Cougar Spike Case Review

Conclusions

The Cougar Spike provides an unprecedented cost/benefit ratio for the user who is looking for an inexpensive case for building a small gaming PC. It lacks a few features compared to more expensive models, but there is no way we can complain about these when we are talking about a case that can be found for less than USD 40.

Strong Points

• Outstanding price tag
• Support for video cards up to 13” (330 mm) long
• Good quality plastic parts
• Support for three 3.5” hard drives and one 2.5” SSD or laptop hard drive
• Tool-less installation mechanisms for 5.25” devices and two 3.5” hard drives
• Tab for installing a padlock, a must on cases targeted for LAN parties

Weak Points

• No cutout in the motherboard tray for accessing the backplate of the CPU cooler
• No holes for routing cables behind the motherboard tray
• No clips for fastening cables using cable ties
• You can’t store cables behind the motherboard tray