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Conclusion:
If you're looking to build a portable LAN rig, the NZXT Vulcan would be an extremely good case to use. It's small, it performs great, and it's got a handle! The only downside to the Vulcan is that you won't be able to use an ATX motherboard with it, so you'll need to get by with either an mATX or an ITX setup. That being said, don't let the size full you. You'll still be able to fit a rather large video card and a decent sized cooler inside the NZXT Vulcan.
As far looks go the NZXT Vulcan had a very pleasing design, plus used mesh in a very interesting way in order to create a window. Unfortunately the mesh does look as though it will let large amounts of dust and dirt into the case. This could cause problems depending on the environment you live in. On the plus side the NZXT Vulcan did feature a built in fan controller, which is always handy in any case, especially one so small!
The NZXT Vulcan was also a top performer, but this is probably because the bigger cases couldn't do much for the tiny hardware. No matter what the reason the Vulcan performed great, I just wish you could fit more hardware into it.
I'd recommend the NZXT Vulcan to anyone looking to build a nifty little LAN rig. Furthermore I'd suggest the case to anyone using mATX hardware. If the Vulcan was slightly larger I'd recommend it to anyone, so hopefully NZXT will make a larger version. Good job on a great mATX case, NZXT!

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After seeing that the whole case side was just wire mesh, I thought that would screw up the airflow of the case but the temperatures you got really surprised me. I did find it odd how they had those mesh dust collectors on the front (which are awesome at collecting dust and keeping it outside the computer) and then have what is nearly just a big gaping hole on the side where dust can get through.
And power button was on the top, sorry about that.