The Front Panel
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The front panel of the Aerocool RS-4 looks like a solid, heatsink-shaped block. You may think this case has a front door, but it doesn’t. There are four external 5.25” bays, all using meshed covers with air filters. Below the four 5.25” bays there is one of the highlights of the product, a memory card reader supporting xD, MS, CF, SD, Micro SD, MMC and M2 formats. The manufacturer advertises this device as being a “58-in-one” memory card reader, but we couldn’t figure out the math they used to achieve this number.
Figure 4: Front panel
Figure 5: Memory card reader
At the bottom of the front panel there is a 140 mm fan (Aerocool Shark, 1,500 rpm, 96.5 cfm, 29.6 dBA) that glows red when turned on, featuring an air filter. This fan uses both a three-pin fan connector and a standard peripheral power plug, so you can install it on your motherboard, on the power supply, or on the fan controller that comes with the case.
Figure 6: Front fan
