A Closer Look - Inside

The interior of the XPG Valor Air is traditional but quite simple. The general quality of the frame feels a little bit on the less substantial side, which is visible by the slight bulging of the metal between the black rivets for example. Even though XPG does not advertise it, the shroud has mounting holes for two 120 mm fans, but this will limit access to the bottom edge of the motherboard as a a result.


As there is limited cable management space, the Valor Air employs trenches along the top and side of the motherboard area to lessen the issue. The cable routing openings wrap around the edge of the side trench, which hopefully makes routing cables easier and cleaner as there are no grommets. While the number of hooks for zip ties is limited, they are big enough and well placed and as such should be quite useful. Underneath the opening for the CPU cooler backplate there are two individual 2.5" SSD mounting plates which actually ship with proper quality thumb screws.


Looking underneath the shroud in the front of the case, there are two mounting positions for the separately packaged HDD cage. It is meant to be secured with screws through the floor of the chassis, thus, changing your storage in this area once the system is built will mean that you have to tip the case on its side to get to the screws. The entire front is meant for cooling and XPG has equipped the unit with three 120 mm, retail grade fans to push air into the Valor Air. These are actually wired up with a 3-way splitter, so that you only need a single motherboard header to power them.


In the rear, underneath the shroud, the PSU bay is pretty traditional with four foam pads for the power supply to rest on. There is enough space for mainstream units to fit nicely, but longer variants may mean you have to sacrifice the HDD cage - especially if you have liquid cooling in the front of the chassis. Above the shroud, you will find the seven expansion slots and that forth retail grade fan set to push air out the back of the case.


In the ceiling, you can clearly see where you may mount liquid cooling of up to 240 mm in size. Alternatively, two 120 or 140 mm fans will fit here as well. things may be a bit tight for liquid cooling in regards to your motherboard XPG doesn't provide too much room above the boards edge, but the assembly process will shed light on that later.


All the leads within the XPG Valor Air are sleeved black and exactly what you would expect. As there is no ARGB controller, there is not much else to be said here.