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Accessing the inside of the case is fairly simple and only requires the removal of four screws to take off the front panel. All of the important areas are easily accessible inside due to the shallow design of the case, although this does mean that component choices are somewhat restricted. The inside is also finished entirely in brushed aluminium and is sure to complement most component choices aesthetically.
Over on the right we can see that there is a small collection of hard drive bays which can support up to four 2.5″ drives. This isn't ideal for a media PC as there isn't enough room for large 3.5″ drives for storage.
We installed a 2.5″ solid state drive which requires four screws through the sides of the unit.
As we mentioned previously, the PC-Q30 requires a SFX power supply which is considerably smaller than a regular ATX model. These can be difficult to get hold of, especially from respected manufacturers. There isn't any provision for cable routing, so all of the cables have to go in front of the motherboard.
Installing a motherboard is very simple indeed as it only requires four screws to secure it in place. We would recommend installing the CPU cooler backplate (if required) before installation as the rear side of the motherboard is completely inaccessible once installed.
Finally we installed a graphics card into the system which first required the removal of a small piece of aluminium blocking access to the expansion card covers. Once this was done, though, installation was fairly straightforward. There isn't a large amount of room for graphics cards and most of the high end models wouldn't fit so we chose a AMD Radeon HD 6670.
Absolutely beautiful, but I would be concerned about the discrete graphics card space. what is the maximum room in there for a GPU?
This or Bitfenix Prodigy? decisions, decisions. what do you guys think?
Funky! I’ve just ordered one, I’ll see if it fits in the living room :)… The drawback is the ports backplate facing upward the chassis. When all is wired it will have an different look, a somewhat “techno-sculpture” : with phosphorescent Water cooling tubing it could get that ugly… Maybe I’ll try to put an aluminum cover on top, perpendicular to the front panel’s curvature at that point (parallel to the ports backplate), maybe also on the sides so as to somewhat enclose and hide the backport (which would also protect the ports and wire headers). Bah I’ll see, It ‘l be as it goes!