Aerocool Strike-X Cube Micro-ATX Chassis Review

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The Strike-X Cube was very easy to work with, despite the cube form factor, I found that there was plenty of excess space on the interior to work with; all our test components fit with ease.

The Sapphire R9 270X fit without issues and I certainly didn’t have to remove the front fan to give me extra clearance. There’s no doubt that many of the latest graphics cards on the market will fit with ease.

The bottom hard drive bays are tricky to remove with the caddy installed, but not impossible. You can of course remove the caddy completely, install your drives then put it all back in one piece if you really need to, thanks to the thumb screw at the side and the front of the caddy.

Cable management may not look fancy, but there’s a vast amount of space behind the PSU for stuffing excess cables; you could always tidy this up with a few cable ties if you felt the need.

Having all the excess cable down here means they’re out of the way of your motherboard, CPU cooler, fans and other components, which helps improve airflow to those components.

There’s no routing hold for the motherboard CPU power cable, so it does have to trail over the motherboard; fortunately you can’t see this from the side panel window, as this area will be hidden by your graphics card.

All panels back in place and you’re treated to a great view of the graphics card. For those of you who have invested a lot of money into a new graphics card, this is a great way of seeing the often stunning cooler designs of your new card.