In Win Mana 136 Mid-Tower Chassis Review
Chris Hadley / 12 years ago
The chassis follows an all black design, making any installed components stand out from the rest of the case. All ATX and micro-ATX are accommodated, with the extra stand-offs supplied to secure the lower end of m-ATX boards to the case. The cable management holes are raised from the tray level to make routing of cables easier in to the main chassis area.
From the other side, we can see there is a very easy route for power supply cables to pass to the rear of the motherboard tray with the large open space that has been created. Access to the hard drive bays is just as easy and the case comes included with two hot swap style drive bays for easy installation of drives.
The Mana 136 has space for a total of three 5.25″ drives or fan controllers etc all secured with tool-less drive locks found on the one side of the case for convenience. Each of the latches has a lime green/yellow lock holding the latches securely to the case.
Beneath the optical drives is space for six 3.5″ drives all with a semi tool-less design. Before inserting into the case, the hard drives screws are attached and then the drive slides into the cage and lock firmly into place. Removal is achieved by lifting the latch to the side of each disk. On the floor of the case are two 2.5″ drive fitting pints, one at the bottom of the 3.5″ cage and the other to the side in front of the power supply.
The case comes with seven expansion bays each with a fully vented back plate. The upper most bay has a replaceable cover whilst the remaining six are snap to remove and non-replaceable. An additional cover is supplied in the parts box.
Like most cases that we now see, the power supply is located at the base and here we find that it sits on top of two guide rails allowing for better airflow into the supply once installed.
Exhaust fan wise, the case comes pre-installed with a 120mm rear fan with a 3-pin header.
In addition to the rear fan, there is also an additional 120mm blue LED lit clear fan found to the front of the case to draw air in and through the drive cage. This fan connects via molex cable to power the LEDs.
