Both panels are fastened to the chassis using chromed thumbscrews. As mentioned earlier, removing the left panel is pretty easy as Element V comes with two latches that must be pulled in order to remove this panel. Like Element G the new Element V features a quick connect mechanism for the fan that is attached to the left panel, so you can install or remove the panel without having to worry about installing or removing the power plug from the fan.

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Figure 9: Quick connect mechanism for the side fan.

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Figure 10: Inside Element V.

Element V has several holes on the motherboard tray. The biggest one is used for having access to the CPU cooler backplate, allowing you to replace your CPU cooler with a more power model without the need of removing the motherboard from the chassis. The smaller ones are used for routing cables behind the tray.

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Figure 11: A view from behind the motherboard tray.

You can see the rear and top fans in more details in Figure 12. As you can see daughter boards are installed using regular screws. We think a case with this quality should come with thumbscrews here.

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Figure 12: Rear and top fans.

As already shown, the power supply is installed on the bottom part of the case and on Element V the power supply must be installed with its fan facing down and the case is meshed on the bottom to match the power supply fan, however no dust filter is present here. The case has a stand that can be moved to match the power supply length.

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Figure 13: Power supply compartment.

Now let’s take an in-depth look at the disk drive options from the reviewed case.