The side panel design has been left untouched, too:

It’s a familiar shape with ordinary latches, one of which comes with a primitive lock:

It can be easily opened by any schoolboy who’s got some basic knowledge of mechanics. This negates somewhat the purpose of the lock on the front panel as a means to prevent unauthorized access to the internals of the PC. If the “home malefactor” can crack the lock on the side panel, the starting-up of the open system case will be a simple matter for him.

There is a rudiment left from the previous Soprano – a seat for a side fan:

This is a redundant thing. Thermaltake’s system cases of this class come with preinstalled intake and exhaust fans and there is no need for additional fans. You may only want to add a side fan to blow at your graphics card, but that’s a different story.

Besides the latches, the side panel is secured with two large thumbscrews:

Like the side panel, the rear one hasn’t been changed, either:

I’ve got only one complaint here. Like with the intake fan, there is a small-mesh grid design here, which is not good:

They have replaced the fan. It is now a 120mm translucent fan with LED highlighting.

If you want to minimize noise, the decorative grid has to be removed (just like from the front fan) and replaced with a wire grill.