Installation

Installing the mainboard is quite easy and done the usual way. After placing the spacers at the appropriate locations, just place the mainboard on them and secure it with the supplied screws. The afore mentioned front I/O connectors are fairly complicated so you will spend quite some time, sorting these out.


Installing the hard drives is completely screwless as well. Simply plug the rails into the drive and slide it into the cage. It snaps in firmly and the drives do not have any play. Installing the optical drives is just as simple. Slide them into the front of the case and lock the screwless units - done.


Once the cables are installed, I opened the sides up. Turns out that the cable length should be a bit longer than what you are used to in a mid tower case. Make sure your power supply cables are long enough as you could damage motherboard and PSU when dropping the sides too hard.


Once all the parts are assembled the very crowded interior becomes apparent. Installing the cross bar further adds to this. You may even run into problems with the bar and large graphic cards. Installing R600 or G80 cards will not fit into this case.

Finished Look

Once the computer was turned on, the first thing that became apparent is noise. This case has three fans which are fairly loud. If you are looking for a silent enclosure, you will most likely need to replace all the fans inside the case. The power and reset buttons are night lighted. There are two blue LEDs which denote power and hard drive access. It is your guess which one is used for what function. The filled case weighs more than 20 kg in our review, so while it looks great, this is certainly not something you want to take to a LAN party.