A Closer Look - Inside

To access the interior of the CMT340, simply remove the thumb screws and pull the panels away from the chassis. At first look, the minimalistic design approach continues on the inside with the lack of any vertical drive bays. Unlike the CMT510, you will find some openings for cable routing towards the very front of the 340. In essence, this smaller case has been shortened in depth mostly to make it more compact. Looking at the metal shroud, you can see that FSP includes two SSD trays here.


If you look closely, there are two mounting possibilities for SSD trays underneath the CPU cooler's opening, which gives you the option to move the two trays from the shroud to here if you wish to hide those drives. On this side, you will also find a PCB to control the fans within the chassis. The lighting elements may be adjusted via the button on top of the case. FSP has simply re-purposed the reset switch for this.


FSP has also placed two 3.5" drive trays underneath the shroud at the front of the case, while the rest of this area is taken up by three pre-installed fans. You should have enough room here to add a radiator of up to 360 mm, but would have to move the HDD cage towards the back of the chassis by about an inch. The only drawback would be that your PSU has to be compact enough to fit.


In the rear, the PSU bay underneath the metal shroud comes with four rubber bits as an anti-vibration measure. Above that, the expansion bays may be released from outside of the case, which makes the CMT510 slightly more compact. In the very top, the fourth retail-grade fan can be found. It is identical to the ones in the front, which means your whole system will be lit evenly once turned on.


Taking a peek at the ceiling, you can clearly see that the mounting positions for the fan or radiator have been offset, so you will hopefully not have to worry about any such setup interfering with cooling components on the board.


All the cables within the CMT340 are of the standard variety. The PCB is powered by a pass-through Molex connector. An interesting tidbit is that FSP has re-purposed the reset lead as an LED color toggle. This means you can still use the button on top of the case as a reset button.