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Cooling and Airflow: Heat rises and in most cases a lot of the heat generated by the internal components get trapped in the top of the case. Enermax in their quest to have a cool running case has included a louvered 80mm mounting area in the top of the case. The louvered work reminds me of the classic car hood louvers incorporated into the hood of many 32 Ford Hot Rods.
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Also added in the upper part of the case for aesthetics as much as functionality are slanted slots that allow for airflow. How much these slots actually help with cooling isn't really clear but they do help set off the cases appearance.

	Continuing with our look at airflow in this case we head to the back where we see the mounting area for two 80mm exhaust fans. The placement of these fans allows for maximum airflow across installed components.
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So far we have seen a side intake fan and one upper 80mm louvered blowhole and dual 80mm exhaust ports in the rear of the case. So with all of these mounting areas what does Enermax have in store for us next? After removing the front panel from the case you can see that there is a multi-use mounting area in the bottom of the case. Enermax has given us the ability to mount not only a 80mm intake fan but we have the option of using a 120mm fan also. Most 120mm fans have the ability to move a larger volume of air while generating less noise. This will allow us to use quieter fans while not losing airflow.

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One thing to keep in mind when selecting a front 120mm fan is its depth or thickness. You have a limited amount of space to slide your fan into place and fans that are thick in stature will not make the squeeze into place. We found that a 120mm x 25mm fan fits the bill quite nicely without any installation hang-ups.
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The case came with all the necessary hardware for mounting the ATX platform of your choice. To be noted, this case does not have a removable motherboard tray that is something I would have really liked to see incorporated into the design of the case. Still there is enough room for mounting the motherboard without obstructions. As with most rigs I build, I recommend mounting the CPU and heatsink to the motherboard before installing it in the case. It just makes life easier that way.

Something that did puzzle me is the fact that our product sample from Enermax came with a POWERUP PSU installed. According to the info I have been given, the POWERUP PSU model # LC-A350ATX is approved for use with AMD products by AMD. However I did not find POWERUP listed on the Official AMD Approved PSU list. I just found it strange that Enermax, a leader in PSU technology, would sell a case with somebody else's PSU. We have been running an AthlonXP 2100+ system full boat 24/7 for almost a month now without any problems. The power supply looks to be solid in its performance.

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So far what we have is a well-designed case that has kept the important things in mind, good airflow, which promotes a cool running system. A 5.25" external drive rack that will hold just about everything and anything you could possibly want to mount. The normal two 3.5" bays which not only supports a floppy and/or zip drive but can also hold your system hard drive while running four other drives for storage or in a raid configuration. That's five hard drives without any extra gizmos and the front 120mm intake fan cools the raid drives. That is just too sweet.