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Aspire: X-Cruiser

Aspire is a brand of it's own you know. It's has been on the market for years now and they design, do imports, market and services PC parts including computer cases, accessories and peripherals such as case fans, power supplies and matching color keyboard/mouse/speaker kits.

Today's product is the X-cruiser. One of the more more popular cases on the market as it's quite a looker targeted at the semi-gamer / computer user. A very classy design yet with a gamers influence as you will see. Aspire calls this case a "thermally advantaged" case. There are two 80mm built-in fans with space for two more.

Most catching has to be the front bezel design that shows an analog style gauges to display temperature, fan speed, and volume. The case includes front located controls for fan speed, and volume control allow you to make adjustments. You'll find fans everywhere in this casing, ensuring you maximum cooling.
With the performance user in mind, Aspire designed this case to conform to Intels specs for Thermally Advantaged Cases. you'll find space for 4 optical drives and can insert up-to 6 3.5" devices. That's a lot of space.

This case is selling for a mere ~70 USD, which is absolutely a great price for this  impressive casing. Below you can find some specifications after which we'll dive into the photo-shoot.

• Chassis Material: Steel
• Motherboard Form Factor: Standard ATX, Baby AT, Micro ATX (11 x 12 Max)
• Power Supply Form Factor: Standard ATX
• Drive Bays:
  • 5.25 External: 4
  • 3.5 External: 2
  • 3.5 Internal: 5
• Expansion Slots: 7
• Front I/O Ports: 2 x USB2.0, 1 x IEEE1394 Firewire, 2 x Audio
• Cooling:
  • 2 x 80mm Optional Front Fans
  • 1 x 80mm UV Blue LED Top Fan
  • 1 x 80mm UV Blue LED Rear Fan
  • 1 x TAC CPU Side Panel Ducting
• Gauges and Controllers:
  • 1 x Temperature Gauge
  • 1 x Fan Speed Gauge
  • 1 x Fan Speed Controller (Controls up to 5 Fans)
  • 1 x Volume Gauge
  • 1 x Volume Controller
• Dimensions (D x W x H): 19.25 x 7.75 x 17

The packaging again. There's now way you'll confuse yourself in the store the box shows the model name and even a photo of it. The case comes in a wide variety of colors though.

The X-Cruiser is really something to look at. At any viewpoint you look at you'll notice a small detail.  obviously the main attraction are the three meters located at the frontside of the casing. Both sides of the case have easy removable side panel with thumb screws.

The front-side is operated by a plastic door to access your optical drivers or whatever luxurious good you got hidden in your PC. All the way down we see a fan grill covering in which you can insert a fan that blows cold air over the HDs.

The left side panel has a see-through windows which is known and loved by the most of us as it allows us and other a quick peek at our lovely PC. Behind the Aspire fan-grill a duct is located that will provide the CPU with cold air from outside the PC.