earlier days. Even up to the 9500 HSF and the TNN300, you could say that there was some pretty innovative and interesting engineering in their products ... At the very least, earlier Zalman products were good thermally. Zalman still makes a nice VG...

I am not bashing your review. I am simply stating that with a little work it is a perfectly capable case. I never said it was a perfect case. And far be it for me to say, but IMO someone building a DIY HTPC (and the people who buy this case are DIY system builders) should do the research in order to...

By the same token you can do the same to just about any HTPC on the market, so the Zalman is unremarkable in that regard; You're repeating what I just said. I never said the Zalman was quiet or had great cooling in stock form. and honestly it does not look any different to me than all the other gre...

And anyone building a DIY HTPC will see that this is a workable case, and should not need a glowing review of it to understand it. There are cases out there that work far better in stock form, and cost a lot less. They might not look as nice, but they work. Of course. Sometimes i get the feeling th...

Out of the box it will be way too loud for a HTPC, so its not a good product as it is. The thing is they could easily have made the case to accept some 120mm fans, and make it both a lot cooler and more quiet. Or even some better and more smartly placed 80mm fans. Out of the box any case can run to...

I'm wondering why the D.Vine 5 HTPC case (also reviewed by SPCR) got such a rave review while the Zalman didn't? The two cases are pretty similar except that the Zalman has more ventillation and hdd mounting options. The D.Vine pretty much has NO ventillation. Despite the poor review I will probably...