The rear of the case has all the standard slots that any PC would have, these being an I/O plate opening, 7 card slots and an opening for a standard PS/2 sized power supply. Additionally, two openings for 80mm fans are on the rear of the case. Fan grills for both sides of the fans are included, however the fans are not included. There is an additional two slots on the front of the case for an 80 or 92mm fan.

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On the inside, there is room to fit up to a standard ATX sized motherboard, and it also supports MicroATX as well. Any standard PS/2 sized power supply should fit. The power supply is mounted on the bottom half of the motherboard instead of up top like a lot of cases have. This puts the CPU fan closer to a ventilation hole in the side of the case for better cooling. At the front, there is room for seven 3.5" drives, one of which has the cover at the front, and two 5.25" drives can be put in as well.

  
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I'd also like to talk a bit about the RA01 Rack Ears that Silverstone kindly provided for us. This is a pair of rack ears that Silverstone sells for select cases (LC16M / LC17 / LC18 / LC20 / LC20M / CW01). They are available in either black or aluminum colour to match the colours of all the compatible cases. Adding these handles to your case will make it fit in any standard 19" rack. Most of the cases are about 4U in height. Adding these rack ears will suddenly make the possible uses for your case double. Now you can have a stunning looking, silent and well built case in your home studio rack. No more ugly server cases need to be tucked in amongst your thousands of dollars worth of gear in your nice studio! The LC20 which we reviewed here also has a nice short length, making it compatible with most rack cases (such examples would be those from Gator or SKB). Now you can make your studio computer portable and protected for working on the road while not losing hardware compatibility by using a laptop system. The uses of rack mounting a case could go on forever. You could simply rack mount it somewhere as a home media server, or use it as an actual server case as it's styling definitely beats most out there!

  
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Installation:
For the most part, my installation was very easy with little or no problems at all. Just a few pointers for installing though, you'll want to watch how long your power supply is to prevent any interference with the drive cages directly behind it. I was using the Silverstone ST-60F and I found it's added length and the modular cables would prevent me from putting any drives in the cage behind it, so for extra ventilation I decided to just take that cage out all together. Video card length may also pose an issue. The SATA cables were just able to fit on my hard drive without touching my 6600GT video card. If you have a very long card, you may want to be careful with drive placement. The only other minor issue I had was putting in the bottom 5.25" drive. I originally place it flush with the case underneath the door, however the door wouldn't fully open that way so I had to move it back one screw hole when mounting it to prevent that interference.

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The rack handles were also an easy installation, two screws per handle and you're set.

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