Application: Mid-Tower Computer Case Provided by: CrazyPC Review by: Paul Edited by: Scott Review date: January 11th, 2003

Case layout

     The case has a nice layout.  The main thing I look at when purchasing a mid tower is the roominess.  The location of the power supply is also a big key factor here.  You are not going to want to pull the power supply out of the way just to change the CPU or simply replace a heatsink.  The Jupiter case is not going to give you any problems in this area.

     The Jupiter case does not come with a power supply.  You can look at this two ways, 1 you can be an optimist and say that you would rather install your own power supply because you don't want to use a generic power supply anyway.  Or 2, you can be a pessimist and say that all cases should at least come with something.  I'm in the middle on this one.  I hate to get a case without a power supply, but I don't use generic power supplies on my computers. 

     The frame is made of Aluminum as well as the side panels, this accounts for the weight of the case.  One of the nice feature of the case it the drive bays go the full height of the case.  This gives you a total of 10 drive bays totals.

     The case comes with three fans, but I have a problem with two of the three fans.  I really don't care for the exhaust fan as it is housed in a big chunk of silver plastic and is more of an eyesore. This isn't something most people would want to see as it restricts the view in a window mod case.

     The side window fan is fine.  However, the intake fan serves very little purpose.  The LCD rules out any possibility of intake slots in the front.  The only option would be to suck the air in through the bottom of the case.  This is what Jupiter tries to do, but the tiny slot in the bottom and all the cables makes this a futile effort.