| Inside the Pandora there is quite some space available although the case is not too large. The motherboard tray features pre-soldered standoffs and there is a large opening behind the socket, which helps making the installation of aftermarket cooling systems easy. Located on the motherboard tray there are a few openings for routing cables and there is a lot of space between the motherboard tray and the right side panel, which allows for neat cable management. We particularly appreciate that there are rubber grommets, which are extremely difficult to remove. As far as storage options on Pandora ATX are concerned, you get enough room to install up to three 3.5" HDD and four 2.5" SSD. In this case, unlike many other PC cases on the market, you do not get an area dedicated exclusively to storage systems but these are located in various areas of the case. Placing the HDDs and SSDs inside the BitFenix Pandora ATX is quite easy and simple, however we have to mention that the unit placed on the top part of the mid-plate close to the motherboard could collide with cards or graphics cards installed on your system.
For our test we used an ATX motherboard with 240mm radiator placed on top. Despite of using a motherboard without huge VRM heatsinks there is not enough space for a push-pull configuration. In addition using a Fractal Kelvin S24 radiator the fan mounting holes weren’t properly aligned. It looks like there is an issue with radiator alignment, but with a bit of brute force we finally got our radiator mounted. |
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