Conclusion

Quick Look

Palo Alto Products International
PA-600 Mid-Tower ATX

The Good


http://www.paloaltoproducts.com

+ Thumb screw access
+ Removable Side panels
+ Drive rails
+ One Screw Motherboard    Mounting
+ Decent Price

The Bad

- Difficult to find
- Poor Expansion
- Noisier than ATCX

Just like its bigger brother, a very powerful downside to the PA-600 is the difficulty you'll have in finding the case.  There are a few vendors online that carry the cases, however for a full list you're better off emailing Palo Alto themselves. 

The price of the PA-600 isn't too bad, you should expect to pay around $70 for it which isn't bad considering the quality you get out of it.  However if you take into account the expansion limitations, that figure may seem a bit pricey. 

You can expect to pay around $100 - $120 for the more expensive ATCX case from Palo Alto, in which case the PA-600 doesn't look like that bad of a deal.  Just keep in mind that you're not getting the same case as the ATCX rather a weaker derivative of it. 

Overall the PA-600 isn't such a bad case, especially for a user that doesn't really need more than two 5.25" bays.  However what we would like to see would be a more expansion oriented case from Palo Alto designed like the more expensive ATCX except without the conversion capabilities.  After a brief look at Palo Alto's Products brochure we couldn't find a spec list that gave us what we wanted, so the search continues...

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