A Closer Look - Inside

Having taken the side panels off, how compact the Montech Fighter 600 is becomes apparent. The chassis is not meant for thick radiators in the front, and its shroud opening is barely big enough to allow for a thin radiator, though you may go with up to a 360 mm radiator still. An opening has been placed in the shroud for cable management. While it will work just fine, this also means the assembled system will not be quite as clean as it could be.


On the opposite side, you can clearly see the large opening for the CPU cooler area. Underneath, a 2.5" drive tray is held in place by a thumb screw for easy removal. You may add two more 2.5" drives in a trench towards the front of the chassis. While you could possibly wrestle cables to work with the drive mounted on the inside to show it off, they are meant to be embedded and hidden in the trench. There are lots of zip-tie hooks to ensure clean routing, and the numerous openings will allow you to hide the cables nicely.


The PSU bay is very basic but functional upon first inspection, with a metal mesh sheet protecting it from dust, which you can only access by tipping over the full system. All seven expansion slots above that use classic screws. The plastic cover can be taken off easily to allow for access to these mounting locations. The Montech branded ARGB fan in the very top comes with a Molex and 3-pin connector, which obviously means we are going to be using the motherboard header for this fan.


In the front, below the shroud, is a dual 3.5" drive cage, which you will have to remove if you want to install any such storage units. To do so, push down on the plastic clip and pull on the two handles. Above that are the three 120 mm intake fans. These only use Molex connectors, which means you will not be able to regulate their speed or LED lighting in any way. That is also why I will not use "ARGB" or "RGB" to describe these—neither term is applicable.


In the ceiling, you can clearly see where you may install more fans or even an additional radiator. Odds of 120 or 240 mm devices colliding with any motherboard components are slim because of the way the mounting holes are placed, but you would be taking a risk with 140 mm fans or radiators. On top of that, anything you install here will make wiring a little harder as the cable-routing holes will not be as easily accessible, either.


The I/O cables within the Montech Fighter 600 are a bit unique. The single USB 3.0 connector on one hand has a fallback for USB 2.0, which again makes me wonder why Montech didn't simply go with a pair of USB 3.0 instead. Interesting are also the flat cables for audio and USB 2.0, which you have to physically pull apart yourself—that I actually do not mind because it allows you to cable-route one cable until the splitting point. The case power/reset/activity LED leads are as expect for a modern case.