The first thing I did to the front bezel was to install the power button and two LEDs. To install the power button you just need to screw it on, and to install the LEDs, you just put them into the holes.
I then used the 4 screws and 4 of the standoffs to mount the hard drive, I also installed a fan to the front for an intake.
I installed my floppy drive just like I did with the hard drive.
I also installed my CDROM to the top drive, because the drive cover covers all 3 bays you can either install it to the top or the bottom bay, not the 2 middle.
Now that I have all my drives, the fan, LEDs, and power switch I can put the front bezel into the case. Simply slide it back into the case and replace the 4 cap nuts. Here is a top and bottom shot of the case from the front with it all installed. I also put the probe in the front of the case for the CPU temperature readings.
I did encounter one problem while installing, because the CDROM has to be at the top or the bottom my 24″ IDE cable was not able to reach from the HDD to the top 5.25″ bay. You will either need to buy 36″ IDE cables or put the CDROM in the bottom 5.25″ bay.
Here is a picture of the case fully installed, doesn’t it look cool? I installed another 80mm fan to the back for the exhaust. I also had enough room behind the motherboard to hide the power supply cables that I did not use. With some lighting and some mods this case would look even better.
Conclusion
I really like this case a lot, it is one of the coolest I have ever seen. It is made of high quality, thick Lucite and is very well designed and put together. There are only a few things that I do not like about this case which can be seen in the pros and cons. You can buy a lot of all the things that are not included but I feel they should be.
Even though this case is kind of expensive, if you have the money and are looking for a very cool case to show off every angle of your computer I would highly recommend this case to you. Not only is this a great case but the case mod possibilities are almost endless. I think this would make a really cool case for a water cooling system as well, since you can see inside of it.
Overall I would give this case a 9/10 and award it the OCmodshop seal of approval. I would really like to thank Frank from ClearPC for sending over this case to review.
Pros
- One of the coolest cases I have ever seen
- Great packaging
- High quality Lucite used
- Front bezel is removable, and easy to do
- 80mm intake and exhaust fan holes are precut
- Side panel easy to remove
- All edges and corners are smooth and rounded
Cons
- Little expensive
- No I/O back plane included
- No individual bay covers included
- Only enough hardware for 1 HDD and CDROM
