Enermax Hoplite ST Case Review

Inside the Enermax Hoplite ST Case

Both side panels are attached to the chassis using black thumbscrews. The left panel has a plastic handle that makes it easier to open the case. 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, a few 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.

Figure 10: Overall look

Figure 11: A view behind the motherboard tray

Figure 12 gives you another overall look inside the case. Expansion cards are fastened using black thumbscrews. On its default configuration, the Enermax Hoplite ST case supports video cards up to 11” (280 mm) long. By removing the top hard drive cage, you can fit video cards up to 16.1” (410 mm) long. The Enermax Hoplite ST supports CPU coolers up to 6.6” (167 mm) tall.

Figure 12: Overall look

As already explained, 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. As already shown, there is an air filter for the power supply fan. The case supports the installation of power supplies up to 11.4” (290 mm) long. There is no support for fans on the bottom panel.

Figure 13: Power supply compar
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