A Closer Look - Inside

To access the interior, simply remove the thumb screws holding each panel in place. While the general layout inside the chassis is pretty normal, XPG has included a shroud with subtle tooling changes I have not seen before. The opening where the HDD cage sits is pretty large—much bigger than what you would ever need in reality, but I am happy to see two SSD mounting possibilities here to show off your storage drives. Looking at the backside of the motherboard tray, it is actually pretty simple due to the openings for cooling, as it basically boils down to two sturdy metal plates that are offset to provide a cable-routing gap.


We have seen the two SSD mounting plates many times before. They are made out of steel and held in place by thumb screws, and tend to work quite well. XPG is not trying to re-invent the wheel here, which is perfectly fine. The somewhat unique facet for a chassis of this design is the possibility to mount two 120 mm fans or a 240 mm radiator setup on the side. While this should look pretty cool when actually utilized, it does make cable management a bit trickier as you want to route and hide as much as possible.


In the front, underneath the shroud, is a metal HDD cage with two white plastic trays for 3.5" or 2.5" drives. This brings the total to a solid four storage units which will fit inside the XPG Invader out of the box. That having been said, we would have given away brownie points if there would have been two additional SSD trays on the shroud for a total of six possible drives. The rest of the front is utilized purely for cooling, as we have seen when taking the front cover off.


In the rear, the PSU comes with four black plastic stand-offs. Above that are the expansion slots with the seven covers and the aforementioned fan. A nice touch is the 3-pin cable with a second plug allowing you to daisy chain fans from a single header on the motherboard.


In the ceiling, you can clearly see the mounting holes for fans or radiators. I like the fact that the front area of the ceiling is completely solid for a change.


All the leads within the XPG Invader are black and come with the usual plugs, so you should have no issues connecting everything. On top of that, you will find a SATA power connector to provide juice to the RGB lights along with plenty of expandability, so you may easily deck out your finished system with RGB LED components.