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Inside the case you are pleasantly greeted by a full (and colourful) cooling system. InWin included front and rear 120mm fans and two 80mm fans on a side card slot cooling panel. One of the fans on this side cooling panel is actually hinged so you can angle it out 90 degree to cool the hard drive bay instead! This cooling plate can be hinged down so it's out of the way when you're working inside the case (or completely detached should you choose not to use it). Seeing four fans included with this case certainly made my mouth drop - it's very unusual for a case manufacturer to give you two or more fans these days, let alone four! All fans are black with fluorescent green blades to give it an awesome visual effect. I should also note that the front 120mm fan is in a removable pull-out cage with a detachable (and cleanable) dust filter. You can see the removal process in my photos below.


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The other green and black thing you'll see in my pictures is the hardware caddy affixed in the lower 5.25" drive bay. Since the case uses a tool-less design, this caddy contains all the brackets you'll need to install devices in the drive bays. Of course you can remove it entirely should you need to use all four 5.25" bays at once.

 
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Next to that, the rest of the case insides are fairly standard stuff.

Installation:
The insides of the X-Fighter are just as spacious as any other standard ATX case. I did not have a single problem or complaint when I was installing a system into this case. I was particularly fond of the tray which holds all the drive mount rails in the one 5.25" drive bay. I always tend to misplace these little guys (as I'm sure many other people do too) when I don't have a place to store them inside the case itself.

Testing:
One of the first tests I like to do with any case before installing a system in it is to evaluate the included cooling system. With the X-Fighter case providing four fans right out of the box my hopes were that they would have a reasonable enough noise level that I wouldn't want to replace them all right away! After powering up just the fans and re-assembling the case I found them to have a fairly pleasing noise level for the number of fans that were running. With a few components mixed in there, I'd say it would leave you with a fairly average noise output.

The overall build quality of the case is also very evident starting with the first time you pick it up. This isn't a cheap aluminum frame like some cases have, it's steel, and even when it's empty it's heavy. I couldn't find any rough edges inside nor did I find any evidence of latches or tool-less hardware that was finicky either.

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