Question 1

Does it come with lights?

Accepted Answer

The power button is surrounded by a blue track when power is on.
As you're facing the front of the drive, it's on the right.  You turn your machine on by pressing this button with your thumbnail, because it's long and thin and inset - it's weird, but easy enough to do.

The drive activity light is to the left; it's the same track-shape, but lights up red.

Question 2

Does it come with case fans? If so how many?

Accepted Answer

3 pre-installed fans come with it, and you can install another two for a total of 5.

Question 3

Does this come with optical drives already installed? im building a new computer and was wondering thanks

Accepted Answer

when I purchased it -it did not, but the cdrom dirives are not expensive and are easy to install.What it did come with is usb ports mounted upside down with no way to correct this problem.  Perhaps, by now, the manufacturer  has corrected this.  I t isn't a big deal unless you are building this machine to sell or building it for someone else.  I returned mine and bought a Cougar.

Question 4

Does it have a security slot on the back so that a scissor clip could be installed to secure the side cover?

Accepted Answer

Only way is to modify the case.

Question 5

Micro atx board mount in this case?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the motherboard tray is pre-drilled for the micro-ATX specification.  Most cases are pre-drilled for the micro-ATX specification these days, even if they're typically intended for larger specification motherboards.

Question 6

Do each one of the pre-installed fans come with dust filters?

Accepted Answer

The front one does, but it is behind (inside) the fan, not in front. also, you will need to dust the front of the case every couple weeks - it collects dust right in front of the red light in a very fancy circle pattern with the fan. The other two do not.

Question 7

Does the case have air intake holes / a dust filter for the power supply on the bottom?  If so, are there tall enough feet to ensure proper airflow under the case?

Accepted Answer

Yes, as for proper airflow that would fully depend on whether or not you are going to use the standard fan for the CPU. If you are then I would assume it would not provide proper air flow, but if you were going to use additional fans or a combo of a heatsink with fans then you should be fine. My system stays at a steady 32c while playing Titan Fall on the most insane graphic settings.

Question 8

will this fit my ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ Motherboard  and a big graphics card?

Accepted Answer

This should fit your motherboard no probelm. I have a micro and there is so much unused space. the board you picked has 6 card slots the case has 7 available. also there is plenty of room before you hit the HD slots for a graphics card.

If you are building a gaming system I would suggest a case a little bigger for more air flow, although this case is great for a budget system

Question 9

How much clearance is there for a video card between the back slots and the hard drive mounting rack?

Accepted Answer

I am currently running a MSI NVIDIA GTX760 HAWK and there might an inch of clearance between the card and hard drive mount tops. It is a tight fit but it works just fine. The only issue I have is running the power cords down the back can get cluttered.

Question 10

Will my Gigabyte R9 Radeon 270x 4Gb Video Card fit in this case? Card size says L=297mm W=132mm H=43mm.

Accepted Answer

It might be tight, and cable management will be a bit of an interesting puzzle. But it will fit.
Overheating should not be an issue unless you're overclocking.

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