Zalman - S3 - ATX Mid-Tower PC Case - Full Acrylic Side Panel - 3x Case Fan 120mm Pre-Installed, Black

Excellent PC case for a great price. Nice build quality. Just what I was looking for to replace an older full size tower I had been using. Comes with 3 fans and they are nice and quiet!

Brian4x4 · 2026-02-28 · via amazon

Its a nice case and despite being fairly small there is a good amount of space in here. The case is fairly thin metal which makes it feel cheap but does it matter when its just sitting somewhere? In fact it may even be a good thing, less metal = less weight. And the plastic panel is light as a feather too. The parts inside will weight it down nicely. The case has a few usb ports at the top, and 3 fans included which is real nice. The fan at the back uses this tiny 3 pin cable that connects to the motherboard, the two front fans use this big molex pin connecter, my power supply had a cable for those thankfully. So the only one controlled by the motherboard is the back fan. They are pretty quiet fans tho, so running at full speed isn't really an issue imo. There is a hard drive area and it comes with a few plastic caddy guides you use to install them in the case, real nice for big storage. Now lets talk about the issue ppl have with this case: The power supply area. People are on here complaining about the power supply space and I'll admit it IS cramped but you can get a pretty big one in there with some patience. Really the problem is the cables being chunky, this corsair rmx 850 w has some of the chunkiest cables I've ever seen. They are massive, thick, woven cables and EVEN then with some problem solving I got them all in, no cutting the case or anything required. The trick is, connect up all the cables first to the power supply if you are using modular and get the power supply in first. The huge motherboard one you may wanna thread in first but other than that do it after, because getting the power supply in will be impossible otherwise, the cables get in the way and you kind of have to angle it in. Then once its in you can carefully thread all the rest of the cables in. I know you may be thinking I cheated, using modular because I only used the ones I needed. WRONG. I installed several extras for less hassle in the future, even two extra pcie power cables direct from the supply for an RTX 30-series upgrade soon. I used up almost all the cables included, trust me you can get it all in. This is a good case, and I love the aesthetic. That ps2 ribbed look is a look I love and my laptop is a G5 with that look too. And in the case of this case there is a mesh behind the ribs so you get really good airflow. There is a magnetic filter at the top of the case and a slide one underneath the case for the power supply. Unfortunately not all the vents are covered by removable meshes. But this is a budget case so I'm okay with that. Overall I really recommend this one!

Gadgetman · 2020-11-24 · via amazon

Well I just finished an ultra budget build for a friend using this case so here's my post build hot take... Pros: 1. Cheap, literally the cheapest option with good airflow potential. This is it's shining star. 2. Quite a bit of ventilation. I love it. 2. Comes with 3 120mm fans labeled "quiet." 3. Will accommodate a fairly long GPU. 4. Fits a hyper 212 with a tiny bit of headroom. Cons: 1. The three included fans are not quiet and allow no PWM control. There is 1 setting: droning noise. In a room with 3 other PC's it's easily the loudest of the 4 at idle and is comparably loud to the noisiest under full load with a Vega Frontier Edition. You may want to replace these fans if you want a respectably quiet computer at idle. I'm a bit of a stickler when it comes to PC noise so if you're not as sensitive to fan noise this might not be a problem for you. 2. Side window feels awful and doesn't line up or seat particularly well or securely. We're debating just leaving it off. 3. 3.5" drive bays pretty heavily obstruct access to even a modest PSU and make cable management less than ideal down there. I'd probably avoid a modular PSU for this case, as in the event you ever need to run another power cable later on you might find yourself needing to pull the PSU from the case to have reasonable access to see and feel what you're doing. On the flip side a non modular PSU has to deal with a ton of cables stuffed in between the 3.5" bay and the PSU or in the 3.5" bay itself. I'm not really sure what the best situation is here. Maybe tin snips and cut the bay out if you don't need it :) Misc: 1. There is a bit of room for cable management under the motherboard. Not a ton but enough to route a few wires down there. With only the CPU and motherboard power connected presently in this build (PCI powered GPU) the back side was already starting to show signs of flexing despite a few attempts to try to shifting and flatten the wires prior to reinstalling it. Final thoughts: If you're on a shoe string budget and need an inexpensive case to round out your build this might be the best option. After having built with it though I'd recommend just spending the extra 15 or 20 and getting something like a MasterBox NR600 which I've used for 3 different builds and absolutely adore. Complaints aside the system ran cool. After an hour of running prime95 the i3's highest recorded CPU temp in HWMonitor was 52 C and generally when we were looking in on it the temps were in the neighborhood of mid to high 40s. I think an update to this design with the 3.5" bay removed or relocated and a sturdier side panel would be great. I personally would have taken a non-window flat black option if it felt solid Honestly the three included fans are a welcome perk but YMMV if they are quiet enough for you.

Jared · 2020-08-28 · via amazon

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