Guardian 921 review

Overall-8/10

Look-8/10
Good
-every gamer wet dream
Fugly
-side panel expose HDD tray and that ugly bunch of wires
-power button too small
-default side led fan too bloody bright to my liking

Construction
Good
-all 3 12cm fan included
-front panel construction is marvelous
-E SATA connection available
-water cooling friendly
Fugly
-transparent side panel feels brittle

Installation-8/10
Good
-mostly toolest installation
-convinent HDD installation
Fugly
-wire management a nightmare
-difficuly access to front fan
-living hell just to keep the 3 temperature probe in place
-manual doesnt explain anything USEFUL at all...


Installation is pretty straight forward, pretty spacious to work with but a long gpu may block 2 of the 3.5" slot.HDD installation isnt as pleasant as the cable managent is hell and a transparent side panel showing the mess isnt helping.Changing of front intake fan requires removal of the HDD cage and thus mess up my wires AGAIN.But those that swap HDD often and dont give a damn about fugly wires sticking out from your beloved tech porn gonna love this design. Decided to change the side panel intake fan as the LED is so bright i couldnt sleep with my PC running.The pixie glass is poorly attached to the metal panel and feels brittle by gently touching it.However changing the side fan is a breeze as they are attached by push pins which is easy to remove and reattached.Having replace the bright LED fan with my old UV fan but now its too dim to my liking, so i probably going to hunt for a new fan soon.This casing features temperature display using 3 physical temperature probes.Pretty neat feature, but getting them to stick where you want it is a pain in the ass.Attach them to my cpu, chipset and graphics card's heatsink to get a rough idea on the temperature on their exhaust. Display on a lcd screen at the top, which look damn bad ass if you ask me.
A casing that sure to turn heads and make those that buy PC from dell and other OEM drool due to its sleek design and cool lighting.The built quality definetly isnt up to some enthusiast standards, but for its reasonable price, i m satisfied with it.

OMG look at the HDD area. I M GONNA TEAR MY HAIR OFF IF I LOOK AT IT ANY LONGER


looking at the front panel now so i can stop pulling my hair...


Default led fan


using my old UV fan