Interior
The first thing that strikes you about the inside of the iTower 930 is the mass of metal, it's just everywhere, accompanied by, what looks like, dirty blue plastic mouldings, hardly an inspired colour choice but functional nonetheless.
Dominating the interior is a support brace that travels the full height of the chassis, covering the area occupied by the motherboard.
It incorporates a number of different uses and its location can be easily adjusted by moving it along the top and bottom rails.
Sliding up the two bottom locks and sliding down the top one lets you remove it from the chassis if you decide it’s just not needed.
It also features a single PCI card lock, adjustable in height and location, this proved to be very effective indeed and I am sure it's something turnkey system builder could be interested in for other chassis designs.
Above that is the CPU duct, a mass of blue plastic, spring-mounted in two locations to ensure a good fit against the side of the chassis as well as over the CPU itself.
Now, after a couple of efforts it eventually sat right over the CPU and allowed our almost-stock Intel cooler to spin freely, but obviously most aftermarket coolers would struggle to fit under the 80mm duct.
With the brace out the way we get a better look inside, and we can see the PSU area is fully enclosed but a bit bigger than a standard PSU mount ,surely? The iTower 930 continues to add to its server credentials, with the PSU area able to house a 230mm EPS unit along with a mini-redundant unit.
There is still some blue plastic in there, a simple cowling held in place with a single thumbscrew.
Inside the cowling resides a 1,500RPM 19dBA 92mm fan manufactured by Cooler Master itself.
With the cowling removed the iTower930 starts to look a bit like a normal chassis. Each of the 5.25” bays at the front uses tool-less drive mounts, only on one side though due to the fixed panel on the other side.
Let’s take a look at the inside in a bit more detail…