In Win Dragon Slayer mATX Chassis
Andy Ruffell / 14 years ago
Completed System
Installing the components into this chassis is nothing out of the ordinary and will house micro-ATX motherboards with ease. Certain parts of the motherboard tray are raised to aid with installing the motherboard and helping with ventilation and cooling. The motherboard tray also has several aspects cut out for cable management.
An optical drive is a simple affair to install and uses a tool-less design that involves unlocking the clip, removing the front bay cover and continuing to slide the drive into place. Once the drive is lined up, it’s just a matter of locking the clip back into place.
Hard drives are similar to install with the same tool-less mechanism as used on the optical drive bay but also features a removable hard drive cage so that the fan can be cleaned that is situated at the front of the bays. The pre-supplied rails are also needed for sliding the drives into place before locking back into place.
Graphics and expansion cards also feature a simple installation process of flipping the brightly coloured switch on the relevant expansion slot needed, popping the ventilated cover out and inserting your card into place. Once your card is lined up and inserted into place, you can continue to lock the relevant lever back into place.
Power supply installation is nothing away from the norm but could be a problem if you have a meaty power supply such as some of the Thermaltake Toughpower range which measures in quite a bit larger than your average power supply. Luckily this case only supports the micro-ATX form factor, so based off the components likely to go into this chassis, you are unlikely to need such a powerful PSU, therefore giving ample space between it and the hard drive cage.
The USB 3.0 cable is an interesting concept as motherboards don’t currently see USB 3.0 headers on them as a standard feature, and therefore the I/O is the more common place for connecting USB 3.0 devices. This leads In Win to placing another grommet on the rear of the case that looks similar to the two water-cooling pass through grommets below. This is so the USB 3.0 cable can be passed through and looped down into the relevant connector on your motherboards I/O.
Once the system is connected up and ready to be swiched on, you will notice that the In Win logo at the front lights up and makes the front of the case really stand out.
