GMC R-2 Toast Tower case with patented 5.25" drive mounting.

Author: Jouni Vasama Published: 13.06.2007 Manufacturer: GMC Product Group: Computer case In English Suomeksi

"The Bundle"

With the case followed a tiny bag of screws, a speaker and two strips containing some sort of plastic pads. Function of these was a bit a bit of a mystery as the box contained no installation manual whatsoever. The stealth panel of the DVD-drive could have used a manual as well, which makes me hope that manuals are included in retails cases.

Installation

There are no tool-less features so intallation is pretty straight forward. There's barely any excess room inside the case and even getting the PSU to the right location proved pretty hard. Also the motherboard had to be dropped in place in an angle to make it fit through the narrowest point. Other than these troubles caused by the small size of the case there were no problems with the installation.

As mentioned earlier, there was no manual of any kind in the box, so I had to figure out what the plastic pads are for. I can't really tell if this is what GMC had in mind when packing these in, but it seemed like a good idea to stick two pads to the HDD so it fit nicely to the HDD-cage.

Clearing out the cables was surprisingly easy. As a downside this caused some problems to the top part of the case. As the PSU is non modular, the top of the case is really crowded by all the unused cables. If the PSU would have been modular, there would have not been enough room to use the modular connectors. Just a few centimeters more would make a clear difference between the PSU and the HDD-cage.

The CPU-cooler air duct was removed because it came nowhere near the CPU slot and made installing the side panel harder.

...and what about the color of the leds used in the front panel? I imagine that you guessed right.

Patented drive mounting in action

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