ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ:

• Intro
• Exterior
• Features
• Package
• Specifications:
• Conclusion

Although T50 is a typical middle-tower by its dimensions, it is equipped with five (!) 5.25" drive bays plus two 3.5" bays. Even Chiftec's DX series have four slots, and this case is smaller. That's truly a plenty of space for all your drives over there! Case is very well planned so inside there is room for dual cpu motherboard. Actually, T50 is positioned by manufacturer as a chassis for small server, but hardware enthusiasts will find it suitable for their needs.



Case has 3 bays for internal 3.5" devices, obviously HDDs;). It is not a drive cage, but a part of chassis. As a compensation, drives can be mounted without tools and as for me this construction is even more convinient than some drive cages (well except Chieftec's one:)).



Developing the concept of tool-free case, T50 uses special plastic clips for fastening the drives. Also, extension cards are fastened by similar black plastic grips - rare feature in the cases. And of course, case comes with thumbscrews for side panels. If mention two tool-free 80mm fan cages on the back, you've got system which don't require to find a screwdriver (i always lose it somewhere in the house:)) for maintenance (mounting devices, replacing cards and fans - that's maybe the most common operations with a pc).



Cooling system of T50 isn't something original. One place for 80mm cooler in the front, two cages at the rear panel with one pre-installed fan and a grill at the side panel. With this grill T50 matches the latest Intel's requirements for 3GHz+ CPU. Explaination: I've seen some Intel documents with specifications of new case requirements. They propose to use side blowhole with a pipe, delivering cool air directly to the cpu cooler (similar to "CPU Tunnel Badong" construction). Sorry guys, no pics here:( maybe later. The second requirement states that temperature inside the case have not to exceed +37C. So, one more mod goes stock?
Beside expansion card slots there are drilled holes for air exhaustion, like in Lian-Li cases.



At the bottom of the front panel placed a small multiport. It's masked as much as it could be and contains only two USB-ports (USB 2.0-compatible, as they like to say;)) and two audio jacks for earphones and microphone. Nothing special.