A Closer Look - Inside

Opening the case by unscrewing four thumb screws at the back will unlock the side panels. Sliding them off and setting them aside we see the inner workings of our chassis. The all black interior is certainly eye pleasing as well as the openings on the motherboard tray. It's nice to see these openings included for CPU backplates and cable routing.


Up front we have two HDD mounting bays which hold two hard drives for a total of four internal storage drives. The left HDD bay is removable with four thumb screws from the underside. The HDD holders snap into place in the holder providing a nice housing for your storage. Slightly above the front HDD bay is a single blue LED 120 mm fan. Above the fan is our optical bay which Raidmax has equipped with a tool-less locking design.


Swinging our view to the rear we have the power supply mounted on the base. The power supply is mounted directly over a vented and filtered opening to draw cool air in. Just above are the seven PCI brackets which are all perforated for maximum air flow and painted a nice blue that matches the fans. The inner top displays an outward facing 120 mm exhaust fan.


Packed in across the top are two more 120 mm fans, matched with the blue accent color. These two fans help pull hot air out of the case and when added to the rear facing 120 mm fan there's no doubt a sizeable amount of airflow will be flowing in this case.


Prior to installation, it's important to recognize the internal cable connectors. The grouping is the standard connectors: 1 USB 2.0, 1 SATA, 1 audio, 1 HDD activity, and power and reset. Additionally, all the fan connectors are Molex connections. It would have been nice to see some of these opted for a three pin connection.