GAMDIAS TALOS E3 MESH Gaming pc case, Mid-Tower ATX Case with Side Tempered Glass Panel and a Magnetic Dust Filter & 3 Built-in 120mm ARGB Fans, Tool-Free Installation, Mesh Front Panel

I picked this case up for a little over £40 as I was wanting to move my Dell Optiplex system into a standard ATX case. Having changed to a more suitable motherboard I set about trying to find a cheap and cheerful case with decent airflow.Having not ever built a PC before I didn’t want to spend a fortune or want anything too fancy.This case in my opinion looks great, it’s sleek and modern and has tons of airflow. I actually like the smoked glass, although it does mute the colours of any RGB you have.There’s plenty room for all your components and I was able to cable manage as neatly as my ability enabled. The 3 included fans plugged into a Sata cable from my PSU and work brilliantly, you’re able to cycle colours using a button next to the power on button, which are connected to the motherboard. Note that these do not change speed like a CPU fan and would have to be connected as such to the motherboard if you wanted that option.Anyway, for the price you really can’t knock it, I’m very pleased with it and how my budget build has turned out. Definitely worth a buy if you’re starting out and want a case that gives you decent options and is of decent enough quality.

It was a really nice and above all else beautiful case to build my old pc into, zero complaints for the price with good if standard cable management features and magnetic quick remove dust cover for the top fan vent. It comes preconfigured for an M-ATX board but comes with all the required standoffs and screws for a full fat ATX board. The only negative is that only one of the expansion slots comes with a removable cover the rest of the slots have a metal cover that needs to be broken off and would require a third party expansion slot cover if the internal configuration changes. It has bays for 2x2.5" HDDs and 2x3.5" HDDs (or 3x2.5 & 1x3.5) The RGB is also fully featured with configurable colours and effects it also supports RGB sync if your Mboard supports it.

This case looks absolutely stunning for the price and it is built really well with a premium look and finish. Building a computer with this was a delight. Simple with no bizarre or random or frustrating struggles.The only negative to this case is that if you are planning to do heavy CPU or GPU workload stuff then expect very high temperatures. Running resource intensive AI applications turned this into a heater, lovely for cold days but not so great for the components. I suppose you could remedy this by replacing the fans, but, I haven't tried this as I've now upgraded to a bigger PC case as my newly purchased rtx 4070 super TI doesn't fit.Another negative is that the fans are not controllable, but you could buy an adaptor.

Looks great, nice and quite, plenty of room, cant fault iy.

good quality and a good looking case

Quite a cheap case so I understand the quality but it’s pretty bad, some of the metal where the screws are were split and sharp because of the metal, the HDD slot screws were also split.It’s a decent case but you can find way better quality for £10 more.

The media could not be loaded. You know what, for the price and the way it looks, I'm very happy with my purchase.In terms of material inside, it doesn't feel like the quality of my more expensive case, but that is to be expected.It just snugly fits my 3 fan 4060ti. Just moved a couple of mobo mount screw things to the right spot. The wiring inside is all tied up together and the wired are all labelled clearly. Whats great is the fans are all collared to one power connector that slots into a spare SATA power connector.Nice small little button on the top for changing the RGB.I bought the thermalright assassin x120 se argb white cooler for £15 and that suits the white colour scheme. All perfect together for a cheap build.I love the way it looks. Plenty of usb slots on back and front. Bargain.

Good budget case. The metal is thin, but that's to be expected at this stage, yet the machine fully loaded (large tower CPU cooler, 6600XT GPU, 1 3.5" drive and 3 2.5 inch drives) is solid and stable.Comes with 3 120mm fans, and can support a further two for decent airflow.The cable routing is surprisingly good for a relatively small and budget case - was impressed here.There are two dedicated 2.5" drive mounts on the vertical backpane. And a single drive case supports 2 3.5" drives (or 1 3.5 drive and 1 2.5 drive).The glass panel is very good, though be careful taking it off (or putting it on) as there's nothing beyond the 4 screws to manage it - so hold on to it!The PSU area is a little tight, but with a compact and modular PSU like the GameMax Rampage 850w which I installed, I had no issues.I also installed an M-ATX board, so there was room to maneuvre at the bottom of the case where the front panel headres are located. I suspect on an ATX board that if you didn't pre-attack those cables, you'd have a lot of cursing.Why 4 stars and not 5? Really is 4.5.The front panel can easily take 3 fans, but has been artifically closed off and left at 2. I took a dremel to the offending horizontal bar at the bottom (its on the inside and cannot be seen once the front panel is on - from the inside or outside) and added a 3rd fan to cool the drives.There's a front grill, but no dust cover, so the intake will bring in dust.The front (er top) panel USB options are all older generation - 1 x 3.0 and 2 x 2.0. Not a big deal for a budget build, but more and more budget boards are switching to the newer USB headers.The rear PCI use the cheap tear-away covers. There is one genuine reusable cover, but the rest are tear away. Again, not a big deal on a budget case.