Interior
The fact that the Legend features a painted interior is pretty incredible. The chassis is unquestionably a budget option, with an MSRP of $39.99. DiabloTek has included a few other enthusiast features as well, such as the CPU cutout on the motherboard tray, expandable cooling options (including water cooling), and tool-less ODD and HDD bays. We have seen many other budget cases in the past retail for more and not include such features.

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The top of the chassis is a solid piece with no fans options, which affects our cooling options as you will read in the performance section. On the right side we can see four tool-less mechanisms for mounting drives, though only the top three are external given the front faceplate's design. That faceplate reveals a placeholder for a 3.5" external drive, while our frame shows an additional 3.5" slot for an internal drive.

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The bay underneath can hold five 3.5" drives, operating on the same tool-less system but with a smaller mechanism.

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The bottom of the Legend consists of two fan grills, one for the power supply and one for an optional 120mm fan. The PSU grill allows for units to be mounted fan side down while being able to breathe out from underneath the case thanks to feet that lifts the chassis of any surface.

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The rear of the case is interesting in that most of the activity will be seen on the exterior side. The seven PCI expansion slots do not function on an entirely tool-less design. Instead of a screw securing directly to the PCI bracket of the card, a removable plate is used to add another layer in between. This means instead of securing each of up to seven devices with screws, you can place a screw in just the right place to keep pressure on the plate, therefore keeping the card in place. If you need to remove an expansion card however, you should be aware that using this method will loosen all of them.

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #20078 27 Sep 2011 07:45
A low budget case from DiabloTek

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