[section_title title=Closer Look – Interior and Installation]
Closer Look – Interior and Installation
Here is a photo showing the sort of clearance that you can expect from a CPU cooler in this case. The chassis supports coolers upto 175mm in height, so our Noctua was well under that. The clearance from the Noctua coolers fan to the rear exhaust fan is about 10mm. If you were to use a larger CPU cooler which is wider, then you may run into clearance issues.
Moving onto the power supply area of the chassis, as you can see, I have used the tiny Silverstone SFX PSU. Whilst this is much smaller than the U2 can accommodate, it is actually the perfect size as it has plenty of the connectors you need and will be able to power nearly all graphics cards you could fit in the chassis. As you can see there is a substantial space above the PSU which could be used to hide any loose cables and keep the case looking that little bit tidier.
Lastly I have included an image of the system in its completed state. As you can see it is a little difficult, even with this PSU to keep cable management tidy. However, this system and chassis would make the make the perfect HTPC system or a higher end small form factor gaming rig.
where is the test ?? i can see only text.
This is one of our older reviews where we used to use a different format for presentation – instead of all the info being shown in one page we used to split the reviews up into navigable pages so people could jump to the results they specifically wanted to see. You should see a orange navigation bar at the bottom of each review (above the comments section) and you can either click on the appropriate page number or select from the drop-down menu. We will eventually change all these older reviews to the current single page format but it’s a laborious process and we simply haven’t had the opportunity to complete the task yet.