GigaByte 3D Aurora
Full Tower ATX Enclosure

     As with all enthusiast style, high-end enclosures, the 3D Aurora's faceplate is also constructed of aluminum. Even the door is made of aluminum, held in the closed with magnets, and can be locked with a mechanical key lock.

     The lower portion of the faceplate is the locale for the power/reset button and other input/output ports. The power and reset buttons will all be hidden and secured by the faceplate's door when it is closed. This leaves access to the USB, FireWire, Audio, and power / HDD lights. The grill is manufactured in such a way as to maximize the air intake to the 120mm fan. Both directly from the front and indirectly by the large slots in the sides.

     With all that potential airflow, there is also the potential to turn the inside of the enclosure into a dirt trap. GigaByte's solution was to create a fabric based filter that will completely seal the entire vent area. The filter is removable to make cleaning the filter as easy as possible. We can also see, the small pre-mod enhancement set into the faceplate. In the upper middle of the filter, there is a small LED which will illuminate the blue bar across the front of the enclosure and emanate out the holes in the grill.