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Page 4 of 5 Inside Now we journey inside the case itself, and it's here where things get a lot more interesting. The interior construction is quite good, feeling very sturdy and having lots of rounded edges. Though the case only comes with one 120mm fan, we moved the front mounted fan to the back fan mount just so you'd see what it looked like. Both fan mounts are of the snap in screw less variety. Another welcome feature to be found is a support rail for a power supply, something often missing in inexpensive cases. The slot area is really awesome in this case design, and one of the best latching systems I've had to pleasure to work with. Each slot latch is spring loaded, easy to open, and easy to close, which is how this sort of thing should be. These were a bit tricky with a dual-slot card, like the Sapphire ATI X850XT I've been using, as clearance is a little tight for such a bulky card. Normal cards are a breeze to install.    These cases do not feature a slide out mainboard tray, but that's something I really don't care much about myself. They were nice enough to include a motherboard locater pin already installed, though many cases do include these in their parts bags. Moving on around we see the front panel cable sets. In the case of the front USB and audio ports, these come in molded 10-pin molex connectors, which most (not all) newer main boards support, and these simplify wiring of these dramatically. The remainder of the cables are the usual lot that always cause you to break out your main board manual to figure out.    The front fan mount is directly behind the removable front HDD cage, and is of the same snap in screw less variety found in the rear of the case. Clearance is tight, so no deep 210cfm Delta's are going to fit. But this isn't a big deal, as most other 120mm fans will fit just fine, and those wont cause deafness or puree' your hand.   The drive bay area of this case is really nice. The top section features four 5.25 inch bays, and these are all rail mount bays for easy removal of 5.25 inch drives. Below this is a removable cage for two 3.5" devices. Further down you find a slide out cage for housing 5 additional 3.5" drives. Here drives are secured by special screws, through rubber grommets, which help isolate vibrations emitted from the drives. At the top of this cage is a simple but effective push down latch. Press this and pull outward and out comes the cage. For securing this cage, at the bottom they've provided a handy little thumbscrew.         To round things up here, we'll take a look at the parts package. All the ancillary parts for the case come in this small carboard box. Inside you will find a bag of 5 inch drive rails, and a bag of assorted screws. Also included is a simple assembly manual for the case that is both surprisingly complete and detailed, and surprisingly absent of poorly translated English.    Now that we're finished with the details, let's take one good look at the "S5" in all its glory, and then we'll wrap things up.   |
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