A Closer Look - Inside

Simply pull the covers off to access the interior. These are held in place by many pins, so you won't have to worry about them coming off on their own. To eliminate any vibrations between the panels and the frame, both sides are lined with foam as a stop-gap. As expected, the interior is completely black, with a few holes in the divider between compartments to route cables through, and a large opening to access the CPU cooler's backplate.


The front of the main compartment is taken up by the two aforementioned 140 mm fans. You may also place a radiator of up to 280 mm in size there if you wish.


The rear of the main compartment bears no surprises as you have the eight expansion slots in the bottom half and the rear exhaust fan above it. It would have been nice to have thumbscrews on these expansion-slot covers even though screws are enough. If you opt not to install any fans on the floor, the space there can be used for additional hard drives. Should you do so, Cooltek has included rubber rings as an anti-vibration measure specifically for those spots.


The smaller of the two compartments contains a bracket for the 5.25" drive bay. It may also hold a 3.5" drive in the rear. You will find the PSU bay on the bottom of the chassis. It comes with four rubber mounts for the unit to rest upon. If you were wondering why the picture above only shows three of them: One of the pyramids came off during the shipping process. I found it and put it back into its correct spot.


In the front of the same compartment are two notable features: First is the fact that Cooltek uses a PCB of high quality for both the I/O and the buttons, which has been detached from the side panel, and second is the 2.5" cage for up to three such drives or SSDs. However, installing drives here requires you to remove the cage, which takes a screwdriver.


All the cables within are of the default variety, with black sleeving to match the W2's overall look. As the W2 also features a fan controller, there are three 3-pin connectors and a SATA power plug just for that purpose.