On the back, you can see the usual slots, and ATX panel knockouts, yadda-yadda-yadda. What's nice is the wide ventilation cutouts for the back 80mm fans. These type cutouts should not impede airflow. Many cases try to "get by" with a few dozen drilled out holes, but that just doesn't cut it. You can also see in this view, down at the bottom, the Tower's feet. These are hinged, and can slide out to the side for stability, or be slid underneath, for placing the case in tight quarters. 

Unlike many cases, the removable front bezel is just the upper 1/3rd of the case, but this is more than enough as all you need access to in any tower is the drive bays. You can see the 3 external 5" bays, and the two 3.5" bays here. The case comes with screw on rails, for installing 5" drives, which is a thankfully common inclusion in cases these days. The lower of the two 3/5" bays is for your floppy drive, which resides behind a molded cutout, with eject button, behind the bezel. Nice touch I guess, for those who care how your floppy drive looks. ;) Short of bootdisks and BIOS upgrades, I still wonder what floppy drives are good for anymore anyway. But that's another story. ;)

Since the external 3.5" drives do not come with mounting rails, the case has a removable external tray, held in place by two large thumbscrews. Another nice and thoughtful touch, making installing or swapping out a drive mounted here a cinch. 

Take a look at the curved slots on the bottom 2/3rds of the case. These are more than decorative. These are fully open ventilation slots. Behind them, is the same type of steel cutouts we see for the rear fans, so again Antec has given adequate consideration to front-face intake airflow. Little or no restriction to airflow, and it looks good too! :)

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