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Codegen is not the kind of company I was familiour with, but they do have a big line up of products that they sell world wide. Im looking at a mid tower casing today that’s similar to a mid tower case in height, but is quite deep as well. Lots of room, and a good exterior look. Let’s see what the M701-CA is made of.

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Specifications

• Dimension - 457mm x 205mm x 510mm(HxWxD) * Without the frontpanel
• Material - 1.0mm thickness of metal, folded edges.
• Drivebays:
  5 x 5.25″ External
  2 x 3.5″ External
  3 x 3.5″ Internal
• Fans
  1 x 8cm fan on front panel
  1 x 8cm fan on top of case
  1 x 12cm fan on rear panel
• Frontpanel - USB2.0 / AUX / MIC / 1394 port on top of case

Features

• Screwless design for the 3.5″ HDD bays and the 5.25″ bays. Installed with plastic rails.
• Plastic Rails and cartridge x 2 sets
• 7 slots with card fixer ( no screws needs )
• Cable management on MB Holding plate
• Acrylic side panel
• EMI approved
• 4 x foot stands

First Looks

It’s not the first time I got a broken case at my doorstep. As thankful I was for one of the two cases being O.K, another codegen case did indeed arrive broken. But this was only the front panel that was ripped a part in transport. Although there is lots of material around the case, it’s always a guess whether it somehow got damaged in transport.

What Comes Included

• The M701-CA
• Bag of screws and standoffs
• Wire diagram for USB/Firewire/Audio ports
• Drive mounting containers

A part from the Styrofoam, and the bag covering the entire case. Codegen also applied a couple of sheets over the window to protect that from scratches as well. The rest of the case looks pretty cool already, so let’s continue our journey looking at this case