Product Photos – Interior
The R310 has enough space to install E-ATX motherboard, but anything wider than a standard ATX will cause problems with cable management. On the next page, you can see how ASUS Maximus XI Gene fits, and there is just enough space to use all the holes in the backplate. The case also supports graphics cards up to 305mm while we were able to install XFX RX5600XT THICC Ultra III, which has 330mm, but it was already touching the front panel. Considering that, there shouldn’t be an issue with graphics cards up to 320mm. Worth to mention is that any graphics card that will be as long as 300mm or more will block the airflow, which is coming from the bottom of the case, and mostly hot air from the graphics card will go up. This is more a tip for builders.
On the back of the motherboard plate, we can install up to two 2.5″ or 3.5″ HDD or SSD. In new gaming computers, we won’t find HDD anymore, but it’s still the cheapest storage and available in up to 8TB+ capacities, so maybe someone will need some space for these drives.
The PSU can be installed on top, and the bay is as deep as the case itself, but we have to keep in mind front panel cables and ARGB controller. We can still install a large PSU like Abkoncore Tenergy 850W 80+ Gold, which we used in this review. There won’t be a problem with cable management as there is enough space on the back of the case.
The Interior of the R310 looks well, but there is one thing that could be better. Inside there are six 120mm fans with ARGB LEDs. Everything looks great, but two of these fans (just above the motherboard) are blowing on the back of the case. One of these fans has a PSU on its way, which is blocking the airflow or, depends on the PSU installation, can also take the hot air and use its fan to get rid of that. In this case, the PSU runs at higher temps and faster starts to spin its fan what of course, causes some noise. The second fan is blowing on the back panel, which is made of glass, and the space between the glass and the chassis is not enough to get rid of hot air. The mentioned situation can be a problem only when we use higher wattage components like 150W+ CPU and 200W+ graphics card. In short, these two fans are more for the looks than for cooling, and a better idea would be to replace a back window with a perforated steel panel.
As long as fans work well in the case without water cooling, then I don’t recommend them if we wish to install a custom water cooling because of their low static pressure. There is also one issue related to the fan controller. It let us set two modes while the first is quiet but can be too slow for better airflow, and the second one is already causing some noise. The silent mode is enough for a 95W TDP CPU and 150W TDP graphics card, both with air coolers so something like Core i5 CPU and Radeon RX5600XT graphics card. Still more than enough for most gamers.
On the next page, we will show you some photos of the whole build based on the R310 case.
