I had a chance to get my hands on this pretty sweet PC tower the other day; It’s called the H-70 (Middle Tower ATX Series). This baby supports up to full ATX (Advanced Technology Extended). On the front panel, it has two really useful features. It comes with a fan controller and thermal display, and front air ventilation and detachable air filter. This is great for people into overclocking, because you can up your fan power when you are stressing out your hardware to keep it cool, and stop it from overheating. You’ll also be able to know when the computer is about to overheat with the thermal display that tells you how warm your system is running. Not only are they extremely useful features, but they blend well with the casing, and look pretty sleek.

There are many other useful thermal solutions in addition to the ones I’ve just mentioned built into this tower. There are two fans; A 140mm fan in the front, and a 120mm one in the back. This helps the air circulate through the tower, so you aren’t getting the same warm out you pumped out back in. Also, there is an air duct and PCI Express air hole in the side panel of the casing. This will help keep your video card cool. As mentioned, there is a fan control in the front, but there is also one in the rear of the tower, as well, in case you are working in the back, and need to shut off the fan or something.

With all these added features, you’d think this PC tower would be hard to install, but it isn’t. It has a design that allows easy removal of the front panel of the casing, as well as screws that twist in on the side panels. You can even install HDDs and ODDs without a screwdriver.

On the front panel, there are also four USB ports, a headphone jack, and a microphone jack. There is also the available option of getting an IEEE 1394 port along with those other 6 things on the front. You can even get the case secured with a padlock if you so desire.

Although there are many great features of this tower, it also has its drawbacks. For instance, the CD tray has to be manually pushed back in because the open/close button is on the face of the tray itself. This means that when the drive comes out, the button cannot be pressed to have the computer bring the tray it automatically, and it must be manually pushed in until the computer recognizes that it is being pushed in, and takes it in the rest of the way. This can become very annoying, especially for someone who is not used to that.

If you can get over that one minor CD annoyance, however, this PC tower is a very solid tower, with a plethora of features at its disposal. It is especially perfect for those of us who want to keep our PCs nice and cool in the literal and figurative sense.

Case supplied by: GMC

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