Ripper3 Depends on your setup, surely? This is not a case for sitting on a desk, but rather under one.

If the ports were on the front that's likely less convenient, and if you have a rampaging toddler, or enter full nerd rage mode and swing your chair around too fast (both a possibility for me), those front mounted ports are probably the likeliest targets to get hit.

Top mounted ports would be protected by the desk a bit. Granted, the only way to be safe is either full wireless, or to just forego a PC completely. These things are just big metal targets for damage.

'' , and if you have a rampaging toddler, '' lol... YA, sometimes it the grownups around here - I also hate to leave things in the front port as well - lucky this case the port assembly is ''clipped' in place and it gives way before things get snapped off .I guess when it gets down to it everywhere but in the back is at risk of a bumble . but you could see over time how the top ports could fill and collect trash and fill up or maybe a drink spilled down in to it [why I stay away from cases with open tops ] hard enough to keep crap / dust out from the inside to start with .its al most like they look for you to spill something down on them and flood the insides easy . I guess when practical function design ideas run out you got to go way out , gimmick, or hype to make up the differencethen theres them thumb screws like a 30 $ case has wheres the nice hinged and lockable latch side doors at ? that use to be standard on solid well built practical cases .looks kinda like that orange side opens on a hinged door ? then its on the back side where your not getting to the board and parts ??? is so they aint bragging on thatthe black looks way more appealing to me in there vid .. it looks sharp for what it isso sad that todays hardware relies on hype and gimmicks as there selling points [a shame ]OUCH !!! 299$ OUCH !! [if this is the same case or the one here is a revision of it ] well you do get them thumb screws for that price I guess ...lolI was thinking like 80 bucks at best . there proud of that baby