Cooler Master iTower 930

Interior

When opened up, the inside looks very busy indeed. There are plenty of bits of plastic littered around the steel interior. The interior itself is firm and doesn't have any sharp edges. The motherboard tray doesn't pull out, which is a little bit of a downer.

The mid-section of the case has this strut across, which houses two plastic components. One is a duct and fan mount which is designed to blow air through the holes in the side panel of the case down onto the CPU cooler. Unfortunately, this can actually get in the way of some CPU coolers, preventing the strut from being installed properly. Underneath that is a clip which is designed to steady big PCI Express graphics cards by securing it to the chassis. Unfortunately, the coolers on some cards will actually prevent this from mounting properly, making this whole assembly rather flawed. Luckily, you can remove it and leave it out.

The drive bays all use rails to secure optical drives in place. The PCI cards at the rear of the machine also use a screwless mechanism to hold cards in, along with some rudimentary punch-out plates.

The case also has an interesting feature located round the back - a small switch that can be connected up to whatever you want. You can hook up the two-pin connector to your BIOS reset switch on the motherboard, enabling an out-of-box reset experience. Or, you could make it your power button, thus flummoxing meddling LAN-goers who attempt to get at your case. This is a handy feature that we haven't seen too many other places.