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At the backside of the chassis we notice the big hole in the motherboard tray. Not done to save on money and weight, this is actually a CPU back-plate cutout which allows you to remove and install a new CPU cooler much easier. Typically you'd need to take out the motherboard to install a new cooler, now you can access it from both sides without that unpleasant experience of removing a motherboard from the chassis. Very popular with many chassis manufacturers these days alright.
BTW Fractal Design mentioned that the PSU compartment can hold PSU of 23cm, this is not 100% right, you need to factor in wiring leading out from your power supply So while the cage might be physically 23cm, we recommend having 5cm clearance for cabling.
There is 'OK' space for cable routing here. I am saying OK as the chassis does not offer dramatic heaps of space, but in-between the motherboard tray and backside panel is a good 1.5~2.0 cm in the narrower region; not bad and definitely something that has improved over last-gen products from FD. It could still be better though. The photo below shows the right side panel having extra room for cable routing. Simply but effective. We had no probs with hiding and routing the cables.
