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A Top Technology X-Blade Case

Once the HDD cage is removed, the intake fan placement is easily visible. Included with the case is an 80mm LED fan.

But, you can replace the 80mm fan with a 92mm or a 120mm if you're so inclined.

A very nice surprise still awaited me as I inspected the 5.25" drive cage. Set into the rails where a drive would go, was a small container labeled "Accessory Kit". Once I pulled it out and popped it open I was delighted to find all the drive rails, screws and standoffs neatly packed within.

The drive rails come in two flavors. One set, the metal one on the right, for your 5.25" drives and the plastic ones for your 3.5" drives.

They attach very easily and intuitively, and then you just slide 'em right on into place.

At the top of the motherboard tray was a feature that I have not seen in any other case that I have reviewed. There is a rubberized metal clip that protrudes out from the tray for you to hook your cables on to keep them out of the way.

This is an exceptional idea makes routing your cables out of the way very easy. The only problem with this is, once again, the shortness of the PSU cables. Because these are so short, it would be impossible to route any of the connectors for your HDD or even video card through here.

Let's light 'er up. Now it's time to put a system in the case and see how she looks all lighted up and shiny. All the LEDs and fans in the case are blue, and with that green and chrome color scheme, it should look pretty happening.

Even with a few lights on, you can see how bright those LEDs are, but check it out with all the lights turned off.

Now that is definitely kickin!

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