iStar S-9-H34 Elegant Storm Case Review

[One4yu2c]

Featuring a hot-swappable SATA enclosure, iStar's Elegant Storm S-9-H34 sports a feature that most enthusiasts are not accustomed to seeing in a Mid-ATX tower. Is this the case you’ve been looking for? Leave it up to HardwareLogic to find out.
Mathew Miranda

iStarUSA S-9-H34 Elegant Storm Case Review

[screwballl]

great review Matt!
Although it would be nice to have a removable storage based case like this, for many it would be easier to just buy a single or double removable drive cage.

[Yellowhello]

Awesome review!

Why have both the internal HDD cage as well as the hot swappable thingy?

[screwballl]

so the host OS can reside on the internal drives and the removable can be used for other systems or use this for the installation system.... many uses

[Yellowhello]

Thanks Screwballl. Too bad there is no fan intake fan... or exhaust fan for that matter...

[RAID]

thanks guys. i actually liked the looks of the case when i first saw it but everything kind of went downhill as soon as i looked a little closer at everything. i tried to find some positives about it but the problems kept smacking me in the face as the review went on.

i think the major problem is the fact that this is a $45 budget case with a $110 drive cage and it sells for $180! when you are in this price range, the little details like missing fans, lack of storage for extra psu cables, sharp edges, and other problems start to really magnify.

something i didn't include was what appeared to be blood stains inside the case. you can kind of see the smear marks in the picture that shows the empty interior of the chassis. i really don't know for sure so i left it out of the review. but with the sharp edges, i wouldn't be surprised to find out if it really was blood.

[Quakindude]

Very nice review!

At that price point, I certainly do agree with you that it should have top of the line fans already installed. Having a noisy 80mm fan, and no other fans, causes me to wonder about the company in a negative way.

[Yellowhello]

Dugg!

[Lokie]

Good review and nice execution on try'n to stay positive with this case. In all honesty this case looks like a rip from Cooler Master designs, between the Centurion case and the features from the Itower (external SATA enclosure that did come with a fan).