The outside of the Griffin has impressed so far, it has some interesting features. Moving inside the first thing noticeable when you remove the panels is of course the 220mm fan that was mentioned earlier in the previous section. This fan is removable and unless you are using a low-profile CPU cooler it would almost certainly be removed.



IN WIN have chosen to coat the inside of the Griffin in grey, a colour that most case manufacturers seem to be moving away from. The colour does tend to leave the interior looking dated but it's no major criticism. There isn’t a great deal of space to conceal cables, this is partly because there is very little space in this enclosure full stop. The dimensions confirm this. You will have noticed the luminous yellow tool-less keys in and around the drive bays, the devise here follows a similar concept to other cases that endorse tool-less design. We will have a closer look at this a little later.





Usually you would have a 120mm fan as a rear exhaust on your typical case. But with the Griffin this has been narrowed down to a 90mm fan. If the case had been made a few cm’s bigger a 120mm fan would have had ample space to be fixed in place.



Other than a few other things such as the accessories where you are given just screws and a manual there isn’t much else to comment on. The motherboard mounting incorporates the new approach of having the screw holes raised. Quite a novel idea. Over the page we will install all the system components.