Gigabyte Poseidon Case Review :: Inside of the Poseidon

So the first thing we did was to tear apart the case and take a serious look at how the case was made and if was constructed in an ergonomic or inane manner. The case is actually made very well and did not cut me, or otherwise damage my persona while disassembly and reassembly took place. The case is made of heavyweight steel and durable plastic. All the rear panel brackets have self locking plastic tabs that eliminate the need for screws in order to hold in your discreet add-in cards such as VGA or audio. The rear 120mm fan is wired into the system and is used for venting air out of the system, it also lights up blue or white (depending on the setting) when the system is powered on and looks pretty cool at night through the optional clear side panel.

Inside Poseidon

Rear Lock Tabs

Rear 120mm Fan

HDD Bays

The hard drive bays are all turned sideways to enable the user quick and easy access to the hard drives and makes cabling and changing the HDD drives a much quicker affair. The floppy or 1.44 bays as well as the optical or 5.25 bays all have sliding mechanisms to lock your drives into place once again eliminating the need for any tools or screws. The floppy and optical drives just slide into the bays and the sliding tab slid back into place locks them into position. The plastic is well made and not flimsy enough to be broken or damaged easily. Installing the drives is a breeze when the enclosure implements this type of design, it not only makes the case tool-less, but also removes the factor of dropping screws that can get lost under the motherboard causing all kinds of mischief.

Angle Shot

5.25 Bays

Locked Bay

Unlocked Bay

Back Panel

Rear Harness

Front Panel 1

Front Panel 2

The backside of the case has enough room available to tuck in cables or PSU leads if you want to make a custom built clean system. The front panel is removable and shows how the lights can be changed from blue to white via the hidden switch located there. There are front panel connections for the USB, FireWire and both headphone and microphone inputs. The front panel LED lights are also located here and we actually got a pretty good close up of that as well. The cases design allows for you to very easily remove and then reassemble the front panel making it an almost no-brainer to do task. The case front panel also offers a nifty filter that cane be removed to clean when it eventually gets dusty, which is an inevitable future event. Gigabyte has done a good job with both the design and engineering as far as the inside of the case goes, and no disappointments were to be found regarding this aspect of the Poseidon. If you want to use a liquid cooled system pre-made holes are available to run the tubing to and from the system. This can be a very excellent option depending on your system build, and makes the installation process of many liquid coolers an easier task, and one that will not require drilling.

Control Switch

Front Audio

Front LED

USB/Firewire

Front Panel

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