Aerocool Xpredator Case Review

Inside the Aerocool Xpredator

Both panels are attached to the chassis using black thumbscrews. The motherboard tray has a huge hole for you to access the backplate of the CPU cooler without having to remove the motherboard from the case, several holes protected with rubber covers for you to route cables behind it, and several metallic clips for you to fasten cables behind the motherboard tray using cable ties. The motherboard tray doesn’t go all the way to the front panel, leaving you enough space behind the disk drive bays for you to route cables.

Figure 12: Overall look

Figure 13: A view behind the motherboard tray

In Figure 14, you have another overall look inside the case. Expansion cards are fastened individual tool-less plastic retention mechanisms, which proved to be of superior quality. The Xpredator supports video cards up to 13” (330 mm) long and CPU coolers up to 7.5” (190 mm) tall.

Figure 14: Overall look

Note that the power supply can be installed with either its bottom fan facing up or facing down, so you can decide if you want the fan of your power supply pulling air from inside the case or from outside of it. There is a foam frame that goes between the power supply and the rear panel, which is a nice touch. As already shown, there is an air filter for the power supply fan available on the external side of the bottom panel.

Figure 15: Power supply compartment

You can install a 120 mm or 140 mm fan on the bottom panel of the case. The case comes with an air filter for this fan.