Assembly (continued):
Another surprising thing is the need to pull the front of the case off to install the drives. Each one of the bays has a metal plate punched that needs to be removed. Removing the plates is impossible without removing the front of the case, and removing the front of the case requires removing 6 screws. Not too big of a deal, but this also voids the screwless design.
With all the power supply cables plugged in and drive communication cables where they need to be, it was time to fire it all up and see just how the XG Dragon shows itself off.
The front door image on the Dragon is incredible. Pictures do not do it justice. It glows more than illuminates; the lighting is not harsh at all. Below are two shots, the first is without a flash and the second is with the flash on.
Now lets drop down a little bit. The display at the bottom of the case is multi-functional. There is a single Molex connector to power up the entire circuit board, three fan connectors and a thermal probe coming from the aforementioned circuit board hidden inside the front panel of the case. The display is able to show the current time, the time since the machine was powered up, all three fan speeds, and temperature of the thermal probe. The display also has a temperature alarm function that will alert you if the programmed temperature is exceeded, the speaker for this alarm, as well as the system speaker is an integral part of the circuit board. The manual covers the programming and setup of the display in exceptional detail.
