Cubitek Tattoo Pro Case

A Closer Look, continued

Inside, there’s a fairly standard layout. The 5.25″ bays use a latch-and-lock mechanism, while the 3.5″ bays utilize friction-fit rail pairs. The three installed fans all need 4-pin Molex connectors, though with some doing they can be daisy-chained onto a single PSU plug.

Looking to the rear, we see that the expansion card slots use a latching mechanism. These can be substituted for ordinary screws on an individual basis if needed. Also noteworthy is the intake grille for the PSU, which has a non-removable mesh filter to help keep out dust.

The hard drive cage can accommodate up to five 3.5″ drives, though spacing between them will be tight. Though two plastic plates were provided for use with 2.5″ drives, I could not find any obvious place to use them. The instruction manual was no help in this regard.

While the cutout provided for changing out the CPU cooler backplate was certainly large, no top cutouts were provided for routing the 4- or 8-pin CPU power cable behind the motherboard tray.

While Cubitek did a neat job of bundling up the cables for the front panel and fans, the placement of their tie-downs actually gets in the way of threading your own cables through the provided cutouts. To make any use of them, you’ll have to (carefully!) cut the bundles loose and secure everything with zip-ties when you’re done. Also note the latches on the 5.25″ bays; while these help to hold the drives in place, they also mean you’ll have to remove both side panels to add or remove any drives.

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