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Blade has previously reviewed the Blue Meany which skeleton wise is exactly the same as the Chameleon other than the Chameleon is made of aluminum. I was surprised at how light this case really was. I'm so use to my heavy boat anchor Chieftec case that this was rather nice to pick up a case that didn't strain you. Above you'll notice the window of the case. The window is held on with some chrome screws and looks very good. In the center is a spot for a 80mm fan which is included with the case. And to my surprise it is a UV sensitive fan. Too bad I don't have a spare UV Cold Cathode kicking around though.
In the pics below you will see the 5.25" bays as well as the 3.5" bays. There is a total of 10 bays 4 - 5.25" and 6 3.5". One thing I really liked was the fact that in the front you can mount a total of 4 fans and in front of those 4 fans you can mount your HDD's. Very well thought out here I would say. Nice way to keep your HDD's nice and cool and you can mount 30cfm fans there for a total of 120cfm of air flow and not compromise the noise issue! Thats definately a lot more cooling power than those cheesy HDD coolers that you can buy that mount in a 5.25" slot.


In the rear we have 2 more spots to mount fans bringing the total to 7! Yes 7 fans can be mounted into this case. Add a servo and a fin and turn it into a hover craft! As you can tell by the pictures so far all of the edges in this case are rolled and smooth. I never found a sharp edge in which I could slice myself open with which is a definate plus! One of the only thing that bugs me so far about this case is that the built in fan grills for the fans really restricts the air flow. While its a nice looking design there is still a lot of aluminum there that could be carved out to allow the fans to really move the air through the case. Also the only venting in the front bezel is through that cut out in the bottom. That also may restrict airflow to an extent.

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