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our 2015 Computex coverage is brought to you by fantex nvidia corsair and CI x silverstone and in win make sure to support them for helping us bring this great content to you beat Phoenix Pandora was one of those ambitious projects who evolved into something completely different from the initial concept but they are moving forward with this design and the Pandora 80x will soon launch at $99 without the icon display and here it is next to Pandora micro-atx for size comparison and I gotta say beat Phoenix has improved on so many elements for this case to become really popular first the side panel curves around the front panel it's a very distinctive pandora look it's no longer aluminum but now regular steel which i think is more appropriate for beat thanks with this glossy plastic frame underneath that is now scratch resistant and ventilation is available on both sides for the front fans to intake air the panels are slightly higher than the top removable dust filter thus creating this unibody like structure there's a single exhaust fan at the back and triple 120mm fan spots at the front generating excellent intake as you see there's nothing obstructing the fans and air flow for the GPU and the CPU is always fresh as for the interior layout itself it's becoming is sort of a trend to have no dedicated hard drive gauges in the main chamber to allow the best possible airflow and the build that they have on display looks really good with a 360 movement of radiator mounted at the top the Pandora ATX and will accommodate for water cooling builds well it seems to be no problem I love that they included this shroud at the bottom separating an entire bottom chamber that makes cable management so much easier and they're still debating whether or not to put SSD brackets on top of that shroud taking a look at the back all the cables are just tucked away and from the power supply where you will also find a duo three and a half inch drive for mechanical storage plus these side SSD mounts are handy that will most likely support three and a half inch drives for the final revision but for now the Pandora ATX looks like an awesome evolution into proper ATX case that should fulfill our needs for water cooling and awesome cable management and the side panels will most likely utilize a swivel mechanism for easier installation and really my only uncertainty is dust proofing the front intake but I'm sure big Phenix would not skimp on such an important element for the final release