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As we mentioned earlier Xigmatek has applied a special surface coating on the front and top panels that give the case a “leather- like” finish. This surface also helps to prevent finger prints building up on the exterior of the case.
The design of the MidGard II is very clean and simple. There are no bulky extruded side panels or gaudy bright lights, just a nice, feature filled Mid Tower. The side panels are mainly solid with one panel capable of holding two fans that can be either 120mm or 140mm in size.
The opposite side panel is one solid piece with no areas cut out for additional airflow. Moving on to the front panel shows that the entire lower half of the panel consists of a steel mesh grill. The mesh allows a good amount of fresh air to be drawn into the case without allowing all the dust to follow.
The rear panel of the MidGard II is designed for a bottom mounted power supply. Directly above the PSU zone we have 7 expansions slots available. Beside the expansion bays there is a ventilated area that contains 2 cutouts protected by rubber grommets. These are designed for liquid cool tubes to be passed through without any fear of damaging the tubing. Moving further up the back panel we find the cutout for our I/O shield and a single 120mm rear mounted exhaust fan.
The top panel of the MidGard II is about 75% steel mesh. Once again this mesh allows good airflow and greatly reduces the amount of dust that we end up with inside the system over time.
Closer to the front of the top panel we have a docking station for either an SSD drive or a standard 3.5″ SATA hard drive. On the top panel we have a high speed USB 3.0 port, 2 x USB 2.0 ports, 2 audio input jacks and the Power/Reset buttons.
The bottom panel features 4 large rubber feet that lift the chassis far enough from the floor to allow for optimal airflow. The feet also help absorb the majority of vibrations created by the components in the system. There are 2 removable mesh dust filters included. One sits beneath the power supply while the other one sits underneath where the optional bottom fan would be installed.
The top and front panel both come off with very little effort. The top panel has two grooves cut out at the back … to lift off the panel, while the front panel has a space at the bottom for the same purpose. There is room for another additional fan on the front panel that can be either 120mm or 140mm. The top panel has room for two more 140mm fans; or there is room for a radiator up to 280mm long (and 50mm high) including the fans for the water cooling crowd.
