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Features
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The front panel has a very clean and simple
design to it, and I found it to be very nice. The electric door is
featureless and slides up and down via two tracks on each side of the front
bezel. It is controlled with a small silver button on the upper right hand
side. The door covers the four 5.25” bays and two 3.5” bays. The upper
exposed 3.5” bay has a floppy cover, to help match the drives to the front
of the case. The lower half is dominated by an LED temp display, and the
intake grillwork. The power and reset buttons are clearly marked and are
positioned above and below the actual display. There is also a small knob
just underneath the temp display that will allow you to control all the fans
in the system. At the very bottom is a small flip down door that hides the
front panel ports. Interestingly, there’s a power button in there, allowing
you to turn the system on or off even when the electric door is lowered, and
covering the main power switch. The power door can be moved up or down with
a little effort even without power. It is solid black plastic, and lights
will not shine through it.
This is probably the first case I’ve ever seen with a logo announcing that
it is an aluminum case, but it’s not very obnoxious. The hair-brush finish
on the panels of the CS-A666TA is very well done, and looks very sharp. This
finish is extremely difficult to capture with a picture, but I provided the
best one I could come up with. Both side panels are secured with
thumbscrews.
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The interior is not entirely devoid of luxury, but it’s been carefully
chosen. There are no rails or tool free clips, but the PCI covers do have a
complete set and are replaceable. The entire surface of the interior is a
polished aluminum, and looks very shiny. In the middle of the bottom, there
is a small array of plugs that provide fan control for up to four fans using
three pin connectors. Power is supplied to the unit with a standard four pin
Molex. Enermax has also supplied a small clip attached with 3M adhesive tape
to assist in keeping wires out of the airflow. It is positioned just below
the motherboard about where the Chassis, USB, and Firewire lines will end
up. One thing that is surprising is that there is only one fan in the entire
case…an 80mm in the rear exhaust. However, there is some space for an
additional 80mm exhaust as well as an 80mm intake. The hole punched grille
makes yet another appearance, and I know I’ll be carving those out with a
Dremel in the near future.
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