Installation (continued):
The motherboard, power supply, and video card installation is simple enough. I routed most of the cables behind the case, but after trying to put the side panel (behind the motherboard) back on realized that it would not close all the way. If there was a little more room between the side panel and the chassis it would be excellent to be able to hide the cables back there.
 
With the side panels on and the computer started up, we have the completed installation shown in the image below. I really like how the case looks, and you can see some red LED light shining through the lower three front bays.
Turning off the lights I got some photos of the red LEDs from the front and top panel.
In the below left image you can make out the icons for USB, microphone, headphone, FireWire, eSATA, and the universal power symbol. One major flaw to this top panel is that there is no reset touch sensor (or button). There is plenty of room to the left of the power touch sensor where I would expect Cooler Master could place one, though. In the below right image you can see the 120mm fan's red LED shining through the bay covers. Too bad the other included fans do not have any LEDs, as it would make the appearance a little better if there was a more consistent glow from the case.
 
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