Assembly

Installing the mainboard is a breeze as you have all the space you need, thanks to the tray. As you can see, the V351 allows you to use very large graphics cards as well as fairly big CPU coolers. A 120 mm tower variant won't fit, but there are plenty of other high quality blow down versions out there for which there is sufficient space.


Before you may insert the hard drives, you will have to prepare them with special screws. These have rubber rings to kill any vibration. Once applied, simply slide the hard drive into place until it locks down in the rails. There is an opening right below the hard drive connectors, so you can route cables up to this area of the V351 easily.


The same method is applied to the ODD. First you are required to place special screws in the appropriate locations allowing you to slide it into place. These drives do however require at least an additional single screw to keep them from sliding back and forth once inside the bay.


The PSU is installed just like in any other chassis. Four screws hold it in place securely.


I have used a 700W power supply and it does fit, with a bit of room left for cables and the likes. If you have a unit with detachable cables, you better plan ahead and connect all needed ones before inserting the power supply into the V351. But as you can see there is more than enough space left to install graphics cards which go well beyond the mainboard edges, so it is safe to say that even high-end parts should fit nicely. Sure, do not expect a dual GPU or top of the line card to fit, but anything in the range of a 5850 or GTX 275 will surely have enough room.

Finished Looks

Once everything is installed, both side panels were put back into place and screwed down. Turning the case on yielded in a nice and soothing noise coming from the fans. This case should be a perfect choice for those looking for an extremely compact, but quiet system for work or as a LAN party box. As I mentioned before, the power button also acts as the power LED, lighting up blue once turned on.


As you can see, I have used a black drive, which looks right at home along with the small black screws holding the panels in place. In the rear you can easily access every component installed as well.