In-Win Allure mATX Case Review

Interior Impressions

The interior is less refined when compared to the exterior but it is every girl's heaven since it includes mostly tool-less ways of installing parts. These tool-less features also make it easier on people who change their computer parts often. It is interesting to note that all of the tool-less push/pull devices have been coloured brightly yellow, just in case some of us have a hard time finding them.


The next thing I noticed was a see-through grey plastic piece that swings in and out. This is the vortex air duct that is supposed to focus air from outside the case onto the CPU. A generic 92mm fan has also been included and pre-installed on the rear panel. It should also be mentioned that you can't install a fan inside or on the air duct. However, this should not cause too much of a problem considering the Allure is geared towards lower-end systems.


The interior has room for two 5.25" bays and two 3.5" bays. Devices can be put into these bays by pulling on the yellow knobs and then secured by pushing these knobs back in. Overall, this is a very well designed and intuitive system that makes installing drives as easy as possible.


The Allure has a swing out hard drive cage that fits two hard drives and this is one of the few parts that actually requires a screw driver for installing. An important thing to note here is that there is no mounting space for a hard drive area intake fan and this also restircts airflow quite a bit as well.

The top part of the case is where the power supply will sit, which is pretty standard and there is a small lip to hold it in place. This case also comes with pre-attached standoffs so that no time needs to be wasted fidgeting with the little metal standoffs that often come included.


In order to install devices into the expansion slots, you normally have to undo a screw at the side to remove the metal slot cover but In Win has done things a bit differently with their Allure. With this case, it is just a matter of pushing on a little knob which releases all of the slot covers at once. Super easy for anyone who has never installed components before.


If you so desired, you can also remove the front panel by pushing on a knob at the bottom right of the case. It took me a couple tries to figure out how to put it back on though.


Connectors present include an infrared connector, a front panel audio connector (HD/AC97), a speaker connector, a IEEE 1394 connector, a power switch connector, a hard drive LED connector, a power LED connector, and a front panel USB connector.

I have to say that after seeing the outside I was really disappointed by the aesthetics on the inside. It's got special features but nothing aesthetically pleasing or displeasing - very generic looking. Upon further thought, it seems quite obvious to me now why that is and I'm more appreciative of the thought that went into this case and the thought that went into who it was built for. It is actually tailored quite perfectly for its target consumer. If the inside had been done up as nicely as the outside, the cost of this case would probably be outrageous, or at least more than anyone (including females who don't care much for computers but like pretty things that are easy to use for a reasonable price) would pay. Also, taking into account the fact that there is no window it seems quite pointless to have an exquisite interior. Overall, it is win-win; you receive a classy looking case that is user-friendly for a reasonable price.