Moving to the
inside of the case you can see
that the Dragonfire has a fairly
large area in which to install
the motherboard in, we always
judge how much room we have to
play with by looking at the very
end of the rails that you will
install the disk drives into and
then checking the distance to
the first stand-off on the
motherboard tray. This
gives you a pretty good
indication of how much room you
have left to maneuver the
motherboard around in.
This picture
should have been with the
exterior of the case but since
we have it here we will address
it here as well. The fan opening
at the rear of the Dragonfire
will accept three sizes of fans,
80, 90 and 120mm. To keep
things in balance a 120mm fan
would be preferred fan to use
since that is what is used on
the front of the case.
Here you can
see the opening for the fan at
the rear of the Dragonfire, as
cheap as fans are it would have
been nice to see a fan provided
here so that an identical fan
could be used throughout the
case. Sorry to say the PCI
slots are not tool-free, but
instead they are a rather cheap
punched out steel slot covers
that have a tendency to bend the
separator when you attempt to
take the main slot cover out
from the case. This is one
area where drop in slot covers
would have been a welcomed
sight.
Looking directly into the lower
drive bay you can see the
location for another fan, but
this is not need since the fan
for the front of the computer is
located in the bezel itself
therefore and fan placed in this
opening will actually hinder
airflow instead of improving it.
Looking in to the 5.25" drive
bays we can see that three of
the bays still have the EMI
shield in place in the front
opening of the case to help
reduce RF interference.
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