There are four bays for 5.25-inch devices and two bays for 3.5-inch devices inside the case. Note that as we have already said, there can only be installed one 3-inch external device, as the second bay has no front panel access. The hard disk drives are installed into removable baskets, each accommodating two drives. The baskets are equipped with rubber pads eating up the vibrations. However, you can remove these pads if you like, and have the HDD sit firmly in the basket. This option is also possible.

There are special plastic clips fastening the external 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch devices inside the baskets. They lock the devices pretty firmly, but you can also add four traditional screws to make sure the fastening is safe enough.

The mainboard is installed into the designated area the usual way and is screwed to the base. Since the base is initially designed for an ATX mainboard, the stands are stamped onto it by default. For a MicroATX mainboard, you will have to install additional stands that are supplied with the case.

There is an additional fan right under the HDD basket, which sucks the outside air into the case. You can also add one more additional fan opposite to this one into a special spot on the right-hand side big enough for a 92-mm or 80-mm fan.

To tell the truth, I was very puzzled by this engineering solution: the air is taken from the right-hand side of the case and is blows outside the left-hand side of the case. The HDD basket is right above this air flow that is why only the bottom HDD is cooled down just a little bit.

The back panel of the case has seven slits for expansion cards, which are covered with blank brackets. The cards can be fastened to the back panel in a traditional way as well as with convenient plastic clips holding the card really tightly. Also there is a 120-mm fan inside the case on the back panel blowing the air outside the system. At the very bottom of the back panel there is a special indicator signaling when the side panel is open.

The case also features a round metal tab for hanging a case lock against “unauthorized?access into the system. However, if you really want to use it you will definitely have hard times trying to push the lock into the tab.

There is a special device called “management kit?at the back of the case. The developer’s web-site explains nothing about it, but I assume it was intended to arrange the cables outside the case and to protect them against breaking, when you push the case too close to the wall, for instance. This “motion control?device is an excellent solution preventing you from accidentally damaging the graphics card or sound card connectors.

The case isn’t supplied with a PSU that is why the user can actually choose himself, what power supply unit to install. For our tests we installed an FSP 460-60PFN PSU from FSP GROUP INC., with the 460W capacity.