After prying the stray mounting stud out of the motherboard mounting plate, I slapped 'er in, and plugged in all my components. Ran all of my wires nice and tight. There's room around the power supply, and behind the motherboard tray to run cables and keep everything nice and neat. No problems in the installation, and everything fired up right away.

I'd been wondering where the hard drive and power LEDs were mounted. Turns out they're in the power and reset buttons. Green for power, and red for hard drive. Looks VERY slick when the machine is running. All of the metal edges you might run your hand across (and believe me, I slice the hell out of my hands on cheap cases everyday, so this is a big deal.) are nicely rounded. A very nice detail, especially for those of us who work on our machines alot. Bleeding sucks.

Problems

Nothing major, save one thing. The CPU and motherboard tempuratures tend to go up gradually by about 6-10 degrees when the lower 5.25" bay is closed, sometimes a little more depending on CPU load. I suspect that the fans are simply not pulling enough air when it's shut. Due to the nature of the front of the case there's no real air flow save through a small hole in the very bottom of the bezel, unless the bottom panel is open. If you stick your hand in the front of the case you can feel the air moving, close the panel..... No air, just a little trickle from the bottom of the bezel. Perhaps they could improve it a bit by adding some venting holes along the side or front of the bezel.

The black shiney plastic handle on the door and mirror also pick up finger prints and dust like a mofo, but a quick wipe down with a damp cloth once a week or so should keep 'em looking spiff.

Bottom bay open	and closed....

Conclusions

Overall an excellent and really, really unique looking case. Tons of room, tons of drive bays, and lots of really nice features. I am mildly concerned with the temperature issue, but that may be fixed in a later version of the case. (?) If you're looking for a new case, the Noblesse is something to think about. And it'll really catch some attention at your next LAN. :) I'm also worried about scratching the case, hauling it around. It's just so pretty!

As a sidenote, Kingpin's Antech case is roughly 2.5"s higher than this Noblesse, but the Noblesse has an extra drive bay. (Heh.)

As a side note I LOVE GMC's slogan. "We don't rush products into the market." Bully for them.