Cougar Evolution Case Review

Inside the Cougar Evolution

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 for you to route cables behind it, and a few metallic clips for you to fasten cables using cable ties.

Figure 13: Overall look

Figure 14: A view behind the motherboard tray

In Figure 15, you have another overall look inside the case. The Evolution supports video cards up to 12” (305 mm) long and CPU coolers up to 7.1” (180 mm) tall.

Figure 15: Overall look

The power supply is installed at the bottom of the case. Note that it 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.

The case comes with an adjustable bracket that you need to move to fit the power supply depth.

If you install a power supply up to 6.3” (160 mm) deep, you can install a 120 mm or 140 mm fan on the bottom panel. With a power supply up to 6.7” (170 mm) deep, you still can install a 120 mm fan. But if you have a power supply deeper than that, you won’t be able to install a fan on the bottom panel.

As shown before, the bottom panel has an air filter for the power supply fan and for this optional fan.

Figure 16: Power supply compartment