iCue CS-6058ROGX Case Bundle Review - Time to Start Installing Stuff
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I took off the right panel as well as the left and found the mobo tray to be removable, but fairly useless, as the PCI slots do not come with it.
There were no copper colored standoffs (or any color for that matter) so I added some that I had lying around...
And on goes the mobo, an IS7-G, for those of you who are interested.
Unfortunately, the mobo tray also does not allow you put the heat sink fan (HSF) on the CPU before putting it back in the case. There is a support bar across the right side of the case that hangs just low enough to hit the heatsink and stop you from standing the tray upright. Also, on a side note, I got 256MB of OCZ pc3200 (value kind) RAM. Oh yeah, on the back of the package I found this:
Once I installed the mobo (without the HSF), I started installing the drives and looky what I found:
There are two 3 1/4" (FDD) slots, and the little nubs w/ the holes in them are supposed to make up the hard drive (HDD) cage. Now, I know what you're probably thinking: “Come on Cyd, you know damn well you can fit the HDD in one of the FDD slots.” You’d be right, too. But since the company that made this case has clearly labeled which drives should go where (right on the side of the cage), then I thought, "well lets see if they knew what the hell they were doing when they put this thing together."
As it turns out, the nubs hold the HDD quite well, but I’m not sure if I like the fact that all my data is sort of just hanging there, even if it's connected with 4 screws. However, the top of the HDD is hugging against the bottom of the FDD cage and that has to dissipate some heat so maybe there is a plus side to it.
This brings me to my next gripe, about something which I noticed right below the odd HDD holder. There is no included fan clip, and the holes that are provided are larger than the holes on a standard 80mm fan. So no screws are going to help you attach your fan to this case. As you can see below I went with the “ghetto connectors” also known as twisty-ties.
Above: the larger image is the front without the bezel and you can see my fantastic Twisty-tie work (they actually work fairly well), and the inset picture is of the inside before I connected all the corners of the fan.
Okay, so with everything installed and the wires and cables tucked and folded as much as possible, we have the final look.
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