BitFenix Pandora Review

Interior

As far as storage mounts go, they're situated all over the place. The roof plays host to a single 3.5in hard disk mount, which can be reached by removing the top vent. There's a 2.5in mount behind the motherboard tray at the front, another on its side securing to a cable management bracket in front of the PSU, and a combined 2.5in/3.5in mount in the base that again secures directly to the case.


It's the first case in a while that we've seen totally exclude any dedicated drive cages. The upshot of throwing around all the hard disk mounts, is that there's more room inside than there otherwise might be. The front panel houses a 120mm intake fan as standard with room for one more and also space for a double 120mm-fan radiator.


The depth of radiator that can be used here is pretty much dictated by the length of your graphics card but your average 270mm card still leaves 10cm of space - enough for a full-height 60mm radiator and single row of fans. The roof has enough space for a single 120mm fan, which is also included. However, that's it as far as cooling goes, with no fan control included either.


All-in-one liquid coolers are in order here - there's enough space for a custom radiator but even though the bottom cable management bracket is removable, this barely leaves any space for reservoirs and pumps. As for maximum dimensions of your hardware, PSU's up to 180mm are supported, as well as graphics cards up to 350mm in length - both enough for high-end systems. However, as you've probably guessed, there's very little CPU cooler clearance - just 134mm. This is actually more than some other slim micro-ATX towers, though, such as Lian Li's PC-V360, but it still means that tower coolers are pretty much a no-no.


Cable management is lacking too, mainly hindered by the extremely narrow case, which leaves no room for tucking cables behind the side panel. Instead there's a small recess under and behind the bottom cable management bracket, which is just about enough to deal with the cables from a single GPU and a couple of storage devices.