Finished look

So this is what the case looks like turned off, and then turned on. The blue LED fan goes perfect with the blue LCD up front and the Blue Orb 2, which has LED lights itself.


The point of this case is portability. One of the most important reasons to have this feature is to take the computer to a LAN party. So I hit the lights, and took a few shots of the system in the dark. Now that looks awesome!

Weight

The first thing is weight, so let's take a look at what everything weights:

• Power Supply 1.5kg (3.3 pounds)
• Case 3.0kg (6.6 pounds)
• Completed PC: 10.1kg (22.2 pounds)

That is a lot of weight for the handle to carry and considering it is plastic worries me a bit. There is no metal worked into that plastic front, it is connected to the rest of the computer by four snap-ins and four screws. I picked the case up a few times to try out the handle, but was very careful with it and it worked flawlessly. Nevertheless I suggest you are careful as well.

Noise

This is an area were Aspire could definitely improve. The 12cm blue LED fan is quite loud, but it is pushing quite a lot of air. Since it is connected directly to the power supply there is no turning it down either. The power supply on the other hand managed to power the entire system without any problems and the 8cm fan in the power supply is not nearly as loud.