Assembly

To begin installation remove the four screws that hold the drive bay caddy into the case with a #2 Philips head screw driver. The caddy simply slides out once the four screws are removed.


The hard drive caddy is made of the same durable EGI steel as the chassis. There is room for two hard drives and an optical drive, however, if you decide to use a memory card reader or a floppy drive there will only be room for one hard drive. Unlike most cases the drives get mounted from the under side. This method is just as secure and most drives have the mounting holes, four for each device.


Before reinstalling the drive caddy I highly recommend configuring all the wiring for power and data cables as well as the front panel switch and LEDs. Installing the rear I/O shield and motherboard was a breeze as expected. Once I got the whole PC installed and wired nicely inside the case I noticed that many users may run into a problem with memory configuration inside the case depending on location of the DIMM slots, height of the modules, and length of the optical drive. Luckily the motherboard I used in this review allowed for use of all but the fourth slot, furthest from the CPU socket. This will allow for most users to use two sticks in a dual channel configuration. Also, you may be able to utilize low profile sticks if you wish to use all four memory slots. The heat sinks on the modules I used made the sticks too tall to fit under the optical drive.

Finished Look

The case looks pretty nice once everything is installed. There is plenty of room to hide cabling to make for optimal airflow inside the case.


Once everything is installed inside the case, reinstall the side panel securing it with the two thumbscrews at the rear of the case. Slide the foot onto the under side of the front of the case and stand it upright.