Introduction (Cont’d)
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The traditional jacks and connectors are available on the top panel, as seen in Figure 4. Panzerbox comes with two USB ports, one eSATA port and microphone and headphones jacks. The two USB ports are too close to each other, preventing you from installing two “fat” USB devices at the same time.
Figure 4: Connectors.
In Figure 5, you can see the top panel from Panzerbox, see how it is completely meshed. This helps hot air to exit the case (as hot air tends to go up) and also provides support for water-cooling radiators (more on this later). The top fan is identical to the front fan (190 mm, 150 cfm).
Figure 5: Top panel.
On Panzerbox the power supply is not installed on the top or on the bottom of the case. It is installed above the expansion cards. This allows Panzerbox to be a mid-tower case and, at the same time, support the installation of water-cooling radiators with two 120 mm fans inside the case, on the top part. On the top part you can see the presence of two holes for hoses from water-cooling solutions, protected by rubber covers, so you don’t need to break anything on your case if you want to have an external radiator. One 120 mm fan is available on the rear panel (no word on speed or airflow) and like the other two fans it has both types of power connectors. All slot covers are meshed, which helps improving airflow.
Figure 6: Rear panel.
Now let’s take a look inside Panzerbox.
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