A Closer Look - Inside

To gain access to the interior, simply remove the two thumbscrews that hold each panel in place. On the inside, things look quite empty as there are no traditional internal or external drive bays. On the backside of the motherboard tray are the with Velcro strips pre-routed chassis cables, which is a pretty nice touch.


Bitfenix placed a solid metal cover on the bottom, which hides the PSU bay and keeps things looking really clean once the system has been assembled. On top of it is a single HDD plate you may use for both 3.5'' or 2.5" drives. To the right of that is a mounting plate for a pump with a layer of foam as an anti-vibration measure.


In the front, there is plenty of space for a radiator of up to 360 mm in size, which is due to the lack of drive bays. A single 120 mm fan has been installed to push air in through the front of the Pandora ATX.


The PSU bay below the shroud comes with four foam-covered bumps, so you should not have to worry about vibrations due to the PSU either. The seven expansion-slot covers above that, in the main area of the chassis, are held in place by individual thumbscrews, which makes their removal easy, while the aforementioned 120 mm fan takes up the top part of the chassis' rear.


You may remove the front of the chassis with a firm tug to reveal yet another dust filter covering the front and the LCD screen found within the Pandora ATX. The latter is identical to the one in the original Pandora and is connected to the system via USB.


Under the shroud are three more hard-drive mounting plates, which brings the total possible number of 3.5" drives up to four - plenty for most scenarios.


On top of that are the same number of 2.5" trays, of which two are placed within the general area and the others are on the back of the motherboard tray.


Taking a quick look at the ceiling through the interior of the Pandora ATX, you can clearly see the mounting plate for a reservoir should you want to go for a real liquid-cooling setup.


All the cables within the BitFenix Pandora ATX are sleeved black and of the default variety. The only extraordinary one is for the LCD screen. Even though it only requires four leads, it is a fully sized plug, which is a bit unfortunate. However, considering there is no way to add any more USB-equipped devices, like card readers, to the chassis that issue resolves itself.