Zalman S3 TG ATX Mid Tower Case

Awesome case! Perfect size with plenty of expansion room. Cable management is great as is the quality. Good instructions accompany and made assembly very easy. Whole build was maybe an hour. Assembly is kind of like chess. You do need to plan several moves ahead so you don’t have to take things apart to accommodate the installation of other things. Providing a total of three fans is nice and offsets the already ridiculously low price. I’ve already purchased this several times and have abandoned several old, unsightly cases over a few weeks. Very pleased with this case and highly recommend.

Bought this chassis for my client’s upgrade. The three included fans look and sound good. Building inside was a dream with plenty of room and no cuts or scratches on my hands at the end. I found the cable storage between the drive bays and the power supply to be a bit tight but it makes up for it with ample cable management space behind the motherboard tray. Extra standoffs, a variety of screws, and small cable ties were included. It’s sturdy, looks great in person, and I wish I bought a second one for myself in the order.

 I’ll start off saying given the price I wasn’t expecting much but this is a surprisingly nice little case, this is the third rig I’ve built so far and it’s one of my favorites in terms of size alone, nice and compact but just enough room for everything you need.

I had a few complications that required a little bit of altering to the case in order to get all the pieces to fit, for instance, if you want to run an AIO cooler like I did it cannot be top mounted as there is not enough clearance, too close to the ram slots, unless you’re running micro ATX then I think you can get away with it but I’m not sure. I opted for the front mount/hoses down with a push/pull fan setup. Now in order to get this to work I has to drill out some new holes to mount the fans and radiator to the frame, the pre-drilled holes will not line up so you need to get your hands dirty here. If you’re running an air cooler like a 212 evo then you have nothing to worry about, this is only a problem if you opt to use a 240mm radiator.

Cable management is ok, it’s a little tight bit manageable for the most part, my biggest gripe with this case is it Hard drive bay, I’m not a fan of the plastic clips, if you’re running a HDD you can hear the movement slightly so I’d opt for SSDs for a quieter system.

Other than that it’s pretty great, for the price it’s definitely worth it.

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!