Behind the front grill is an included 80mm Blue LED fan. This fan is mounted in a spot which allows either an 80mm or 120mm fan. If you add more hard drives down the road you can easily upgrade your cooling to the 120mm size fan. MGE has included more than enough drive bays in the case. There are 4 external 5.25" drive bays for hardware such as a DVD drive, multifunction panel, etc. There are also 2 external 3.5" drive bays where users may mount hardware such as a floppy drive, card reader, etc. Inside the case there are 4 bays for 3.5" drives. This allows the users to run multiple hard drives and plenty of room for people who run RAID configurations. Any drives put in the internal bays are cooled by the 80mm (upgradable to 120mm) fan blowing on them.

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In the back of the case there are 2 - 80mm fan mounts for mounting more fans for increased cooling (rear fans not included). There are also 7 slots for PCI/AGP cards. When looking at the case from the rear, to the bottom right of the PCI/AGP slots there is a rectangular grill to help bring out that extra heat. There is an I/O plate on the back of the case, but the layout of the holes may not match up with some newer motherboards. In that case, all motherboards come with their own I/O plate so you'll need to swap them out.

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At the side of the case is a nice large window with 2 blue LED fans below it. The feature that I loved about the window is that it has a blue tint to it. When all the blue LED fans are running the window appears quite blue. When observing this, it almost eliminates the need to put a cathode in for lighting because it appears that the inside of the case is lit blue, cool! The 2 - 80mm blue LED fans that are below the window are very quiet. I have experience with many brands of illuminated fans, most of which look cool but are very loud. MGE has done an awesome job with selecting fans that are very quiet, good looking and offer exceptional air flow.

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When looking inside the case it's a fairly standard layout. One feature which I would have liked to see would be tool-less drive mounting for the 3.5" and 5.25" drives. Having to remove both sides of the case to swap out a hard drive or CD drive can be a little bit of a hastle. Keep in mind that this is not something that is often done, and tool-less options are usually found on more expensive cases. This case is not in that catagory, I just mention that it's a nice feature to see on any case.

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Resting at the top corner of the case is an MGE brand 400 Watt power supply. This power supply comes SATA equipped to power the latest in hard drives. It also has 4 molex connectors and 2 floppy connectors. The 24 pin plug that goes to the motherboard is covered in stylish black wire loom for both protection and looks. The only 2 things I didn't favor on the PSU was that more molex connectors would really help out power users who tend to cram all the bays full of accessories, and the wires could be just a little bit longer to give more reach to items mounted at the bottom of the case. Again, keep in mind that cases in this price range usually do not offer an abundance of extra's, that would defeat the objective of producing a budget minded but also great looking case.  In this case, the money has been spent on the things that really matter for a great looking case, while being a tiny bit lax in the areas that really don't matter as much.

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