The side panels are attached by only one screw with a central lock. You have to remove the thumb screw before you can pull out the latch by about half an inch. Then you can remove the lid. The layout of the motherboard, power supply and hard drives is entirely unlike that of conventional cases. Nothing in it so much as resembles what we've seen in other midi towers. In the PC-V1000, the power supply and drives are installed at the bottom, the motherboard on top. It takes a little getting used to, but it's still brilliant: one glance at the 120 mm fans showed us that both are isolated from the case with rubber pegs.

One look inside reveals the innovative hardware layout.

The central locking system lets you remove the side panels with one thumb screw on either side.
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Summary
- Cucumber Salad Or Band-Aid?
- Ouch! The Pain Of Razor-Sharp Edges
- The Cases: Up Close And Personal
- Simple Motherboard Installation
- Hard-Drive Trays
- Fresh Air With 120 mm Fans
- Rails For 5.25" Drives
- Perfect Construction
- Casetek C1020: Enter The Dragon
- Easy Installation Of Motherboards, Graphic Boards And Hard Drives
- The Hazards Of Installing 5.25" Drives
- Pros
- Chieftec BX-01: Plenty Of Room For Hard Drives
- A Glimpse Inside The Case
- 90-Degree Carriage Rotation Simplifies Hard-Drive Installation
- Safe Installation Of 5.25" Drives
- Pros
- Coolermaster Wavemaster: All Metal With Sharp Edges
- Coolermaster Wavemaster, Continued
- Installing The Motherboard Outside
- Hard Drives Screwed Directly On The Case
- Pros
- Inter-Tech Sportcar Design: Typical Engine Sound With 6 Fans
- Roomy Interior
- Up To 11 Drives Fit In The Case
- Razor-Sharp Edges And Corners
- Pros
- InWin IW-J568G: With Fan Speed Controller And Card Reader
- Motherboard Installation A Hassle
- Old-Fashioned Card Holders
- Waste Of Space
- Pros
- Lian Li PC-V1000: Innovative Interior
- Ingenious Innards
- The PSU Down Under
- Room Enough For Six Hard Drives
- Screws Into Threads Not Into The Case
- Front Bevel Included
- Gotcha: Two Minor Weaknesses
- Pros
- NZXT Guardian: Zylon From Battlestar Galactica
- No Sharp Edges Inside
- Complicated Rail System For Drives
- No Dust Filters Inside The Case
- Revoltec Midi Tower: Chieftec With A New Design
- Traditional Hardware Installation
- Rails For 5.25" Drives
- Special Carriages For Hard Drives
- Pros
- Silverstone Temjin SST-TJ02: Struggle With Drive Rails
- Rails Secure Drives Firmly
- Pros
- Silverstone Temjin SST-TJ03S: Pricy XXL Format
- Spacious Interior
- Screws And Expansion Cards
- Complicated Front-Port Cabling
- Superflower X-Mask SF-462: Spider Design
- Roomy Interior For Many Hard Drives
- Card Installation With Brute Force
- Are These Designers Crazy?
- Thermaltake XaserV V5000A: Full Metal Jacket
- Problems With Graphics-Card Installation
- Pros
- Yeong Yang YY-5603: No Major Flaws
- Tidy Accessories
- Anti-Vibration Rails For Drives
- Break-Away Face Plates
- Jet-Computer Last Samurai: Shades Of Darth Vader
- Testing Procedure
- Ratings
- Features Chart
- Features, Continued
- Features, Continued
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