14 DAY TRIAL // That a PC case is upside down can't really be said about most enclosures, unless one deliberately makes it stand on its head, but Colorful just gave a new meaning to the phrase.
What the company did was build a PC chassis which was designed in accordance with the RTS (Reversed Technology eXtended) technology.
What this means is that the motherboard gets to be installed upside down, which brings with it a completely different hardware layout than that of any other desktop chassis.
One hassle that this build removes is how users can't connect the CPU power cable without an external cable when they try to route the wires along the back of the mainboard.
Another consequence is that the graphics card ends up installed in the upper half of the case.
As a side-effect, this improves the ventilation of said video board, what with the meshes at the top and the efficient air circulation.
Colorful used red baking varnish disposal and outfitted the Cable-Routing King C2 with three 5.25-inch drive bays (for CD / DVD / Blu-ray drives) as well as seven expansion slots for PCI and PCI Express boards.
Furthermore, there are a total of eight hard disk drive and solid state drive (HDD / SSD) bays as well.
As for the PSU (power supply unit), it will, understandably enough, rest at the bottom of the chassis, just about 15-20 cm from the CPU power connector.
All in all, Colorful's Reversed Technology eXtended case measures 468 mm x 466 mm x 190 mm (18.42 x 18.34 x 7.48 inches), which is actually short of regular mid-tower proportions.
Unfortunately, the announcement didn't include the price, so mid-range users have to wait until online listings show up (or for stores to offer it). Asia is where sales will start first, with Europe to follow soon.
