What I originally thought was going to be an ugly, heavy and useless case has turned out to be quite a good-looking, aluminium case which is individually numbered and well designed. The performance of the case is good also and could be even better if a few extra fans were added to the case, bringing the temperatures down by a few degrees.

Cost is what unfortunately brings the Anubis down a little and interested parties can expect to pay around £130 in the UK or $219 in the US. Discussion of whether this price was worth it or not was originally quite heated and the argument between Richard and I spilled over out of the office and into our / /Heroes evening.

For the record, I thought the case was a bit too expensive whereas Richard thought that the aluminium construction made up for the cost.

Originally, I would have continued to fight my corner on this issue, but after seeing the performance of this case in our tests I'm tempted to back down. The case could still probably do with losing a tenner or so in both markets, but it isn't something worth getting bent out of shape over and the fact of the matter is that the Anubis is a beautiful, well made aluminium case which cools down excellently. Plus, it comes with a numbered keyring!

All in all, the Hiper Anubis is a brilliant case which falls easily into my list of favourite designs and performers. It's just a shame that the name still sounds a bit stupid.