Review System

Assembly

Adding an ATX motherboard to the Aqirys Aquilla is done by using the pre-installed spacers and classic screws. As you can see, there is loads of space above the board and well-placed cable routing options on all three sides. Adding our GPU to the mix, it already exceeds the limit for any side-fan mounting, so odds are your pixel pusher will as well.


Including an SSD is easily done, but also needs a tool and screws. Simply remove the tray of your choice and secure the drive to it. Once filled, put it into one of two positions on the backside of the motherboard tray.


The plastic HDD tray, on the other hand, is tool-less as it snaps apart so that you may easily place your spinning storage device. Solid metal pins hold the drive in place once you squeeze the tray onto the unit.


In this state, you may simply slide the filled tray back into the cage, where it will snap down to be held in place securely purely on tension alone.


Installing the power supply is pretty straightforward, and the shroud is spacious enough to easily slide it into place. As you can see, even this mainstream PSU would allow for the two floor fans to fit, albeit tightly, as the mounting hole for the cooling unit closest to the PSU is a roughly an inch away.


Lastly, adding the 360 mm AIO turns out to be a breeze. There is loads of space in the ceiling of the Aqirys Aquilla, so you may slide it all the way towards the back with lots of room left to attach any cables to the motherboard's top edge without issue.


With everything installed, the interior of the Aqirys Aquilla makes a nearly immaculate impression because of the numerous well-placed openings around the board, and the wiring for the fans in the front may also be run through dedicated openings which are hidden away from view. Behind the motherboard tray, the results are pretty good, but could be improved with a few extra well-placed hooks for zip ties.

Finished Looks

Turning the Aqirys Aquilla on, you will clearly see all four ARGB fans light up nicely. In addition to that, the power button is equipped with a blue LED of its own.


Looking at the front, each fan ARGB element makes for a beautiful visual. Aqirys included units with hub and ring-mounted ARGB LEDs, which makes all the difference here. Thanks to the very lightly tinted side window, you can also clearly see all your hardware and other lighting elements easily, which is certainly a positive. In the rear, everything is where you would expect it for given layout, and the fourth ARGB fan can also clearly be seen from this angle.

You may adjust the lighting by pressing the buttons on the embedded controller, but odds are you would not want to open the case up every time to do so. This is where the handy remote comes in, with which you may not only hand fan control over to the motherboard instead of using the controller's simple high/low options, but also easily toggle through set colors. Below are the default solid color options the controller is capable of.