A Look Inside – Aplus Blockbuster Storm / Apevia X-QPack 2

The interior has neither changed for the better nor the worse. Neither company has done anything innovative with this design, simply using its default layout. Each case can still house two 3.5” drives and 5.25” drives each and require a micro-ATX motherboard. The designs do differ a little when it comes to the fans, if only superficially. In the Aplus unit, the 120 mm fan is transparent and lit by 3 LEDs. Apevia chose to use an unlit blue fan instead. Additionally, the X-QPack 2 sports an 80 mm fan on the front that draws cool air into the case.

Both cases use motherboard tray that can be removed from the case itself to mount hardware on them. Such a tray greatly simplifies the installation of the motherboard, CPU and cooler, and RAM . Besides, it is much easier to attach and route the power cables and the wires for the front connectors this way. Once everything is mounted securely on the tray, simply slide it and the hardware on it back into the empty case. If everything fits, install and attach the PSU and the drives.