Looking at the
rear of the Apevia X-QPack the
opening for the 120mm fan that pull
the warm air out of case when things
begin to heat-up from either watching
DVDs or playing a few games which we
will be able to do with X800GTO we
will be using with the motherboard
we are planning to use.
There are a total
of four PCI slot cover which will
line up perfectly with the
motherboard we plan to use since we
will be using a PCI-e video card
along with a wireless network card.
This should not even begin to put a
strain on the 500 watt power supply
the X-QPack has built-in to it.
One extremely nice
feature is the fact that the motherboard
tray can be slide out the rear of the
case simply by unscrewing 3 screws.
Once the motherboard has been attached,
then you can just slide the motherboard
tray back into the case. The thing
to remember is the heatsink can not be
taller than 76mm measured from the
motherboard.
On the upper deck of the case
is the slide-out mounting bracket for the two
hard drives the X-QPack can hold. As we
are building our system we will show you have
the mount works.
Here is a close-up of the hard drive rack that
can hold two hard drives as we mentioned earlier, it is held in place
by a two screws and is then lifted straight up to remove it.
You have more than likely noticed that 90% of the X-QPack is
made of aluminum which will probably make this one of the
lightest cases you have ever carried - and that is a good thing!
Yet once we get this small little case put together it won't be
thought of as a toy any more. No it will not be the
fastest PC on the planet but we plan to us it for a HTPC and the
3.0 GHz Intel dual core processor will work perfectly for that.
Here is the 80mm fan that is
positioned at the front of the case,
it job it to bring cool air into the
case and push it across the
motherboard.
Here you see the X-QPack prior to
installation and now it my job to
fit everything in there and still
practice good cable management that
the case and components don't burst
into flames from lack of air. So
let's get busy and see how it came
out.
