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Product:
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GMC Noblesse SE Mid-Tower Case |
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Price:
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Basic version $122 (CAN) / $90 (U.S)
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Price:
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Gold version $190 (CAN) / $140 (U.S)
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Supplied By:
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GMC Corporation
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Author:
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BigDaddy
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Date:
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July 8th, 2003
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Rating:
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Opening the front door, we see the four externally available 5.25 inch bays and the two 3.5 inch bays.
The door becomes extremely useful, as it hides any mismatched hardware mounted in the bays, maintaining
the case’s color scheme. It was nice to see all of the bays populated with a drive cover, instead of the
usual top bay remaining open. Since the door sits flush against the drive bays, users with front-mounted
switches like a baybus will not be able to use these bays.
At the base of the bezel is an additional stealthed 5.25 inch bay. A sliding door opens, revealing the
bay. This bay can be used for hard drive racks, front mounted ports, or other 5.25 inch devices. While
it could be used for rheobus and baybus mountings, it would be a little awkward that low to the base of
the unit.
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The front door itself is the real eye candy of the case. Removing the protective plastic coating, you
see the mirror finished panel. As the unit swings out, the color reflection changes from an electric
blue, to a marine aqua, and then a royal purple. Any of these three colour schemes could easily be
implemented during modification, via lighting, internal chassis painting, or supplemental LED fans.
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The Noblesse SE has a standard rear panel. It incorporates a power supply cut out, an opening for either
the provided I/O shield or a custom shield included with the motherboard, dual 80mm exhausts and 7
expansion slots. Looking at the PSU cut out, it was nice to see the top panel screwed in place, not
riveted, as this makes for easier removal for painting or installing water cooling gear like the
Swiftech Kit I reviewed earlier this year. The power
supply is supported by two fold outs, one at the center of the rear face plate, and the other along the
right side. Included with the case are some interesting sound reducing parts and one of those are some
silicon pads which can be adhered to the fold outs to dampen some of the vibration from the power supply.
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