Chieftec Dragon is a mid-tower case targeted to the enthusiast that wants a mid-tower case with lots of fans and hard disk drive bays.

Strong Points

• Five fans (four 120-mm and one 220-mm).
• Side 220-mm fan that is really a 220-mm fan and not a 190-mm one.
• Impressive number of hard disk drive bays (six or seven, if you use the 5 ¼”-to-3 ½” adapter).
• Excellent screwless mechanisms.
• Dust filters.
• Meshed bay and slot covers.
• eSATA port.
• No live edges where you could cut yourself while building your PC.

Weak Points

• Too expensive.
• For the price could have the interior painted black.
• No speed control for the fans.
• No anti-vibration mechanisms for the hard disk drives.
• The two USB ports are too close to each other, preventing you from installing two “fat” USB devices at the same time.

In summary, we were very impressed by Chieftec Dragon. The only real drawback from this product is its price (USD 150), especially when we have CM Storm Scout, a case with an outstanding overall quality being sold for USD 100 (which doesn’t provide the side 220-mm fan though). And for only USD 10 more you can buy the newest full-tower case from Zalman, GS1000 SE. Chieftec needs to lower the price from this product a little bit if they want to stay competitive and improve the cost/benefit ratio from this case.