Motherboard Tray
The motherboard is held in place by clips on the removable motherboard tray. This provides for quick installations or replacements and again, the need for no other tools but human hands. Removable motherboard trays have become standard in most, if not all, new well-constructed enclosures. This case, in particular, comes off completely as a separate part. A much more efficient design would have been to manufacture the motherboard tray as well as the entire back side of the case as one piece, keeping add-on cards on the motherboard itself when removing the tray. In this situation, the add-on cards would need to be removed prior to detaching the motherboard tray, which is very time consuming.
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The add-on cards are held by sliding clips that snap in place, locking the card in its slot on the motherboard. There is room for a total of 7 add-on cards, each with one of these black plastic clips to hold them in position.
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Problems may arise when replacing the power supply while a motherboard is already in place. There is just enough room to install a power supply when the case is empty, let alone with the CPU heat sink along with wires and cables in the way. Swapping a power supply may require removal of the motherboard tray for easier access. Once installed though, the power supply is held in place by the machined out mounts on the right and backside of the case as well as a rubber stopper at the top.
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