A Closer Look - Outside

Out of the box, the case makes a good first impression. It doesn't push the envelope in terms of material mix as the entire front panel is made out of plastic, but the vent looks refreshingly different to the mesh employed by most brands.


Looking straight at the front, you can see the lighter-colored blades of the front fans through the cover, and turning the DeepCool CG560 around, things looks pretty traditional. That said, the case is slightly wider than most, which gives it a bit more room for large air coolers, allowing them to be up to 175 mm in height.


The main side panel is made out of glass, framed in black and utilizing captive thumb screws in the rear to keep things nice and clean. On the other side is a solid metal cover, once again with captive thumb screws.


Pull the front cover off with a firm tug to reveal a magnetic dust filter with uniquely square holes. You may peel that off to access the three fans. Interestingly enough, these fans have a rather low number of blades with a fairly steep angle. Both are usually trademarks of quieter, lower-pressure fans.


The PSU bay in the rear comes with a single set of mounting holes which look a little different than what we usually have, but these should be just fine regardless. Above that are the seven motherboard expansion slots, each protected by reusable covers with, you guessed it, square air vents. That design element is carried over to the vent next to these, and the vent for a fan in the very top with a 140 mm fan set to push hot air out the back.


In the top is another magnetic dust filter with a nice silicon pull tab covering the mounting holes for two 120 or 140 mm fans. Unlike the other mesh covers, this one has classic, round openings which are nice and small. The mounting sets have been offset away from the motherboard, so you should be able to install a radiator of up to 280 mm here as well. The I/O consists of two green USB 3.0 ports, an audio combo jack, and both a power and LED toggle button. DeepCool has arranged these to be symmetrical, which makes both buttons identical as well and means you may end up turning off your system when looking to switch up the lighting instead. A DeepCool logo can be found on top of the front panel, with no other branding on the chassis itself.


On the underside is a simple mesh cover for the PSU, with larger openings. If you look closely, you can see that the case tooling would support a pull-out dust filter as well, which would have been a much better choice. The floor-mounted HDD cage is held in place with two screws, which you have to remove to pull the cage out for the purpose of assembly. This also means you will have to tip your system over every time you want to adjust your storage setup.