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Aerocool Strike-X GT Devil Red Edition Mid-Tower Review

The chassis interior features a black and red paint job, with the main chassis being red and any added panels being black. There is a small CPU cooler cut-out at the back and three good size cable routing holes around the motherboard area.

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The meshed ventilation will provide good airflow for the PSU but I can’t help but think that its far too big and could prevent you from finding a good air pressure within the case as well as adding to issues with dust.

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The storage bays are handled by 5.25″ wide rails, so while the optical drives will slot right in, any hard drives will need to use the included adapter trays, this allows for great flexibility and should you only have a single SSD to install you can screw it right onto the base of the chassis.

There are some really nicely made quick release mechanisms on the drive bays that features the X shape on them, each uses a twist-lock mechanism.

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In the back we can see the rear 120mm exhaust fan which features both 3pin and molex power connections. Each of the expansion slots is fitted with a quick release thumbs screw and there are some holes to the left of each slot, although I’m not certain why.

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The top of the chassis features very little clearance, but there is also space between the inner and outer mesh of the chassis top panel, enough room for 2 x 120mm fans.

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Around the back we see there are more quick release clips on the drive bays. There are a couple of cable tie down loops between the cable routing holes, but there is only 10-15mm of cable routing space, it’s just enough but it’s still going to get pretty tight when we do our test build.

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With the top panel removed we see that there is a tiny cable routing hole on the middle top for the fan mounts, while the larger oval near the front is for routing the front I/O panel cables. Down the front there one of the HDD bays mounted vertically, this acts as a fan guard but you could always remove it and use it for mounting storage if need be.

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On the left we see the front panel on the right we have the top panel. The front panel will hold two 120mm fans as will the top thanks to the extensive ventilation of this chassis.

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Peter Donnell

As a child in my 40's, I spend my day combining my love of music and movies with a life-long passion for gaming, from arcade classics and retro consoles to the latest high-end PC and console games. So it's no wonder I write about tech and test the latest hardware while I enjoy my hobbies!

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