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(The cables and bags on the bottom are just temporary storage.)<\/small><\/center>
The case looks pretty cool\u2026until I got fingerprints all over it. The power supply appears heavy enough to weight down the top of the case, so screwing the side panel can sometimes be awkward. — And is its fan supposed to be at the top?
I also put the motherboard in so quickly I forgot to put the back panel on (so I had to put the motherboard on again<\/I>). The DPS2 is in, the RAM is in, one hard drive is in, and I also hooked up USB, IEEE1394, and the LED and buttons on the front of the case.
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Let the building begin. I got my case last night. Even though all the computer parts haven’t arrived (or even been ordered, in some cases), I started connecting stuff together, just to have something to do. Here’s what it looks like so far\u2026![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/mncp1-lg.jpg?ssl=1\" "\\"Click")
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