3R System’s R110 Mid Tower Casing

3R System’s R110 Mid Tower Casing
Manufacture: 3R Systems Provided by: 3R Systems

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Date : May 21st 2007

The R110 in depth

From first glance you will not see anything outrageously flashy about the R110, which is something I personally prefer. The case is primarily built of steel, with the front panels made of plastic.

The front of the casing boasts four 5.25” drive bays with the top 2 bays designed for optical drives only. They consist of front covers which hide the optical drives from view and show them only when the drive tray is open.

The R110 also consists of a 3.5” floppy drive bay too, so if you’re one of those rare people still using a floppy drive you can still use it. Certain add-on devices like USB card readers, fan controllers come in the size of a floppy drive, so you could use this space for something of that sort too.

Next comes an interesting device on this casing; as you all would have noticed by now, the front LCD panel.

The LCD panel not only boosts the look of the R110 but it also serves a true purpose. It monitors the system temperature, has 2 fan controllers with 6 levels of control which also has an auto mode where by the fan speed is controlled by the system temperature. It also shows the system running time, hard drive activity and a mascot (a little dog) catching a Frisbee.

The top left buttons is to mode and the bottom for resetting the settings. The two buttons on the right are for up and down controls.

Below the LCD panel contains the power button with a bluish outer glow ring. The reset button is placed in the right side of the casing in case you're wondering there is no reset button on the case.

On the left side opposite to the reset switch you find two USB ports, MIC and AUDIO jack for convenient access to these ports from the front.

The front air intake is stylishly hidden away as per the picture below. It can draw air from both top and bottom intakes. The front air intake fan is a 140mm cooling fan drawing ample air flow to the casing. Dust covers on the inside of the casing stops dust particles getting in through the intakes.

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