Gigabyte 3D aurora case - gimme the negatives!

[R B Customs]

As hard drive cage on the front limits airflow effectiveness from the front fan, I thought the verison with the mesh would give better cooling as the 2 rear fans would be forced to draw air in through it. Would certainly help with an sli setup for sure.

you woudl think that !
acctually it just disrupts the natural channel of air created inside the case. the rear fans will tend to sucjk air throuigh the grill straight out the case.. the next best solution is to put perspex on the inside of the mesh !

as for the HDD's, ive cut the mounting rails down a bit and mounted the HDDS in backwards, with the cables toward the mobo tray, theres rom for the cables, i have 2x IDE and 1x sata miunted liek that.

also, allt he cables fromt he front pannel are best taken out and re-routed UNDER the hard drive cage. much MUCH mnore tidy

whats more, the raisl the PSU siots on are perfect for slotting cold cathodes into

 

[Flanno]

I just read your reply now.

Since the rear fans are above the side grille they suck air through the grille over your gpu's and then out the back. I know this interferes with the natural airflow of the case, but since the front fan is obstructed by the hard drives, I hardly think it matters. This is my experience with the aurora anyway and this setup cooled my gpu's better then the Akasa Eclipse or any other case for that matter. But of course I never tried it with the side grille blocked so can't really comment on that.