Computing on Demand PC News & Reviews
If you are keen to looking around you will notice some cool things going on here. Whelp, first of all, you have all your bays up front, boring, but there are only 4 available (1 taken by their bay device), and 2 exposed 3.5″ drive bays, which reside in an easily removable tray. There is an 80mm intake fan sitting up front dressed in a nice removable washable fan filter.
I have to talk about this fan’s placement for a second before I move on. If you look closely at the picture of the second door you will notice that it has ventilation, albeit not the greatest ventilation, but it’s there nonetheless. Ventilation is a good thing; this means the fan can pull fresh air from outside the case with ease. Here is the “but,” if you look at the aluminum bezel door you might find yourself a little displeased with the amount of room they give for fresh air to be drawn into the case. This makes for some poor airflow. At this point, I have to ask myself two questions. 1. Is this a major concern for the “normal” person? No, because normal people don’t worry about computer temps as much as I do. 2. Is this a concern for extremists? Sure it is; I want maximum airflow.
Up front you might also notice a nice little keyhole there, and for the first time in a long time a company has decided to make this thing usable. I can’t mention how many times I run across cases with keyholes that a 5 year old can get around without using the key. This thing is real, solid, steel which you don’t want to lose the key to like I did. (Yes, I know… dumb mistake). The lock has 3 different stages. The first of which leaves everything open to anyone, the second locks the plastic bezel in place, and the third locks the plastic bezel and the aluminum door. (Mine is stuck in the third stage, and yes; I did try to rip it open… but it’s strong.)
