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The back portion of the Blue Armor Window Case includes all the standard features commonly found on the rear of a chassis. The PSU mount is located at the top-most portion of the back of the case and can handle any standard ATX PSU. The chassis for the PSU mount was most likely punched out since the metal edges were not rounded and were somewhat sharp in some areas.

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Below the PSU bay is the standard ATX I/O backing plate and the window louver style fan grill guarding the 120mm fan mounted inside. Although the fan grill was created with the intentions of maximizing airflow, the bulky plastic grill still unfortunately inhibits airflow compared to a simple wire grill. Below the I/O backing plate and fan grill are the 7 AGP and PCI expansion plates. Both of the cases side panels can be easily removed by use of the four thumb screws.

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Blue Armour acrylic UV window

One of the features advertised with the case is the fan duct which is installed on the acrylic window. The idea of a fan duct is simple and helps to directly port the warm air from the heatsink out of the case; or to bring cool air directly into the air flow over the heatsink. Logisys Computer has positioned the fan duct to fit over the common location for a heatsink as it is mounted on the motherboard. Unfortunately, my motherboard is an ABIT AT7-MAX2 using an Alpha heatsink with a Vantec Tornado fan. The heatsink and fan combo stands roughly 6" away from the motherboard, so in order to put the Blue Armor’s side panel on, the fan duct had to be removed. For users with stock heatsinks or heatsinks located on the standard mounting location on the motherboard; the fan duct may help improve temperatures, but for others like myself it may also get in the way and need to be removed. The acrylic window that the fan and fan duct are mounted to is secured using screws which fit directly into the chrome finished rivets.