A Closer Look – Exterior
The Aviator V looks like something right out of a sci-fi movie, and that’s something I immediately love about it! This cross between Darth Vader and a Cylon is full of exotic curves and weird angles, and while the side panel is plastic, it is designed to look like a much more expensive tempered glass panel, giving it more appeal without adding more to the price tag.
The right side panel is held in place by two thumb screws at the back. There’s a large raised section on it, which should free up plenty of extra room behind the motherboard for cable routing.
The front panel is nice and clean with a push-click release panel at the top to hide the 5.25″ drive bays.
The cover opens out, giving you easy access to the drive bays, and leaving it looking neat and tidy while closed.
Around the back, a 120mm fan comes pre-installed as the main exhaust, below which you’ll find seven expansion slots and the PSU cut-out, all pretty basic, but it’s everything you’ll need.
The top panel features some ventilation for any top mounted cooling, as well as a bunch of LED lights.
There are two red lights on each side, as well as two LED strips near the middle, which we’ll see fired up shortly. The I/O panel is packing plenty of features too, with two card readers, three USB ports, audio jacks, power controls, and lighting controls.
There are four large feet on the base of the chassis, giving really nice ground clearance for the PSU air intake, which comes with a clip-in mesh filter. It’s a cheaper air filter solution, but it gets the job done and keeps the cost down.
