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Accessing the inside of the case is fairly simple and only requires the removal of four screws to take off the front panel. All of the important areas are easily accessible inside due to the shallow design of the case, although this does mean that component choices are somewhat restricted. The inside is also finished entirely in brushed aluminium and is sure to complement most component choices aesthetically.
Over on the right we can see that there is a small collection of hard drive bays which can support up to four 2.5″ drives. This isn't ideal for a media PC as there isn't enough room for large 3.5″ drives for storage.
We installed a 2.5″ solid state drive which requires four screws through the sides of the unit.
As we mentioned previously, the PC-Q30 requires a SFX power supply which is considerably smaller than a regular ATX model. These can be difficult to get hold of, especially from respected manufacturers. There isn't any provision for cable routing, so all of the cables have to go in front of the motherboard.
Installing a motherboard is very simple indeed as it only requires four screws to secure it in place. We would recommend installing the CPU cooler backplate (if required) before installation as the rear side of the motherboard is completely inaccessible once installed.
Finally we installed a graphics card into the system which first required the removal of a small piece of aluminium blocking access to the expansion card covers. Once this was done, though, installation was fairly straightforward. There isn't a large amount of room for graphics cards and most of the high end models wouldn't fit so we chose a AMD Radeon HD 6670.
