The motherboard tray has an opening on the area where the CPU is located, so if you want to upgrade your CPU cooler in the future with a model that comes with a different kind of back plate you won’t need to remove the motherboard from the case in order to install it.

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Figure 12: A view from behind the motherboard tray.

Daughter boards are fastened to the case using regular screws. It would be nice seeing at least thumbscrews here.

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Figure 13: Rear and top panels viewed from inside the case.

In Figure 14, you can see the place where the power supply is installed. Although the bottom of the case is meshed in order to match the power supply fan, Maelstrom does not come with a dust filter here and it would be nice if it had.

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Figure 14: Place for installing the power supply.