Nofan CS-80 Fanless Desktop PC Computer Chassis Case

A lot of thought went into this design I think, but it's not terribly successful. It's big - very deep by mid-tower standards. It has lots of plastic parts which break easily. The power supply is meant to mount in the bottom, rather than the top like most cases. This is a strange design choice, because heat rises. If you buy the matching Nofan power supply, the cables barely reach to the edge of the motherboard near the top of the case, especially if you have a full-height video card in the way.There are ventilation slots for the power supply at the bottom of the unit, which means that the unit must be up on it's provided rubber feet at the bottom front and plastic skids at the back. The skids are mounted with plastic clips which completely sheared off after sliding around on a carpet after just a few days. I had to stick them back on with double sided tape. The power LED died after just a few days of use. The 3.5" hard drive bays are designed so you can pop in a 3.5" drive and the SATA connectors are right there at the bottom of the insert. But finding an adapter to work with 2.5" (SSD) drives is difficult.I also bought the Nofan LG1155 CPU cooler and it didn't work with my motherboard (a Gigabyte Z77 TH), because the RAM is too close to the CPU and blocks the cooler. Had to stick with the stock cooler for now, which adds noise. Since the case is basically just a big mesh enclosure, I can hear the CPU and video card fans very clearly, though they are not loud.I would not buy one of these again.

I used this case with the Zalman FX100 and although a tight fit, it worked. This case worked great in building a completely silent 0db PC.

Gorgeous well built case designed for convenience of assembly. My case temperatures a nice and cool too

This case made it very easy to build a new 100%-fanless PC. I've built several computers in the past, and this was the first where it didn't seem like a hassle. I'll provide a list of components that are working great (even in an 80-90 degree F room) below. As for the case itself, I knocked off one star only because of the slightly cheaper build quality, but certainly not as bad as the reviewer who gave only 2 stars...he must have had a defective case, or maybe he was rough, because with a little care, I didn't have that experience at all.What I did not like about this case (not deal breakers, though):- Thin metal that can vibrate (won't be an issue if I replace the spinning hard drives with SSD or move the bulk storage to another room with a NAS). The metal could have been slightly thicker, or at least lined with vibration and noise-dampening material, which is helpful for those who still use hard drives for media storage because SSDs are still too expensive for that (not for long, though).- Mostly-plastic fasteners/clips. It would have been nice to have metal thumb screws instead of plastic clips for the case doors, but the pastic parts are made of ABS plastic, are much more convenient than screws, and most people don't open the case that often, so it shouldn't be too much of an issue.What I liked most about this case:- Tool-less design: Hard drive bays that accommodate both 3.5 and 2.5 inch drives (I use both, as my system drive is SSD). The hard drive bays even have the cables mounted so you can just slide your drive into the connectors (hot-swap). For standard ATX motherboards, you don't have to install the standoff screws thanks to raised points. 5.25 bays and expansion slots are also tool-less (large thumb screws and high-pressure clips, respectively). It all seemed a little cheap at first, but after putting everything together, it was solid, all edges were finely machined, and it seems like it will last and keep your components in place if you don't move your computer around too much. It's also designed to make parts replacement very easy, so just contact the manufacturer if anything breaks.- Both sides of the case open without tools, and the motherboard side has a cutout for access to the bottom of the motherboard where the CPU mount is installed (so you can install/change the CPU cooler without removing the motherboard. The back side also has a channel for cables, making it easy to hide most of them.- Smaller side door in the main door to make it easy to hot-swap non-system drives without opening the whole case.- Tray on top for USB 3.0 ports, which helps keep your phone or keys from sliding off while plugged in.If you do your research, you'll realize that fanless PCs are not for bleeding-edge gamers because your max wattage is 520 watts with today's fanless PSU options, not to mention limited passive cooling performance. But you can still get great performance, and the amount of power per watt will only increase with time. Here's what I put into this case (surprisingly, I purchased everything on Amazon, as the prices were lowest here after comparing using Google Shopping):- Seasonic SS-520FL 520W Fanless 80 PLUS Platinum ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply- ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK2 ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboard- ASUS GT640-DCSL-2GD3 2 GB DDR3 Graphics Card (100% passive cooling, large heatsink, got 7.1 in Windows video benchmark, which seems good for passive cooling and only $110).- Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM - Blue (HX316C10FK2/16)- Intel Core i7-4790S LGA 1150 - BX80646I74790S (only 65 watts)- NoFan CR-95C Copper IcePipe Fanless CPU Cooler (no issues with memory height, and I was able to use the first PCI x16 slot without the video card touching the cooler with several millimeters to spare; it did block the first x1 slot, but I intend to use only one more expansion slot, so that wasn't an issue for me--I'll just use one of the lower slots for my future audio card).- I transferred the hard drives from my old computer. The main system drive is a Crucial C300, still working well after several years (though it is relatively slow compared to today's drives).All of the components are compatible and work great, unlike some of my previous custom-built computers. Windows Performance Scores (max is 7.9, in case you didn't know):Processor: 7.7Memory (RAM): 7.9Graphics: 7.1Gaming Graphics: 7.1Primary Hard Disk: 7.8I would buy from this manufacturer again, though I probably won't build another computer for myself for at least 5 years. I can't even imagine what will be available then...