Disappointed with the front fascia material from Spec Alpha case, broken tabs with no force.

[ricardofac]

Even trying to be careful to pull of the front fascia it broked two plastic tabs that locks the panel avoiding it to be lose, the overal case is ok but a front fascia with such a weak plastic material disapointed me a lot damn, maybe on other model be better or they should improve the material on front...

Also a terrible instruction on manual, it simply says to pull off with carefull, not mentioning the lock tabs position or anything...

[LJHCPA]

That's the problem with a lot of "stuff" we buy now days. Even if you do hours of research before buying, there's no guarantee something won't break. I have the 5000X case, and while it is very good, it's not perfect. I wish it had hinged side panels and about 1/4" more spacing behind the MB, but I expect to have it give me 90% of what I want for the next 6+ years.

Sometimes we have to live and learn from OUR experiences. What others have happen to them isn't always representative of what your experience may be.

[ricardofac]

16 hours ago, LJHCPA said:

That's the problem with a lot of "stuff" we buy now days. Even if you do hours of research before buying, there's no guarantee something won't break. I have the 5000X case, and while it is very good, it's not perfect. I wish it had hinged side panels and about 1/4" more spacing behind the MB, but I expect to have it give me 90% of what I want for the next 6+ years.

Sometimes we have to live and learn from OUR experiences. What others have happen to them isn't always representative of what your experience may be.

At least you can put the fault only in terms of design, in the case mentioned it was a terrible idea put such weak plastic material to hold such a front cover like this one, also the lack of information on manual, and this Spec Alpha is not even the cheapest out there, even has a fan controller on front. Wish I have luck chosing a quality one next time...

Edited November 26, 2022 by ricardofac