Spire Pininfarina Case
Review by: Ji4m, Steve
Edited by: Steve
Provided by: Spire Coolers
Price: $158 Canadian

Introduction:
For those not familiar with the name, Pininfarina is an industrial design company. They do design for everything from home consumer items to cars for Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Maserati, and many others. Today we're looking at a computer case from Spire, the Pininfarina. As the name suggests, the case's design was done entirely by the Pininfarina group.

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In The Box:
(1) Spire Pininfarina Case

Specs:
Dimensions: 495x200x450mm (L x W x H)
Material: Aluminum Alloy Bezel & Metal SECC Galvanized Steel Chassis
Material thickness: Aluminum 6.0mm | SECC 1.0mm
Mainboard: Extend ATX / Micro ATX / Mini ATX
5.25 Bays: 3 visible ~ 1 hidden
3.5 Bays: 2 visible ~ 4 hidden
Bracket slots: 7 ~ Incl. 3 PCIE/AGP/PCI Stabilizers
Cooling: 3x 80x80x25mm fans (rear included, right included, left not included), 1x 120x120x25mm (front included), 1x 120 Fan Duct (left included)
External: USB 2.0 x 2 | MIC x 1 | Earphone jack x 1 |
Connections: IEEE 1394 x 1
Features: Lightweight aluminum & Durable metal frame. Italian Stylish design. Front USB, IEEE1394 & Sound connections. full screen, radiation protected. Side panel access, screw free installation. Optimized internal space design for Highly-efficient airflow.
Packaging: 522x260x517mm (L x W x H)
N.W. Weight: 13.50 K.G
G.W. Weight: 14.50 K.G

Features:
Let's first talk about the many ways and places this case opens! Starting at the front I'll first mention the ultra-stylish curve that the 6mm blue aluminum face strip has. This blue face strip continues around to the top and part of the back of the case as well. The upper half of the face strip has a door which opens revealing your drive bays. Three 5.25" bays and 2 of the 3.5" bays are visible. The door is easily removable by simply lifting it upwards. There is also lots of room between the front of the case and the back of the door which is great if you happen to have fan controllers or other devices with knobs or switches. You should find lots of room behind the front door to hide almost any 5.25" device. The reason this door doesn't extend higher is because the face plate begins to curve back onto the top plate, as seen in the photographs below. Hiding underneath this curve is a hidden door that houses 2 USB, a firewire, and two audio plugs for easy accessibility. You'll want to be careful when carrying or moving the case that you don't grab it by the front edges! The hidden door at the top, or the drive bay door that is removable by lifting it just might catch you off guard. Power and reset buttons are found on the left side of the top hidden door that we were just discussing. Power and HDD activity LED's are to the right of this same area.

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