[Tw00sh]

I am thinking of purchasing a new case and I really like the cool master ATC-201. I just had a couple questions about this case before I purchase it. Hopefully someone on the forum has this case already.

The case looks like this on the inside:



I color coordinated the areas I wanted to ask a question about.

In the RED CIRCLE is the powersupply hookup. How do you get a powersupply into the case? It does not look like there is any room to slide it in? Does the back come off, or do those brackets slide out? My previous cases all just have an open area and you just hook the powersupply up.

In the GREEN LITTLE CIRCLE is the USB hookups? Can I take those cables off, or are they permanently afixed to the front of the case? I do not use USB on the front of my computer and really do not need the extra cable clutter.

Lastly is the BIG BLUE CIRCLE. Can I remove that rack that is afixed under the 5 1/4 bays? Or is that thing rivited into the case. I do not need anything under the 5 1/4 bays and I like to have the extra open space for air flow.

Also, any idea if you can purchase a side window panel for these cases?

[BaldHeadedDork]

Red Circle: Through the right (interior) end. Install the PSU before you mount a drive in the top two 5.25" bays and you'll be fine.

Green Circle: Yep. The USB port assembly screws into a bracket behind the door. Two phillips screws and its gone.

Blue Circle: No. The drive rack in Cooler Master cases is stamped from one piece of aluminum for each side.

About the window, Cooler Master has followed Lian-Li and now sells replacement doors with windows installed. I think Newegg has them for about $40.




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[Nerdwannabe]

For the power supply, you can remove the back power supply plate from the case, mount the plate to power supply 1st, then slight the power supply into the case.

I dont' believe there is enough room for you to slight the power supply in from the interior (I didn't try though.)

[scanido]

yeah you can't slide the PSU from the inside, you'll need to mount it on a bracket and slide it in from the outside...

unfortunately you can't remove the fixed 3 1/4 drive bays but if you have no drives there then its going to be fine since there wont be any interfernece for the front intakes anyways.

[mateo]

About the bottom 3.5 bays...Tw00sh, if things are riveted in, all you need to do is drill out the rivets (the metal is soft), and you're set. Although that doesn't matter in this case, if BHD is correct, and that's all one big chunk of aluminum.

[scanido]

Originally posted by loner
About the bottom 3.5 bays...Tw00sh, if things are riveted in, all you need to do is drill out the rivets (the metal is soft), and you're set. Although that doesn't matter in this case, if BHD is correct, and that's all one big chunk of aluminum.

you can do it, i've seen it done but you have to remember that the whole front frame is supported by that area....

[mateo]

The whole frame is supported by the panels, in a way, so that doesn't matter all that much.