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Apevia XQpack AL/420 Aluminum case PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jarhead   
Dec 19, 2006 at 08:28 AM
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The motherboard tray makes building with this case really easy, allowing you to completely assemble the motherboard and all your cards outside the machine. The tray itself was a little flimsy, but it was to be expected made from very thin metal. 

Once the motherboard and cards were installed, it was rigid enough to not deform when inserting or removing the tray. I did notice the edges were a little sharp, however you would have to be really careless to cut yourself on them as suggested in a "few" other reviews.


 
 

It came a little close when installing the tray, the graphics card having about 4mm of clearance from the back plate of the case. This is not really an issue, as all graphics cards are the same width, and it did fit.

There was a bit of an issue however with the CPU cooler. It did fit, and with about 10mm of room to spare, but the brace making the HDD caddies secure didn’t leave much room for airflow.

Next, even more installation.





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