THE CORE V71 INTERIOR

The interior is also black but the thing that draws your attention immediately is the black/blue drive trays.

In the Core V71 you can place up to two 5.25" drives however only 1 bay has an locking mechanism (the other is placed above and requires screws).

You can have up to eight 3.5"/2.5" drives inside the tower.

We haven't seen much sturdier drive trays compared to the ones used here.

All 4 drive cages can be removed to make room either for really long graphics cards or for water cooling tanks and pumps. The drive cages are attached on this vertical metal piece so to remove them you first have to remove it.

To remove it you have to remove a total of 10 thumbscrews holding it in place with both the chassis and the drive cages.

On the other hand to release the drive cages after you remove the vertical metal piece you will first need to remove 10 more thumbscrews placed on the front and rear of the mainboard tray as seen above.

You can then put the drive cages how you want them (use just one, two or all three).

If you don't want to use fans in push and pull for the front radiator (or if you don't want a thick one as the 360mm we used by XSPC) you can keep the drive cages.

However since for even more demanding users 420mm long ones are more popular you will have to remove the 5.25" bay as seen above to fit one (only 4 small screws hold it from the front).

Worry not so if you choose to ditch all 3 drive cages you still have 2 vertical tray spots at the rear (you will need to use two trays from the ones in the cages).

There are 5 rubber grommets on the mainboard tray used for cable routing along with a large cutout used to swap CPU Cooler brackets. Right behind the mainboard tray there's plenty of room for cable routing thanks to the right side panel.

The 140mm fan placed at the rear (1000RPM/16dBA) doesn't feature a blue LED like the other three.

Regular thumbscrews are used to secure all 8 PCI expansion slots.

At the base of the Core V71 we see a length adjustable base for the PSU and spots for two 120mm intake fans or a single 240mm Radiator.

Luckily fitting a radiator at the top is quite easier compared to the front.