Assembly

Installing the motherboard is done by traditional means, with the use of the included spacers and screws. As you can see, there is loads of space around the board for you to route cables and reach all the connectors with ease. This holds especially true for the case's top edge, allowing you to install potent water-cooling radiators and fans in the ceiling without having those collide with components on the motherboard. The In Win GRone can then easily take a 240 or 280 mm radiator in the ceiling.


Installing a 3.5" hard drive within the GRone requires no tools at all. Simply take out the tray of your choice and squeeze the drive into place. Once installed, slide the unit back into the bay of your choice and close the front cover to secure it. For those wanting to install a 2.5" drive, like an SSD, traditional screws are required, but In Win even made a point of including those.


Adding a 5.25" device does not require tools either. Just release the cover of your choice and slide the drive into place. Once in position, push down on the green buttons to secure it. Optical drives will still have a bit of play, but you can easily sink a single screw into one of the remaining mounting holes to secure it completely. The top external bay is actually the second internal one, which makes accessing the very top internal bay externally impossible. It would have been nice of In Win to include a 5.25" to 2.5" adapter for two SSDs by, for example, leaving out the green buttons at the very top.


Installing the power supply is done by traditional means. Installing a larger unit is not a problem because of the spacious interior. A large PSU will fit even when using the alternative hard-drive cage location.


With everything in place, the interior of the GRone looks surprisingly clean. We used the opening closest to the PSU to route all the cables behind the motherboard tray, tying them together out of sight of the large opening in the bottom since there are no other means to secure them on the motherboard tray itself.

Finished Looks

Replacing the panel is quite easy and does not require excessive amounts of force once everything is in place. The red power LED creating a ring around the power button and all three LED-equipped fans light up as soon as you turn the system on.


Looking through the fairly large window, the blue tint is a nice touch and goes well with the gray exterior of the GRone. The blue sheen even allows you to install components with differently colored PCBs, and the window is sized and positioned in a way to hide the drive bays nicely. Everything in the rear is also where you would expect it to be, and all the connectors are easily accessible.