Interior (continued):
The RX-9 is a tool-less case, and as such the drive bays use a pin and latch method for securing your drives. These have been used on other cases, and I have found them to be reliable. To use them, you simply side the latch back, and it pops open. Then, after you slide your drive in through the front, you need to verify the screw holes on the side of the drive line up with the pinhole. Next, simply press the pin into the hole, and slide the latch back to secure it into place. There is a latch on either side of each drive bay, so you will have to remove the rear panel to get to those latches. For my use, I rarely put screws into that side, and I left the latch open, especially given the difficulty of removing the side panels.
Since the Raidmax RX-9 includes a fan controller at the top of the case, you have a large number of cables sticking through the roof of the case. You will find the usual motherboard header connections, as well as three (3) fan controller and temperature probes. Each of them has been labeled so you should have no difficulty in matching them up, and mounting them where you wish them to go. Sadly the temperature probes are another sticking point. The probes were not long enough to reach all locations in the case. It was rather tight reaching the first 3.5" hard drive, and it would not reach the middle or bottom bays, which I will show you in the installation section.
The RX-9 ships without a power supply, but Raidmax has included one for my convenience. I will not be evaluating this power supply, as it would not normally be included for the end-user.
With tool-less expansion slots, there is usually an issue with video cards and the tool-less brackets. I didn't have any issues getting my cards into place. These open simply by pressing in a little brace in the middle of the bracket, then sliding the entire bracket up. Once you have your card in place, you merely push the bracket back down, and it snaps into place. I wanted to point out the expansion brackets... These are a little different than the normal expansion covers, and this is the second time I've seen this style of cover used. Instead of having to twist them out, they are pre-punched and easily pop out. They are also not like the normal flat brackets, they are a U shape, and snap into the slots. I really like this style of expansion cover.
 
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