The left and right panels are attached to the chassis using black thumbscrews. The left side panel features the necessary holes for installing up to two 120-mm fans, but they are optional, not coming with the product. As you can see, the transparent side panel is darker than usual, a nice aesthetic touch in our opinion. Even though we can remove the right panel the motherboard tray is permanently attached to the chassis.
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Figure 9: Left panel with space for two optional 120-mm fans.
On Figure 10 you can have an overall look inside Scout. As you can see, the interior from this case is painted in black, giving it a top-notch looks. An interesting thing about this case is that all cables come already installed behind the motherboard tray, with their ends already routed to the bottom part of the case, saving you time while building your PC, as you won’t need to do this yourself.
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Figure 10: Inside CM Storm Scout.
On Figure 11 you can see the mechanism used for holding daughter boards, the rear 120-mm fan and the top 140-mm fan. As already explained, the LEDs from the rear fan are controlled by the on/off switch available on the top panel and all fans use regular peripheral power plugs, so you can’t monitor their speeds. Also no fan speed controller is available.
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Figure 11: Inside CM Storm Scout.
The mechanism for holding daughter boards looks very sturdy, even though it is manufactured in plastic. Each slot has its own mechanism, which is opened from inside the case but closed from outside the case.
The reviewed case comes also with a dust filter for the power supply fan, as shown on Figure 12.
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Figure 12: Dust filter for the power supply fan.
