Enermax Staray Case Review

Conclusions

Enermax Staray is a mid-tower case for users that want a good case but don’t want or can’t pay more to have a case with superior quality. Here is a summary of what we found about this product.

Strong Points

• Good quality for its price point.
• Amazing number of hard disk drive bays that will please even very high-end users (seven).
• Dust filters on the front panel.
• Meshed front panel.
• High-end fans.
• Screwless mechanisms for holding daughterboards and disk drives.
• No sharp edges where you could cut yourself while building your PC.
• Very good cost/benefit ratio.

Weak Points

• You need to open the case to turn on the LEDs from the side fans (ECA-3171-BR-AP model only).
• No anti-vibration mechanisms for the hard disk drives.
• No eSATA port.
• Doesn’t come with a rear fan.

In summary, we think this is a very good option for the user that is looking for good mid-tower case but doesn’t want to spend a lot of money to have one. As explained, this case is available in two versions: ECA-3171-BR-AP, with two side fans, and ECA-3170-BL, without them. The only thing we really didn’t like about the ECA-3171-BR-AP model is that you need to open the case whenever you want to turn the lights from the side fans, but for the price it is still a very good buy. The ECA-3170-BL model has as advantage costing only USD 59.00, but you will need to install at least the rear fan on it, which of course will increase the total cost of your system. Of course if you want a case with more features then you will need to spend more money and buy a different product.