A Closer Look - Inside

Opening the case is done by removing two thumb screws in the rear of the Omega. There are no indents or handles to aid in pulling the panels out, which means you will need to use your fingernails or a flat head screw driver if it won't budge.


The 3.5 inch bays look identical to those of the Mirage-62. The same goes for the 5.25 inch ones. Looks like Akasa has kept the internal steel structure of the case and added a few changes to the outside of the case.


To release the mainboard tray, you will need to unscrew five thumb screws. As soon as I removed them, the rear of the mainboard tray jumped out at me. Seems like the tray does not have a 90 degree angle and has been forced in place by the screws. The tray itself has not changed either and the one found in the Mirage-62 did not have this problem. Thus, I expect this misalignment to be an exception.


The rear fan comes with a mainboard header, but no adapter to use the Molex connector of your power supply. The PCI brackets are held in place by thumb screws and can be reused as well. Akasa is still using the very unique and certainly useful plastic construction, to route cables nicely to the mainboard. The little speaker can also be found here.


As the internal structure has remained identical to that of previous cases in this series, you will still need to remove the front cover completely to gain access to the dust filter and to release the 3.5 inch drive cages. The Omega has space for five hard drives, but the external bays may also be used for hard drives as well.


The dust filter is removable, but you will need to unscrew the four thumb screws, which hold the hard drive cage in place first. Behind the dust filter is a honeycomb grill with a second 120 mm fan. It also has a mainboard connector and seems to be identical to the fan found in the rear of the chassis.


The bare case also holds a small improvement over the Mirage-62. Akasa has chosen to route all chassis cables nicely to end up right where the mainboard will be once installed. So you will not need to invest a lot of time for a nice clean look.