Computer Divine offers a bunch of different color options for its cases, the one tested came in a speckled green color, which if you like green, looks pretty good. The nature of the paint used left the case with a bit of a textured finish as opposed to the smooth walls of most cases. Being that I don't handle or caress my case all that much, what the external surfaces feel like doesn't really matter. Opening up the case reveals just how huge this beast really is. As anyone that works on computers a lot will tell you, having a nice open case with plenty of room is simply a joy to play with. I thought my 19" cases had a lot of room. The Green Monster blows it out of the water.

Another nice feature of the case were the number of rounded edges found internally. As many of you I'm sure have scars to prove, bare metal edges be a pain to deal with, but the Green Monster only got a few of these and I didn't find them to be much of a problem at all. 

The Green Monster is all about cooling, so the fans get a nice section all to themselves. In total there are 11 fans distributed in the interior of the case, and there's even room for more should your cooling fetish not be satisfied. For starters you have the power supply fan, standard for all cases really, but after that this case really differentiates itself. 

Mounted up front in the lowest 5 1/4 external bay we see a hard drive cooling system with two tiny fans designed to keep your high RPM drive from overheating. In addition to that there are eight 80mm fans cooling just about every part of the case. As if that weren't enough, there are mounting and ventilation holes for an additional two fans at the top rear of the case should you want to make this case even louder. All but two of these 80mm fans are mounted on the walls of the case and blow air through nicely drilled holes in the case walls. 

All the fans are wired in with the appropriate power connectors ensuring that you won't have to sacrifice any of your devices just to get enough free connectors for all the fans to work. Depending on how many devices you want to pack into this case and how many fans you choose to connect you may want to upgrade the power supply to something in the 400W category. While this won't be necessary for the vast majority of users out there, if you need a case this big chances are you're going to pack it with all manner of power sucking devices. 

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