INTRODUCTION

   Even though I got my very first PC back in the early 90's i didn't start putting together systems until several years after that (late 90's) and since i really enjoyed doing so i also started helping out friends and relatives. Roughly 20 years later i still help friends and relatives with that and so when two of my friends asked me what they should equip their brand new tempered glass towers with i thought it would be relative with one such review. You see tempered glass mid-towers may have broken all popularity/sales records to date but it's one thing to know this and another to see it happening all around you so even though we do have numerous such reviews already we went out and gathered even more mid and full towers with that specific feature. One such mid-tower is the CR500 model by Riotoro and today we're checking it out.

   Founded in 2014, Formed by Enthusiasts, for Enthusiasts, RIOTORO manufactures the best Performance PC hardware, peripherals, and accessories in the industry with a goal of providing complete satisfaction for high performance seekers who build their own personal computers.

   The CR500 Mid-Tower by Riotoro may not feature RGB lighting (surprised Riotoro has yet to update it) but thanks to its tempered glass side panel (should be 5mm thick) and its two pre-installed 120mm red LED fans (1500RPM/47CFM/26.5dBA) it's still a very nice looking PC case (there's also a third non LED 120mm fan located at the rear of the case - unfortunately we were unable to find its specifications sheet). However, that's not all you're getting with the CR500 by Riotoro since it also features a PSU shroud (dual chamber design), drive cage with two 3.5" drive trays, four 2.5" drive trays, top magnetic air-filter, removable bottom air-filters and enough room for 4 fans (4x120mm or 2x120mm and 2x140mm) and/or a single front radiator (240mm), 180mm tall CPU coolers, 220mm long power supply units and 400mm long graphics cards. This is the very first tower to reach our lab from RIOTORO so let's check it out.