Review System

Assembly

Installing a motherboard within the InWin Airforce is done by utilizing classic stand-offs and screws. There is lots of room around the ATX board with some well-placed openings to route leads through. If you are employing an E-ATX variant, you will loose access to the main cutouts to the right of the board, and depending on the width of the motherboard, the SSD placements will probably also bite the bucket. In other words, while E-ATX is certainly possible, it is not really useful within the InWin Airforce.


Adding a 3.5" drive to the blue part is done with classic screws as well. If you are also installing a 2.5" variant, it needs to be secured before the 3.5" drive. The front of the storage unit lines up nicely with the edge of the blue plastic. Once filled, simply slide and clip it back into place.


To mount an SSD to the motherboard tray, screw it down with the connectors facing the opening—that's it.


As InWin provided the BR36, we installed it in the ceiling. Even with such a sizable unit, there is plenty of room for wire management and the motherboard, so you won't have to worry about these components colliding.


With all the other components in place, adding the GPU and PSU is straightforward as well, with screws to hold them down. You may also install the GPU support bracket at this point.


Lastly, as the fans come separately packaged with the InWin Airforce, we installed three of them in the front and one in the rear. While the classic setup most ARGB fan-equipped cases come in these days, we also did so because of the SR36 in the ceiling of the chassis.


With everything installed, the interior of the InWin Airforce makes a pretty clean impression even though there are no grommets. While such an addition would have certainly helped, thanks to well-placed cutouts, all leads are hidden from view quickly. That said, we could have in hindsight wired the audio and fan cables on the bottom edge of the motherboard slightly better. Owing to all the hooks for zip ties on the backside, all cables are secured. As we went in stages, first securing all the fan and ARGB wiring before the motherboard leads and, lastly, the PSU cables, we ended up using more of the points to secure zip ties to than you may need if you were to unify things.

Finished Looks

Turning the InWin Airforce on feels very much like having a bulky, functional, larger than average mid-tower case. The three ARGB fans in the front are clearly visible through the cloth mesh, and a blue power LED lights up in the I/O panel to let you know things are up and running.


In the front of the Airforce, each fan is symmetrically framed by the shell structure, and looking closely, some of the details of the hardware behind these can be made out, which bodes well for cooling performance. In the rear, everything is where you would expect it in a modern ATX mid-tower case. Thus, no surprises here.


The noticeable tint on the glass side panels does considerably mute any ARGB elements of your components, but you can still make out the hardware owing to white surroundings. If you opt for the "Phantom Black" variant, that will surely be harder to do. All the wires behind the motherboard tray, on the other hand, will benefit from both the tint of the glass and the all-black case variant. Even so, the "Justice White" Airforce manages to keep the messy details of the wiring at bay well enough.