When installing this system, I was impressed by how much end user had been thought about. There were bags of screws hand-labeled with what each set was for and even a bag of spare parts. The "motherboard" bag had all the screws I needed to screw the motherboard to its tray. The tray of course, having all the right stand-offs ready for me.

What I liked most, was the system they used for the front panel connections. Included was all the cables I would need.

The idea behind these cables, is to be used as a pass through cable. A bit like patch cables on a patch panel. This is excellent, as you can set up the cables with the tray out of the case, in better lighting. You can also exclude cables that you aren't going to use. This is essential in a case with a clear acrylic bezel, as you don't want messy unused cables floating around.

Instead, you end up with something like this, looking much smarter.

The tray system seems a great idea, until you start connecting between trays, such as the ATX power to the motherboard, and the supplied rounded IDE cable. When you try and do this, there is a tendency for all 3 trays to want to come out at the same time. So it is often easier to pull them all out a little bit while working on them.

This is all the trays slotted in.

You don't have the lock the trays in place at all, the back plate does this for you. I found the trays wouldn't slide in that easily and would sometimes require a jiggle or shunt (or even a hard push) to get them to do so. This is unavoidable really without making a system that would too loose and therefore rattlely.

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