*****Caselabs sth10 review*****Picture heavy !

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right people,here is the long awaited review on my newly acquired caselabs sth10 review.

not done many reviews so dont flame me for a bad review but ill try to cover my experience with the case and the caselabs customer service.

The case cost me £550 inclusive on posting,im still waiting on the import tax (nearly 2 weeks so hopefully they have forgotten me) which should be around the £50 mark,which will bring the grand total to £600.

The service i got from jim (caselabs owner) was outstanding,he replied to my e mails very quickly with updated shopping baskets and question's.He even found the time to ring me to finalise the order :)

These case's are made to order,i wanted to colours integrated in my sth10 and jim fulfilled my plans 100% and everything was just how i wanted it.

From the day i placed the order to me having the case was 6 days !
you have to admit that is outstanding service from america.

the box arrived in perfect condition and not a mark on it,the box is very very good quality and very thick.

here is a picture of the box opened with the packing....
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There is so much packaging in there that there was no way anything would get damaged,there was 6 layers of items and thick padding in each layer,every part was in a very very thick plastic bag.
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There was so many parts it was quite daunting but once you read the very informative instruction it all cam perfectly clear,there was over half of the part's in spare's which included quite a few clips (picture of this later)

The case took me roughly 3 hours to put together (smoke breaks in-between) and was a joy to do as everything went together like a glove.

this case has a removable motherboard tray which is very handy.
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The wheels came as a extra and are very well made with all 4 wheels lockable
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Here is some more pictures of the case and my pc inside.

Ive got big plans for the watercooling and will incorporate 4xd5 pumps and 2x quad rads and 2x triple rads.

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here is a picture of my mountain mods case next to the sth10

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The hard drive bay on the back is outstanding,it bolts onto the case and has rubber grommet between the cage and case to cut down on vibrations and each hard drive has it's own rubber grommet and screws to hold the hard drive in place to cut down even more vibrations.
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any question then please fire away and ive got loads more pictures if needed.

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Look's good man, A bit empty though lol Similer emptyness to my 700D when its full.

Whats build quality feel like? It look's excellent.

It will be filled up quite a bit with watercooling stuff,build quality is superb,everything is perfect,everything line's up and all went together with no troubles.
 
Hey. Nice stuff. Will be doing the case in summer. Can I ask how you are going to cool it? How many rads, which pump etc. Looking to steal ideas, as I am a noob water cooler.

Eventually there will be 4 rads,2 quad's and 2 triples.

I'll have 2 d5 pumps running 2 rads and 2 d5 runnin the other 2 rads.

There will be 2 res's and fan controllers which some tempature sensors for rads.
 
they normally replied within a day,they are 9 hours behind us and don't work weekend's but i did have a couple of reply's over weekend's.

Jim's (caselabs owner) mum has been quite ill lately so it might be a while before he reply's,kevin (his son) has come on-board now so you might get a reply from him.
 
my final bill was £660,i ordered the case,2 quad rad stands,wheels,extra large window,3xfront bay (there the ones in white) and 2 watercooling panels(not in my pictures).
 
Don't get me wrong but £660 is a hell of a lot for a case.

It dosent bother me because it's what i wanted and im over the moon with it,cant wait to start filling it up now :)
 
Thanks guys :)

Yes the service was second to none.

The reply to e-mails was quick and informative,I can't say anything about case labs.

I know a lot of people think its a lot of money and it is,but my thirst for a large case with the features this case has been quenched.

I'll never have another case for a very very long time and if I do happen to change my mind it will be another case lab case.

Another outstanding feature of this case is the removable panels,there is 8 in total,top,front,2 doors and 4 radiator grill's.

You can take all these of within a minuet and sen them away for painting a different colour and I can still use the case while they are away,I don't know of any other case on the market where you can do this.

And buchtis,you have just given me my project build name "behemoth" quite fittin I you ask me :)
 
2xquad rad stands for 120mm fans
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your going to need these :)
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These are for the tubing to go into the top compartment or bottom compartment.
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that should be all you need for now unless you want some other parts.
 
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