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Apevia X-Discovery Get our reviews RSS feed here
	Author: SorX
	Posted: 23:00, November 26th 2006
	Link: http://www.apevia.com
	Score: 9 out of 10 [?]
	Price: £50

The X-Discovery

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The X-Discovery is one of the many gaming cases manufactured by Apevia, featuring many high-end features such as an analogue temperature gauge on the front, and a windowed side panel.

The case was shipped with tons of polystyrene protection and plastic covering ensuring that no scratches are present on your new case.

The front of the case is dominated by the clear acrylic magnetic door, which stands in front of the colour-matched drive bay covers (both optical drives and FDD) and the analogue temperature gauge. At the bottom are the I/O ports for firewire and USB. The power and reset buttons are situated around the temperature gauge and are accentuated in silver. Above the power buttons, there are two LEDs; green and red for power and HDD activity respectively.

On the side of the case, there is an acrylic window, dominated by the Apevia fan grill which hides the 80mm UV blue LED fan. Just below the fan is a cosmetic grill to add aesthetic appeal.

The paint job is glossy blue (the case comes in 6 colours to suit your needs), and is used throughout the case; the drive covers, front grill and both sides.

Internally, the case is well laid out with a selection of four internal 3.5” drive bays, two external 3.5”, and four 5.25”. The motherboard tray slides out to make installation easier, although it does require the other side panel to be removed. The windowed side panel is held in place by two thumb screws allowing for easy removal.

Behind the front grill, there is space for two 80mm fans laid out horizontally to bolster cooling to your hard discs. The case doesn’t come with these fans, but its nice to see there is space for more powerful cooling. As the fans take up 160mm of space horizontally, it may have been better to use a 120mm fan as these are generally quieter.

On the back of the case, there is grill which covers the supplied 120mm fan. The exhaust fan mount not only supports 120mm fans, but has mounting holes for 92mm and 80mm fans. This means that you can use your favourite fan with this case.

There is a selection of leads that are connected to the front of the case, as well as the normal motherboard connectors and USB/firewire plugs, there is a molex plug for the front LED strips (more on this later), a molex for the analogue temperature gauge and a temperature sensor.

Supplied with the case, is the usual bag of screw. In this case, Apevia have supplied press in feet, and a security bracket which you can screw to the back of the case to use to padlock side panel into place. Whilst not a widely advertised feature, this would come in useful at a LAN party where you want your pricey PC equipment to be as secure as possible. This shows that Apevia have aimed this case at gamers.