Zalman GS1000 Full Tower Case Review

“Despite it's admittedly excellent cooling ability, we still have a lot of reservations about the GS1000. It's significantly noisy with the included fans which is a major let down, especially as in the past Zalman is a company you'd associate with quiet, well-built and innovative products. Needless to say that the GS1000 doesn't continue this trend, and is certainly not a quiet case; you'll definitely know if this is turned on or not even with a passive graphics card.

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The build quality is frankly rubbish, thanks mostly to the choice of plastic as an exterior material, which has led to ill fitting side panels and noticeable gaps . It has clearly been used instead of aluminium as a cost saving exercise to allow the Zalman GS1000 to compete with other cases in this price band, but if the compromise is shoddy build quality, its obviously not worth it; If you spend over £100 on a case, you at least expect it to fit together properly - this isn't IKEA flat pack furniture after all.”