A Closer Look – Interior
With the tempered glass removed, you can see there’s a really nice interior on this case. Well, you could see that before too, as it’s a window, not a wall, but still, it does look good. So, there’s some ventilation on the right side panel, but as you can see, there are no side panel fan mounts here, but rather some metal plate for mounting additional drives. As you’ll see on the other side, this is actually a removable panel.
I love the PSU shroud design, as there’s quite a lot going on here. There are two cutouts towards the motherboard, allowing for cable pass-through, a removable plate towards the front to allow for larger front panel radiators, a removable left side lower panel, and there are three 120mm fan mounts with massive amounts of ventilation for those too.
A big thumbs up for this cable routing grommet too, why all cases don’t include this I will never understand, as it’s one of the most useful bits of cable routing a PC case can have.
Behind the motherboard, there are more holes than a golf course, but keep in mind many of these will actually be covered up by an ATX motherboard, as they’re for the BTF rear-mounted connectors. However, there is a second set of outer cut-outs, which are for more traditional cable routing options.
In the back of the case, you can find the first of four 120mm XPG-branded fans.
Of course, all these fans are white and fully ARGB too, so they should look pretty striking once powered up.
There are three more in the front panel, giving you all the airflow you’re likely to need for a high-end build. Best of all, they’re all pre-wired together to a controller, and there’s the RGB button on the front I/O so you can cycle colours without the use of desktop software.
Behind the right side panel, you can finally see those side panel fan mounts, but what confuses me is that if you want to remove the SSD tray to use these mounts, you lose the drive mounts.
They could have just as easily put two behind the motherboard like every other case maker, but nope, none there, which is a bit odd.
However, there is a removable drive cage under the PSU shroud, which is certainly a nice addition if you’re wanting to put a pair of 3.5″ or 2.5″ drives down here.
They’re tool-free for HDD, but screws are included to mount 2.5″ drives here too.
