Cougar Panzer-S Transparent Fortress Mid Tower

As a career engineer whom used to design gaming motherboards for Intel (from 2007-2011), I can confidently say this is a fantastic case. The case was big enough to have ample room inside for all my components and very tidy wiring for lots of air flow, yet the case was lighter than the steel case I had my gaming PC guts crammed into previously. There are so many options for large fan placement that you can either load it up with LOTS of fans, or take your pick with ~3 fans and be optimal about air flow.I also really appreciated how the case has a fan speed switch right on the outside that I can choose to make use of or not. If I plug into the motherboard 3or4 wire fan headers I'm letting the motherboard decide fan speed. Or I can use the adapters and the case-switch to make my own choices of fan speed. There are definitely times I would rather make the decision myself based on what I know I'll be doing or where I am. So for instance I'm going to do a 1 min skype chat and I need to make my fans shut up for just a min... etc.All the hard drives just snapped/clicked into place without having to do the line-up-screw-holes-while-balance-a-screw-on-the-tip-of-your-screwdriver balancing act. You've all been there, you know what I mean. Click.. done.The power supply is tucked nicely into a little wind tunnel at the bottom and cables pop through nice little rubber gromits to the backside for neat cable management. This is a case to show off your leet style.The only extra effort I needed was I had to extend the 2x4 pin 12v CPU power supply cable so it would reach all the way to the socket on my board. Being an Engineer I just cut the cable and soldered up an extra 6". But For most of you, I recommend either making sure your 2x4 CPU power cable is pretty long or consider buying an adapter to extend it 3-6 inches when you buy this case. At the end of that step I clearly consider it worth the effort because now the power supply and all it's generated heat it kept away from my precious CPU and Video card etc.There is tons of room inside for lighting effects, huge video cards, cooling systems, and maybe a token to bring you back to the real world from 3 levels deep. The window just begs me to put SOMETHING cool looking in there. Blinky DRAM sticks for the win!Final note, Whomever designed this case was obviously a gamer because the handles are well positioned and sturdy for carrying your beast to the LAN party for mad props. Additionally the headphone hanger is a nice touch and adds that touch of class during your LAN-fest. If you see a dude with this at the next PAX BYOC section, say Hi! It might be me.

ProsSpaciousEasy to build inDecent FansGreat SupportCons(Keep in mind, these only pertain to my component choices, results might be different with other components)GPU mountingSSD Cable RoutingGlass Installation/RemovalThis is the 3rd case that I've put most of the same components in. I would have to say that there were very few challenge's to building in this case. The main one was the mounting of the GPU(EVGA GTX1080Ti Black Edition). My motherboard(Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi) has little to no room between the back of the case and where the GPU mounts. So it was a bit tough getting it in and out. I also have a pretty good sized PSU(EVGA Supernova G2 850w), and that made it a bit tough getting the front mounted SSD's cable routed.This case has plenty of room to work in compared to some of the other cases I have owned(Still have them all actually)...lolNow...on to the tempered glass panels.PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE~~If you buy this case be SUPER careful removing and installing the glass panels. They do mount a bit differently than most cases. As you can see from one of the pics above....one of my panels shattered! I thought I had the panel firmly mounted in both the guides on the bottom of the case(you need to insert the panels at a 45° angle to mount them). I guess the back of the panel was not in the guide...and long story short...it shattered and my heart sunk. I had the case for a little over 24hrs.SupportA++ to support at Cougar. I emailed them explaining what had happened along with the pics. They replied fairly quickly and requested the normal info from me. Copy of Invoice and they sent me a RMA form(PDF) to fill out.I responded with the info and a little time had passed...maybe a few working days. I called the number listed on the RMA form and spoke with a young lady who was super nice and helpful. She told me they were working on getting a replacement out to me. A few more business days passed and I was told they were shipping out a replacement. While I didn't get the shipping date and tracking right away, support did respond when I inquired and gave the shipping info.The replacement got here today...and I'm super happy with everything...the case, support, and performance. This case is built for airflow.....which was my main reason for buying.FYI, this is not the first time I've dealt with support at Cougar...it's been a few year's ago...but they still seem top-notch, and like to keep their customers happy.Kudos Cougar!

Love this case - lots of room for equipment and looks fab. Plenty of extras included in the price. Only knocking a star because Ive built two panzers with e-atx boards and both were VERY difficult to get the mounting screws installed. There should be better communication with top board makers to make sure everything is drilled properly.

This is a CASE, the outside of the pc. People keep asking and do not seem to understand its just the shell,you need to buy your rgb cancer,mobo,graphics cards,ram,processor,hdd/ssd, power supply ect seperatly.I dont know why people are expecting a full pc for $200 lmfaolove this case, easy to take apart everythings magnetic

Let me start by saying the case design itself is a great design. as people say it allows easy access to parts and has great areas for cable management. My problem is with things like the fans and covers, that are cheaply made 2/3 fans arrived physically broken at one of the sides. the front shroud attachment pins are broken and made very cheaply, and it seems this was place on the computer knowing it was broken since the piece that broke off is not in the box or with the case. Overall this case build quality will lead to a return if Cougar does not respond to my current ticket. However, looking at reviews of their customer service it seems doubtful they will respond. For 200$ stay clear of this one there are much higher quality cases for 200$. Should Cougar respond to my ticket and address the issue I will gladly change this review.Edit: no response to ticket changing this to a 1 star and returning.

magnifique boitier completement inutile. Le boitier n accepte pas les radiateur de plus 15 mm a vu d oeil pour le haut du boitier sinon le fitting arrive en confilt avec la fan et le radiateur tombe devant le mobo se qui empeche de brancher les connecteur sur le board. ... imposible non plus d installer par le haut car le boitier n est pas perforer pour passé le tube. En facade l espace est aussi limiter si ont veut un rad de plus 30 mm il faut retirer le cache power supply et mettre l arriver et la sortie vers le bas car les trou n arrive avec ceux des ventilateur car les fan sont trop haute dans le boitier ... donc pour les gros radiateur c est un gros zero .....

The Case looks great. Because of the tapered shape of the base it has a tendency to tip easily if you try to slide it sideways but the worst issue is that it kills hard drives. The two mount points for desktop drives is behind the back glass panel. and I mean just behind it. They are near the front of the case, vertically oriented with NO VENTILATION. Even with three fans in the front of the case, three in the top and one in the back, there are no ventilation ports available to the drives. the case remains room temp and the drives are burning up. I will have to modify the case drastically to avail some air movement around the drives. I have already lost two drives which were mounted in the upper position to constant overheating and now I must run the machine with the back off to avoid the loss of another. $120.00 for a case that has killed $500+ worth of drives is no bargain at all. Keep looking and find a better designed case.