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Inside the case at the front, are two pre-installed addressable RGB fans, these should offer more than adequate airflow to pull cold air into the system. The front panel provides mounting space for an additional 120mm fan, alternatively, two 140mm fans could be installed here or a 240mm radiator/AIO liquid cooler.
At the top of the case, there is additional space for more fans, either two 120mm/140mm fans or up to a 240mm radiator. In the rear of the case is a pre-installed regular 120mm system fan mounted on elongated holes to adjust the position.
The motherboard tray supports up to standard ATX form factor motherboards, which means either mini-ITX, micro-ATX or full-size ATX motherboard can be installed. To the left-hand side of the motherboard tray are mounting locations for two 2.5-inch SSD drives.
A power supply shroud makes up the floor area of the case and features quite an open-top design with large perforated metal mesh. It seems as though there is space to mount two 120mm fans here since there are four screw holes visible which have centres that perfectly align with 120mm fans. However, fans fitted here may interfere with other components so fitting them here may not be a viable option.
MSI seems to have made plenty of provisions for cable management in the MAG Forge 100R. Along the top of power supply shroud, there are two large cable management cutouts, to the side of the motherboard tray there are three more and at the top of the case is a further two cutouts, no rubber grommets though!
Up to 160mm long power supplies can be installed inside the MSI MAG Forge 100R in its standard form, removal of the 3.5-inch HDD cage allows PSU installation up to 200mm which is more than enough for most ATX power supplies on the market. It is noticeable that there is no anti-vibration cushioning on the floor of the case for the power supply.
To the right of the power supply is the 3.5-inch HDD cage with space for two HDDs to be mounted on quick-release sliding HDD brackets. 3.5-inch HDDs should simply clip in place onto the brackets. The HDD brackets do have anti-vibration rubbers which is good to see. 2.5-inch drives can also be fitting in the brackets with screws from underneath.
Just above the power supply shroud is an RGB lighting hub attached to the motherboard tray. Two pre-installed front panel fans are already connected via standard 3-pin RGB cables and there is room for four more RGB components to be connected. The hub is powered by a SATA cable and a single 3-pin RGB cable connects the hub to a compatible motherboard.
In the right-hand side of the case, there is approximately 20mm of space for cable routing which could be a little on the tight side. There are cable management eyelets scattered around to zip tie cables down to, as well as the various cable management cutouts that we mentioned earlier.
