The back looks much like the traditional case designs we have been seeing for years.  A single 80mm fan is included for exhaust though a second can be added.  Additional mounting locations provide some additional options for radiators though a 120mm or bigger mounting solution would have been a nice touch.

The front bezel is lit brightly by the blue accent lighting around the GMC logo.  The shiny surface is smooth and as you can see here, mirror reflective.  The switch on the right functions as the ODD drive button and is larger than the system on the Toast.  I am a fan of the polished black finish but it sure is hard to photograph and it picks up every finger print.

The top of the bezel houses a single Optical drive mounted pointing down.  From this angle you can see the optical drive bay in the bottom of the front recess.  This matching panel is removed for installation.  As before, I was disappointed to find the drive cover is not hinged to maintain the smooth lines after the install.  With the drive pointed down there is even more opportunity to mod this door than we saw in the Toast.  The front panel also houses ports for two USB 2.0 Ports, HD audio IO ports and the reset switch.  The Firewire port is not wired in this model.

With the side off, it becomes quickly apparent the Toast and Corona share a common chassis.  Fortunately this is not a bad thing!  The Corona case will take a full size motherboard and full length cards, it just looks small.  The bezel design brings the cables in from the bottom to easily reach every corner of the case.

Looking at the back we find the card slots are covered by punch outs rather than removable covers.  As much as we hate these covers, remember this is a very low cost case.  The same can be said of the 80mm fan with a single 12V pass through for control. As you can see from this picture another 80mm mounting is located in the bottom of the case.

The front view offers our first look at the removable 3.5" drive mounts.  Only two drives can be mounted leaving no floppy drive option at all. The front lighting power run is also seen here and is not a pass through.

The front bezel can be removed without tools.  The top is open to hold the top mounted optical drive and the optics for the Corona's distinctive blue lighting. In the middle you can see the spring loaded mechanics behind the optical drive button.   There is some room for cable management behind the bezel but most cabling will have to be dealt with in the interior.

The Install

I installed my Intel build into the R-3 Corona Toast case built around an Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi-AP @n Edition Motherboard based on the X38 chipset. The build includes an Intel Q6600, a Sapphire 4650 HD Overclock Edition video card and a 4 GB kit of OCZ Intel Extreme Edition PC3-12800 in the 1600 XMP configuration.  Storage was provided by both 250 GB and 750 GB Seagate SATA II drives and a Plextor 16x DVD burner all powered by a FSP Group Power-Mod 700W.

This build is nearly identical to the build used to test the Toast.  Based on the spacing we found with the massive Cooler Master Hyper 212 heatsink, I went with a much smaller AeroCool Silverwind install.

Here you can see the install with the FSP 700W power supply and eth ASUS motherboard installed.  These pieces fit with more room than some other full size cases we have reviewed. The space along eth front and bottom will help with cable management.  With only one exhaust fan, we will need to keep the cables clean to help with airflow.  I highly recommend purchasing the two optional fans for any performance build.