Let's get the elephant in the room out of the way: Yes, the iBUYPOWER Snowblind is based on a five-year-old NZXT Source 340 frame, but I bet you would not have noticed had I not brought it up, which proves that a well-designed case can still be relevant half a decade later. That having been said, this also means you don't quite get the level of liquid-cooling compatibility you would see in modern cases, for example. Also, in my personal, purely subjective opinion, the front of the Snowblind could have been designed a little differently. Specifically, I would have liked to see white instead of black, with a cool pattern vs. a black front with a huge square and clear viewing element. However, that is quite subjective.

With that cleared up, let's focus on the unique part of the Snowblind: the transparent LCD screen. We have seen implementations of this in retail marketing—think white boxes with shoes in them and the front glass panel an LCD screen to view the shoe through. The implementation in the iBUYPOWER Snowblind is quite solid, making the most of it within the given constraints, with the tangible possibility that your hardware will be black. While it is explicitly mentioned that you should be going for white parts, like the NZXT N7 Z390 motherboard, to make the most of the ability to display both information and any moving elements on the side panel, including three white LED fans and placing lighting all around the screen itself, you still get plenty of visibility to awe any onlookers with cool shapes, and could even go as far as giving yourself a slight edge in gaming by using it as a second screen to view your system stats.

The biggest downside of the LCD implementation is that the screen is a source of heat, so it becomes warm to the touch, while also having the tendency to take on and trap heat. Glass on its own acts very differently, and it shows in the temperature benchmarks. However, in my humble opinion, this is a technological drawback you simply have to live with if you want this cool feature.

With the solid chassis as a base of the Source 340 and such a well-implemented and unique element, the iBUYPOWER Snowblind is a pretty cool and fun chassis to have on your desk. While the choice to jump into this chassis is not as clear at full MSRP, the case has pretty routinely been on sale for below $200.