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The inside of the Rhodium is spacious enough for installation of larger videocards. The Rhodium is also a bit longer than the Zirconium, it makes installation and work inside the case just a tad more pleasant. I have this ongoing thing against cases that lack removable motherboard trays. But if the case is large enough, than there is no need for a removable motherboard tray.

The case is made out of steel, it’s not the lightest case available, it’s actually a bit heavier than the Zirconium, but that’s because it’s longer. There are again not many sharp pieces to be found inside this case. Only a few on spots where you normally don’t put your fingers but it’s important to see that all cases, or at least most of them, are free from sharp edges. I can’t tell you how many times I cut my self doing some wiring, or other work inside varies older cases.

Here you see the pci easy fastener system. It works with plastic levers that hold the pci card in place. It doesn’t always work that well with heavier videocards, but should function fine in most cases. I can’t tell you if I like this better than thumbscrews. It certainly doesn’t look better. But it saves you time with removal and installation. The 120mm fan has no rheostat, so you can’t change the speed of the fan. But I’ve used both fans and the fans weren’t too noticeable, but at the same time still supply plenty of airflow to cool the inert’s.

All the drives are installed by using sliding brackets that lock into the case. There are two sorts, one for the hard drives and one for the drives on the top. Both have sliders are clicked into the holes where you would normally insert a screw. Revoltec also kept the same style of mounting mechanism to the larger drives. The Zirconium however, requires you to use screws to mount the sliding bracket onto the dvd drives etc.