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The problem can be solved by moving the hard drive higher up the screw-holes, but there are no anti-vibration pads there. So, I just reinstalled the drive into the top bay:

This just shows once again that this system case can normally accommodate only one hard disk drive if your configuration is above average.

I also have one complaint about the screw-less fastening of the expansion cards:

I could only close one lock with the dual-slot graphics card I used in my tests. The other lock just closed down on the card’s PCB exactly with the part the arrow is pointing at:

Here’s the assembled system:

And I found one more fault with the system case here:

There’s hardly any space left between the cooler’s heatsink and the power supply. It means such coolers as, for instance, Zalman’s 7700 series wouldn’t not just fit in with this mainboard. Even entry-level, cheap system cases today provide some space between the mainboard and the PSU, so here’s one point more against the TA-370.

My verdict is not in favor of this product. The TA-370 leaves an odd impression as it is as big as a regular system case of that category, but its interior is rather cramped. Added the questionable design, I am really not sure about the user this model is targeted at. Well, chess players who are going to build a midrange computer out of standard parts should like this one, I guess.

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