CHASSIS TEARDOWN

FIRST UP AS ALWAYS, we try and remove as many of the panels as we can. This just helps keep them safe, stops you from potentially getting scratches on them, and decreases the weight of the whole thing too, making it easier to shuffle and move around when building and installing hardware. The two side panels, once open, can be lifted off their hinges with relative ease, then placed in the chassis box, which comes with some lovely foam packaging. Then once they’re out of the way, you can remove the top-most mesh filter, simply by pushing up from underneath.

That’s actually a pretty neat design for this kind of case, as with the way the GPU and motherboard are compartmentalized, means hot air should go straight up, pretty much in a chimney style design, which is ideal for efficient heat dissipation. You’ll spot that there are a few cables tied down as well, including the front I/O cables. It’s worth leaving these in place for the time being while we work on other parts of the build.