Page 3: Interior
<B>The Interior</B>:
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This is where is matters most. I never got cut once going in and out of this case. That is impressive, I usually get nicked or scrapped somehow. When I opened up the case, I was pleased to see a removable motherboard tray. To tell you the truth, I never actually had one, nor do I care about it that much. It does make it easier to put the motherboard in though.
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/mbintray.jpg"></center>
Something else also caught my eye. Whoever made the case must have worse spelling than even me!
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That says Bady AT. HA!</center>
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/cdrack.jpg">
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Next we have the 2 arrays of drive racks, the top is the CD/DVD and the bottom is the HDD. You get enough space for a nice four way hard drive raid action, but your airflow may be horrible. Hell you can even do something with 6 drives or 7 if you cut the floppy! The maximum amount of optical drives I have ever used at once is three, so you'll be fine with the four open optical drive slots. Notice the 60mm fan hole in the front. Mind you, I really don't think you should use a great deal of drives, the heat will be insane.
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/backblow.jpg"></center>
This is a picture of the backblow hole, on the motherboard tray. It can fit an 80mm fan. Also of interest is the little tab that you see. This is how the tray gets secured on the case. I screwed it in myself, there is another tab on the bottom as well.
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The piece of metal running vertically is the thing that is left after you remove the motherboard tray. You can put a cathode or wires here. What I mean to say is that it is stationary in the case.
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/pled.jpg"></center>
The last thing about the inside the connectors for the motherboard. The power led is made into a molex connector, possibly because the LEDs needed were drawing too much power from the board. I like it better anyway, some boards have 3 pin LED connections and others have 2. I don't have a clue why this is.
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/allin.jpg"></center>
Ahh, we make our way into the final product. The fan there is an <a href="articles.php?id=40">Antec lighted one</a>.
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/mbtray.jpg"></center>
This is where is matters most. I never got cut once going in and out of this case. That is impressive, I usually get nicked or scrapped somehow. When I opened up the case, I was pleased to see a removable motherboard tray. To tell you the truth, I never actually had one, nor do I care about it that much. It does make it easier to put the motherboard in though.
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/mbintray.jpg"></center>
Something else also caught my eye. Whoever made the case must have worse spelling than even me!
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/spelling.jpg">
That says Bady AT. HA!</center>
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/cdrack.jpg">
<img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/hddrack.jpg"></center>
Next we have the 2 arrays of drive racks, the top is the CD/DVD and the bottom is the HDD. You get enough space for a nice four way hard drive raid action, but your airflow may be horrible. Hell you can even do something with 6 drives or 7 if you cut the floppy! The maximum amount of optical drives I have ever used at once is three, so you'll be fine with the four open optical drive slots. Notice the 60mm fan hole in the front. Mind you, I really don't think you should use a great deal of drives, the heat will be insane.
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/backblow.jpg"></center>
This is a picture of the backblow hole, on the motherboard tray. It can fit an 80mm fan. Also of interest is the little tab that you see. This is how the tray gets secured on the case. I screwed it in myself, there is another tab on the bottom as well.
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/smallthing.jpg"></center>
The piece of metal running vertically is the thing that is left after you remove the motherboard tray. You can put a cathode or wires here. What I mean to say is that it is stationary in the case.
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/pled.jpg"></center>
The last thing about the inside the connectors for the motherboard. The power led is made into a molex connector, possibly because the LEDs needed were drawing too much power from the board. I like it better anyway, some boards have 3 pin LED connections and others have 2. I don't have a clue why this is.
<center><img src="http://www.aselabs.com/images/articles/nov02/blackbox/allin.jpg"></center>
Ahh, we make our way into the final product. The fan there is an <a href="articles.php?id=40">Antec lighted one</a>.