IN-WIN BUC Destiny-Lite Chassis Review

There are five HDD drive trays.  These trays are made of a very rigid neon green plastic.  Each one can be pulled out by squeezing the front finger notches on each one and pulling outward.  Each of the trays has a SATA data and power connectors at the back.  Like the hard drive on a laptop, the drive slides in and instantly plugs into the Sata connectors.  These can also be accessed from the right side of the case as well.  The middle three drives can be accessed easily by opening the small door on the case’s side.  The drives can slide out of this easily for hot swapping.  To prevent confusion, the top tray is reserved for the system drive and is not accessible via the hot swap door.  This door also locks, and includes a key.

The 5.25” drives can be removed by pulling on spring-loaded knobs for each tray.  These knobs snap into the screw holes on the drives.  No screws necessary here, either.  Pretty much every part of this case is made for easy addition and removal of components.  I could see a person build a complete system with this chassis in no time at all.

As with many chassis these days, it’s designed for the power supply to be in the bottom.  I’ve always been a fan of this design.  I can remember more than one of my first builds where the PSU slipped out of my fingers while I was trying to screw it into place.  I actually destroyed a really nice video card this way.  I would suggest that if you are building a computer for the first time, go with the bottom-mounting PSU design.

The last thing I wanted to mention was the lighting on this case.  The lighting is minimal at best.  The front fan is clear and lights up blue.  Just above this is the In Win logo, which lights up orange.  This is all the lighting that comes standard on this case.  It wouldn’t be hard to add more light by swapping out the fans and throwing in some cold cathode lights or LEDs, but it’s still pretty nice as is.