A Closer Look - Outside

Out of the box, the InWin C200 looks simple in shape, with some purposefully placed angles for the air vents and its other parts to make it stand out more. You could not say the chassis is understated, but "beautiful" doesn't really fit it, either. It is clear that function trumps form in this scenario.


The front sports two 5.25" drive bays and a vent below these. Pulling the cover off, you can see that you may install two 120 or 140 mm fans in the front with the help of a plastic frame that also acts as a dust filter. The rear of the C200 looks pretty traditional, with the PSU bay on the bottom.


Both side panels of the chassis are completely solid—professionals and workstation users should not really care about seeing what is inside their system as long as everything works as expected anyways. There are also a few vents on the sides of the plastic front panel for additional air-intake possibilities.


The two drive bays are also kept quite understated with plain solid covers. There is a small visual triangle with a different texture to it in the top-left corner, a simple design element to spice things up a little bit. Next to it, a little lower, but on the right edge is the triangular power button with a built-in LED. This button also makes an appearance in their marketing materials, right next to the model name. Below it are two USB 3.0 ports, the usual audio I/O, and a USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C connector. On the bottom half, you will find the angled air vent, as well as an InWin logo in the bottom-right corner.


There is a simple 120 mm fan-mounting position with elongated mounting holes in the very top of the rear. As such, this fan may be aligned with your CPU cooler. Below that are seven horizontal and two vertical expansion slots, each covered by reusable metal pieces. A bit odd is that InWin chose to include the vertical slots instead of a possibly more useful eighth horizontal slot. The target audience would not care about mounting their GPU vertically as it is thermally worse, and the metal side panel covers anything anyways. On the very bottom, the PSU bay come with two sets of mounting holes, which means you may pick which way the unit is held in place within. As you can see, there is plenty of space to the left of it, which hopefully means we are able to cable-manage nicely within the enclosure.


A large dust filter covers all the openings on the underside. It may easily be pulled out through the side and should prove extremely useful for keeping things clean.


You will find a plastic air vent on top. It may be removed to reveal two 120 mm mounting positions for fans. While many other brands offer more here and force you to sacrifice your optical drive bay, InWin clearly draws the line by keeping that area in front of your case solely for external 5.25" devices instead.