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Internal Examination (continued):
The below left image shows the area where the power supply would mount, and you can see the holes where you can have the intake fan on the power supply drawing in air from outside the case. There are also two supports for the power supply to rest on. Next to the power supply (below eight image) we have the expansion slots, which are not tool-less and would require you to use a screwdriver to secure your expansion cards. Above the expansion slots are a few additional ports built into the case (should you need them). Finally, we have a standard 120mm exhaust fan which is right above the motherboard I/O port.
 
Taking a look at the front drive bays we can notice a few things. On the left we have the hard drive cage, which can be removed to install your hard drives easily and securely. To secure your hard drives Cooler Master has installed some vibration dampeners to help lower the noise your drives make. In addition, there are also two large black anti-vibration pieces which will reside against the case to keep it from vibrating. Next to the hard drive cage we have the 3.5" bay which is accessible from the front of the case. On the far right, we have the tool-less 5.25" drive bays. Simply slide the black switch and they swing out so you can install your drives. Locking them back into place will put a little metal stud into the screw holes of your device. While it is difficult to see here, there is another set of them on the left side of the chassis for when the case is in desktop configuration.
Switching Front Bezel Orientation:
I have mentioned several times that this case is shipped in tower configuration, and that you can also put it into a desktop configuration. The first ting you need to do is remove the front bezel, this is done very easily with three latches at the edge of the case next to the hard drive and 5.25" sections.
With the front bezel removed we can change the orientation of the 5.25" drive bays by removing four screws and turning the support bracket. The below left image shows the 5.25" drive supports in the default orientation, while the below right image shows it in the desktop configuration.
 
Once we have changed the configuration of the 5.25" drive bays we can change the orientation of the front bezel by releasing four more latches and by rotating the bezel. As you can see in this picture the bezel has changed into the desktop configuration (and I switched the lower/right portion for the advanced panel, which I will look at later).
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