The side panels are fastened to the chassis with screws and are shifted back to be removed. The front panel is removable and is held on screws, too. There’s a window made of transparent bluish plastic in the left side panel of the system case. Two vents are located at the bottom of this panel; they are covered with metallic grids. Two 80mm fans made of translucent plastic and with inbuilt highlighting LEDs are installed against these vents on the reverse side of the panel. There’s also a handle on this side panel for an easier opening of the case.

This system case offers four bays for 5.25” devices, two open bays for 3.5” devices (i.e. for floppy drives) and four closed 3.5” bays for hard disk drives. The devices are fastened in the bays in the classic way, i.e. with screws. There is a highlighted 80mm fan on the front panel of the case’s chassis, and you can replace it with a 92mm or a 120mm fan using the appropriate mounting holes available there. The mainboard is fastened on the non-removable plate with screws, too.

There are seven slits for expansion cards here, covered with disposable brackets. An installation place for a fan with a diameter of 80, 92 or 120mm is at the top of the rear panel. They didn’t put the fan there at the factory probably because this fan isn’t necessary. Why? You’ll learn shortly, in the Tests section.

The Sidewinder is equipped with an MGE LC-B400ATX power supply with a declared wattage of 400 watts. The PSU offers four Molex connectors for optical and hard disk drives, one mini-plug for a floppy drive, and one connector for SATA devices. There’s an On/Off switch at the rear panel of the PSU; there is no power connector for the monitor.

You can see the full beauty of this case as you power it up: