Cougar Middle Tower Cases MX330-X

Excellent Value Case
This case worked amazingly for me. There’s tons of space to work with, lots of airflow, power supply basement, and even an extra fan at the back. I got a value pack of 5 fans for a good price as well and was able to fit all of them in (including the extra fan that came with the case) since this case has space for 6 fans (if you include the side panel spot). I personally wanted a case without a transparent side panel, so this worked perfectly for me. It also looks great. I would definitely recommend this product.

Good value for the cost
I purchased two of these cases (Couger MX330-X Mid tower Case) for a couple of builds priced at that time at about $40.00, installing ATX sized MSI brand Performance Gaming X470 motherboards, equipped with AMD Ryzen 2700 CPUs, using the included Spire air coolers. Other hardware included Corsair CX750W bronze power supplies. Both motherboards had added Western Digital WD Black Sn750 NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express SSD, G.Skill Flare X 16GB (2x 8GB) SDRAM DDR4 3200 memory cards. We were interested in fast daily use without any intent to do heavy gaming, so one used an existing graphics card, the other a Sapphire Radeon RX 570 4GB PCI-E graphics card, for some lightweight graphic work and gaming. These machines were built for fast, but common home office use with the intent of future proofing for the next few years so specs were pushed forward. The cases appear to be durable, properly sized, and air cooling friendly with nice bump-out panels that allow for room for cable management. If heavy gaming were intended, it appeared that the cases would accommodate larger graphic cards and water cooling systems, for those requiring such. If that is your intent, examine the sizes and verify fit before making your purchase. We didn’t need a glam light show for our computers so LED visibility was not a consideration so I’m not going to review that ability and other cases would probably be more suitable for that. Over all, we are very satisfied with the cases. The mesh front, top and one side allow for good ambient cooling with allowance for more fans as needed. The base has a mesh area directly below the power supply bay, allowing for air flow. All the components are usually very silent allowing for a quiet work session. Per System cost including Home Windows 10 came out to under $900, using existing monitors, but I was patient and shopped for good prices. The cases easily met our needs and expectations. Those with similar interest and requirements would be satisfied with this case. The mid-sized case allows for easy access for upgrading components or maintenance.

This is a narrow case, but everything fits just fine
I was afraid after reading reviews and watching videos about this case that I would have a tough time doing cable management and installing video cards and CPU coolers. No fears were realized when I put this together. The system:MSI X58 Platinum motherboard, ATX size, with Arctic Freezer Pro Rev 2 cooler and 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 memoryPNY 2.5″ 240GB SSD, WD Green 1.5TB HDD, Zotac GT1030 2GB video card, 4-pack of Rosewill 120mm fans, Corsair CX750M power supplyIt seems like with all the cables I had to use in this build that there would be a problem with cable management, but as it turns out, that wasn’t what I got. After moving the SSD into the drive cage with a 2.5 to 3.5 adapter, I have nothing in the way of anything.Build tips:If you’re going to run your 4-pin and/or 8-pin connectors through the top hole above the motherboard, run them through that hole BEFORE installing the motherboard. This method saves a lot of frustration because once the motherboard is installed you’re NOT getting anything through there.Don’t install SSD’s on the panel adjacent to the motherboard unless you want your SATA cables to be tough to install. The power cable going to the drive will be in the way of anything else nearby. Just use the HDD cage. I’m also thinking one of those 5.25 to quad 2.5 bay adapters would be useful here if you need multiple SSD’s.I was unable to make the front panel sound and USB connections reach on my motherboard in particular (connections are on far lower side near back of case. I’ll just use the rear ports but you might want to consider AUD and USB extensions to have neat cable management if you want to use those front ports at all, or else you’ll have those cords running right across the motherboard right in the middle of everything. Really could use about 3 more inches of length there.I really like the magnetic filters on the top and bottom of the case and wish they had one on the front as well. The front of the case isn’t as easy to remove at first but once you get it, you get it.If you just think you need more space think about looking at the MX340 and MX350 which are larger versions of this case

For the price it looks impressive. Though metal parts are thin the structure overall is looking good and sturdy. Lots of room for cable management. I’m a bit disappointed about having only two USB connections on the front panel. It’s looking bad to have four USB ports and two of them as plastic covered empty reminders. You should buy at least one extra fan but if you can, buy three and change the exhaust fan with the one of the new ones you bought. Buy something good like Noctua and don’t buy anything smaller than 120 mm. One more thing, even though it makes it look tidy, separated power supply compartment is tight and as a design flaw there is no convenient solution to create air flow in there. So, if you can, buy your drive as SSD and 80+gold power supply no more than 600- 650 watt because things will get hot in there. If you think you’ll going to over clock your system most of the time, then 80+ platinum power supply and M.2 SSD will be a better choice for a less hot and stable system. Because all the cooling possibilities are on the upper section. Still, for the money it is one of the best you can get.

Not a super gamers pc , but perfect for a no frill CAD station sleeper LOL

For the price, this is an excellent case. I put a micro ATX motherboard in it and it is very spacious. There are a lot of spots to put fans. The only problem I encountered is the space for the 2.5″ hard drives is too small for some hard drives. When you put the side panel on, it won’t seat right. It appears to have been designed for only 2.5″ SSDs which tend to be thinner than 2.5″ magnetic drives. Because the side panels aren’t flat, they could have moved the screw holes for the hard drives over and then wider HDDs would fit. The wider drives can be mounted in the 3.5″ drive slots though so it isn’t much of a problem. The metal is flexible (flimsy?) in some spots on the case but that isn’t a problem as long as you are careful.