X-Sonic Aluminum Case

We were talking about the size of the case in the introduction.  A pinch here and a tuck there really add up.  Take the bays shown below. 

Two small doors cover the right side of the 5.25" and 3.5" bays.  Behind the door next to the floppy drive bay lies two USB 2.0 ports as well as a Firewire port.  Behind the door next to the 5.25" bays is a depression that took me a second to figure out. 

Most, if not EVERY case with drive rails has them on both sides of the drive.  The X-Sonic only has the rail on the right side, to save space.  You can secure your drives with screws in the normal way from inside the case but the drives we installed with the one rail, held firm and didn't cause us any loss of confidence.  Personally, I love drive rails and how easy they make tool free drive access.  Think about needing some working space in your box and being able to slide your drive out a few inches without unscrewing anything.  Very nice.

Moving to the left side shows us a windowed side panel complete with blowhole.  The case comes with two 80mm multi colored LED case fans.  These fans are rated to move 33 CFM at 28 decibels.  Lots of air, minimal noise on paper and in person.  While I love extra venting, I don't love dust.  The X-Sonic earns points for the blowhole but loses almost as many for no filter to keep dust, cat hair, and/or the French out of your case.  On the flip side, filters are very easy to make.  I use ghetto filters quite often which are sheets of foam covering a case fan with a rubber band wrapped around the edge of the fan to hold the foam in place.

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