Zalman GS1000 Expert Reviews

You want a big, breezy, E-ATX case. You've gone over your floor plans, moved the furniture around, checked the availability of outlets, and made sure the space next to your desk can withstand...

Stylin', Sturdy, Genius use of thumbscrews, Roomy, Easy to install,

Only two fans, Sharp edges mostly everywhere, Poorly-fitted plastic bezels, No vibration-dampening, Cheap hard drive cages, Way more plastic than meets the eye,

At first glance, Zalman's GS1000 chassis looks like it's a going to be a tool-free computer builder's dream. And in many ways, it is. Zalman peacocks the hot-swap bays for your hard drives by placing them right on the front of the case, eschewing the ...

Lots of internal room, lots of drive bay space in a hotswap design, parts kept in check and off the floor using spring-mounted screws

Optical drive installation a formidable task, fan holes blocked by plastic grate, minimal front-panel connection options

The PCI card holders on the 26.4-pound chassis use thumbscrews. We'd pardon this minor transgression given the good behavior of the case's other ease-of-use features, but there's more on the rap sheet. Installing an optical drive into the chassis is ...

but that doesn't mean that very, very good cases can't be found. Air-cooled cases have been around pretty much since the dawn of the PC (early models didn't even have fans so they might be considered an exception to the rule) and despite hardware ...

The Zalman GS1000 Plus is a mixed bag. We love the cable routing, half of us like the beefy looks with glossy black merged with brushed aluminium and the tool less drive cages, some of the hot swappable are a definite boon too. Unfortunately as is ...

We were then already under the impression of the Zalman Z-Machine GT900, though the price tag on the high side . Now we look at the GS1000, which is not only cheaper, but not lower than that of the GT900 .

+ construction design of drive cages

- noisy fans

Excellent construction, a sophisticated design and a nice price: Zalman GS1000 is a perfect case for gamers or for those who own one workstation building .

Korean Zalman has many balls in the air from the CPU cooler to the computer boxes and 3D screens. This time is a new specialized computer chassis on the test bench, namely model GS1000 .

Hot swap; Good quality, Good cooling ;

Hot swap of only three places; No E-SATA on the I / O panel; Unnecessary fan grill town said the steel plate;

sum, Zalman done well with its hot swap feature, although it may seem small on the basis of only three units. Besides just hot swap, we have difficulty finding some revolutionary features that make the GS1000 stands out. GS1000 offers the competitors do,...

GS1000 has some imperfections, but it definitely has many interesting details as well.

Hot swap; Good quality, good cooling, Hot swap, Good Quality, Good cooling ;

Hot swap of only three seats; No external SATA on the I / O-paneletd; Unnecessary viftegittere stopped out of steel sheets; Hot swap of only three seats; No external SATA on the I / O-paneletd; Unnecessary viftegittere stopped out of steel plates ;

Zalman is far from new in the market, and has long busy with enclosures and cooling. The company has often been at the forefront when it comes to innovation. With GS1000 Zalman introduces hot swap for us users. This is as mentioned earlier, a fairly new f...