Interior Design and Assembly Tips

The internal layout is standard:

The Soprano DX chassis is almost the same as the original Soprano except for the mechanism of locking the drives. This is made now with plastic levers, not only for 5.25” but also for 3.5” devices (like in the Armor system case):

This makes it much easier to assemble the system. The HDD cage is still oriented lengthwise, which is not always convenient. The cage is removable.

A new 140mm fan is responsible now for driving fresh air into the case and cooling your hard disk drives:

The Soprano DX is the first serial product from Thermaltake we’ve had in our labs to come with this fan. Theoretically, its performance should be higher than that of an ordinary 120mm fan working at the same speed. The accessories aren’t gorgeous at all: a box with fasteners and a package with a user manual and a napkin to clean the glossy panels.

The napkin is going to work well on the lacquered surfaces, but you should better use a wet one for the aluminum door. A dry napkin won’t remove your fingerprints from it. The box with fasteners contains a pack of screws and poles for the mainboard, one fifth the size of the box itself.

Well, it’s all right since you don’t need rails for the drives anymore. I’m just a little surprised at the incongruity between the packaging and the contents.