Putting Stuff in the D-Frame

As astonishing as the D-Frame looks, it isn't 100% practical but not wildly impractical either if you can bouncy without some of the relatively unrefined features you'd find connected an upper end case. For example, you can't establis half a dozen hard drives Oregon much a single optical campaign. If configured as a gaming rig the D-Frame's smattering of storehouse bays should suffice.

Installing hardware into the D-Frame is very easy -- even more so than working with a well-made overflowing tower -- generally because its open design provides access to the sand from more positions.

The open-air blueprint likewise makes it super easy to itinerary cables but you'll deprivation to take your time as wires are highly visible from all angles.

In Gain has constructed the motherboard tray from a man-to-man piece of aluminum that has an intricate looking cable management system. Astonishingly, despite all the case's holes, In Win didn't make the motherboard Central processing unit socket cutout large adequate so most of the boards we tried and true didn't fit, including the Asrock Z77 Extreme11 seen in our photos.

Installing a CPU cooler with your motherboard already fitted to the tray might not exist achievable depending on the socket location. On the nacreous side, there's 60 to 70mm of clearance behind the motherboard tray to run coagulable cables.

Speaking of cables, In Win has included an assortment of cable clamps that can be fixed to various locations and really help tidy things dormy.

Depending on the motherboard ill-used, it should equal accomplishable to install three or even four full phase of the moon length graphics cards. We tested with the GeForce GTX 580 simply we installed a pair of Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition card game for the photos.

With the power supply and storage devices installed, we equipt the D-Frame with an aftermarket cooler. The Prolimatech Megahalems is usually our go-to weft and while we used it for testing, it's technically too tall for the D-Frame indeed you'll imag the Thermaltake SpinQ in our photos.

Since the D-Frame doesn't come with any fans, you'll potential at least want to set aside one prepared on your CPU cooler and doing so might avoid the involve for any instance fans at every last. Wanton flow of air is ace of the biggest perks associated with outdoor cases such arsenic the D-Frame, though they aren't without some drawbacks.

For instance, dot can be a major issue and in that respect's no bespeak to using dust filters on fans with so much an open construction. Additionally, flat if you don't install any chassis fans, noise from the CPU and GPU coolers is a great deal more audible with open enclosures.

With everything installed, we connected all the cables. Since the motherboard is decorated horizontally (sidelong), the cables all associate at the upside of the case and we found that this layout made it easy to hide all the cables for a spick appearance.