The case is opened by removing the top wood panel from the rest of the case, which is held in place by four very long gold-tinted screws. Once the top it off we can take a look inside.
You are immediately met with a metal rack that is screwed directly into some wood shelves, which are themselves anchored to the wood sides of the case. The metal rack is symmetrical, and has enough room for four hard drives. The top 2 hard drive cages have rubber grommets installed, which should help reduce vibration. Two more hard drives can be wedged into the main part of the rack, and a standard optical drive sits in the center.
The case can take a full-sized power supply, but you’re going to run out of room really fast, especially if you’re using full-sized hardware. It’s best to go with a modular power supply, such as the Corsair TX750 (reviewed here), so you don’t have excess cables clogging the case and reducing airflow.
It is easier to install drives with the rack removed, and once you do so you can see how deep this case is. There is plenty of room for even really tall CPU heatsinks, but they really can’t be over 6 inches tall, such as the Thermaltake V1 (reviewed here). There is enough room to accommodate full-size ATX motherboards and long video cards, but really the smaller the better to avoid cramping.
The front of the case shows the naked backside of the front-panel connectors and VFD display. Attached to this little board are all the connector cables you need (USB, firewire, power, etc.). You can see the cut-out air vents, which are made to look like speakers. I suppose you could mod some speakers and screw them in place if you really wanted this to be an all-inclusive appliance.
Even though this case can accommodate full-sized hardware, I would advise using modest hardware in this case. For one, wood doesn’t naturally radiate heat, and you can get a funny smell when finished wood starts to get warm. Although there is a 140mm exhaust fan, it probably can’t keep up with 150W of heat that can be produced by the latest processor and video card running full-blast. This isn’t a gaming case, so remember that when selecting components.
