Test System

Assembly

Installing the motherboard is done by traditional means, using screws. Invest some time into properly routing the cables from top to bottom and the interior will look really clean. You will obviously have to look for other options as soon as you put some cooling into the ceiling.


To install the optical drive, simply remove the front cover and slide it into place. Thumbscrews are used to secure the drive, but you may use traditional screws instead.


You may attach the 3.5" drives to the plate with these long screws, as there are rubber rings as an anti-vibration measure, while 2.5" and SSD variants are simply held in place by the tiny screws such drives necessitate.


Before installing the graphics card, you will need to place the PSU into the front of the chassis. Our Seasonic XP2 unit with modular cables just barely fit with a long GPU. The pre-installed power plug is quite the tight fit as well.


Having installed the graphics card, the Core 500 makes a great impression. The wiring clean, the area around the CPU is completely free of any clutter.

Finished Looks

With the cover back on the Core 500, you will hear the fan in the rear exude a nice, calm hum after your system has been turned on. The LED inside the power button also light up.


With the cover back in place, you can only see the Klevv memory sticks' red LED strip when looking through from the top. The other two air vents on the side are used entirely by the GPU and PSU.


The ODD in front suits the Core 500, but you should be sure to use a black drive. You can see the large, but quiet 140 mm fan doing its job in the rear, with all the motherboard connectors at your immediate disposal.