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Towards the right side of the case (or top if the case is stood vertically) is the single external 3.5" floppy bay. In order to help stealth the floppy drive the floppy slot is cut into the bezel itself instead of an empty 3.5" bay. As with the 5.25" bay, the eject button is attached to a spacer that will allow the use of a standard floppy drive. The residue left from removing tape that held the protective plastic sheet can be seen when looking at the top of the case (or left side if the case is stood vertically). I only point this out because even after rubbing the goop with soapy water it still didn’t come off the case.

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For ventilation, small holes have been punched into the lower corners of the side panels. There aren’t any windows or fan grill cutouts to aid the air circulation in the case, and with the exception of a single fan in the back of the case, these punched holes are the only way for cool air to enter the case. On the bottom of the case (or right side if the case is stood vertically) are the front USB and audio ports. These ports were the first design flaw I noticed in reviewing the Fusion II; if you intend on using the Fusion II as a horizontally laying desktop case or as an HPTC case, you will not be able to use the front USB or audio ports as the case will be laying on them.

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Moving to the back of the case, I noticed the second gripe I have with this case, only the one side panel is removable via two thumb screws; the rest of the "C" shell is riveted in place. A standard mATX power supply can be mounted in the upper portion of the rear of the case and the Fusion II was shipped with a 200w power supply installed as part of the default configuration.