The “small values” continued


Rear 120 mm and Front intake – unrestricted for a change


The Kensington lock is located next to the PSU.

I took a plant tour at Kensington factory outside Chicago a few years ago, and I’m glad to see this name brand product finds its way to Chenbro. There are two keys provided, which are tied onto the rear exhaust grill; make sure you don’t forget them before firing it up. Notice the small blue pull down tap next to the rear exhaust, which activates the long bolt that locks the side panel without the use of any screws.


A closer look at the back side of the Kensington lock; the removal hard drive cage that houses up to 4 HDD’s uses a single thumb screw


Proceeding to the side panels – The left panel continues the theme and color with window; there is no side panel fan which most people like but me. The right panel is covered with a protective film preventing from scratch during installation adds another small V’s (values) to the thoughtful minds at Chenbro.

At this is time of the review, I have not yet found anything that I don’t like but two. The right panel is not removable and neither is the motherboard tray.

Let’s look at the improvement made to XPIDER II over the previous XPIDER we know:

It now has two external 3.5” bay rather than one

Addition of reset switch

Standard rear 120 mm exhaust instead of 80 mm or 92 mm determined by distributors and dealers

Side window is held together with 10 screws with larger windows than previous model

Improved access to front USB, Audio and 1394 port