The OCD-3333 sports a hinged mother board tray that folds down to afford easy access to your motherboard if you need to work on anything which I really liked as I’m frequently having to get at various components for testing purposes. Having a case like this makes accessing its contents very easy. This feature puts the case high on my list because there is nothing worse than struggling in a confined area to get at something or having to remove a power supply simply to remove the CPU as I have encountered with some smaller ATX cases.

Speaking of power supply, the OCD-3333 comes with a beefy 300 watt number which is essential for the avid overclocker with enough fans in his case to cool Arizona in July. A 300 watt power supply is considered to be the bare minimum for anybody considering housing an Athlon system. Anything less than a 300 watt power supply is asking for trouble with these fickle AMD set ups. The power supply used for the OCD-3333 is AMD approved.

One thing I have found with cases that cater to the overclocker is that they tend to be on the loud side. Their main objective is to move as much air as possible to cool your case and CPU so that you can push it to new limits. The unfortunate downside to this pursuit of the ultimate air flow is that it comes at the cost of peace and quiet. My old case had a big 4.75” fan which moves so much air that it makes the computer sound like you are in the eye of a hurricane . The beauty of the OCD-3333 is that it makes uses of  3.25” fans that quietly go about their business of cooling down the case without keeping you awake at night.

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