Looking inside…continued
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Moving further down the back panel you can just see where the water-cooling pipes for an external solution would fit.
Underneath is a fairly standard 120mm blue LED fan, mounted to the chassis using a simple plastic clip-in cradle.
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The add-on cards at the back are just as well catered for in the Armor LCS, with the simple click covers holding the cards in place.
This is actually one of the best systems I have come across yet for add-on cards, with each blanking plate pushed against mini-springs to ensure no vibration. It’s a very simple solution that’s been well thought out and very well executed.
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Along with the normal bag of screws we can see the water-cooling sleeves as well as some clear plastic patches.
No, it’s not to help the system give up smoking, but more to protect the motherboard from short-circuiting out on the chassis against the pre-made BTX mounting plates.
Due to the number of different formats the Armor LCS supports, it's good to see Thermaltake thinking about potential problems such as this.
The patches are sticky-backed, just peel the paper covers off, stick them to the appropriate motherboard areas shown in the manual and you’re all set.