Opening 'er up
Sliding off the SB95P V2's aluminum shell reveals the best small form factor internals around.

The SB95P V2 from the left....

And the right

What makes the P-Series internals so unique is their largely tool-free design.

Drives are secured with snap-on rails instead of screws, making it easier to install drives in the SB95P V2 than most full-sized systems. Rails are included for two 3.5" internal drives and both 3.5" and 5.25" external drives.

To make drive installation even easier, the SB95P V2's drive cage pops out completely. Like the drive rails, the cage is a tool-free design that's held down by a pair of plastic clips. There's nary a screw in sight.

The drive cage holds not only the cube's memory card reader, but also its external 5.25" and 3.5" drive bays. The 3.5" drive tray rails will work with hard drives or floppy drives, allowing the SB95P V2 to accommodate up to three hard disks. The SB95P V2's remaining two hard drives are mounted side-by-side above drive cage.

Moving to the right side of the system gives us a view of the SB95P V2's PCI Express slots. The x16 slot is located on the outside edge of the board, so it should be possible to run double-wide graphics cards. Such cards will block access to the SB95P V2's PCI-E x1 slot, but until more x1 peripherals become available, you won't be missing much.

Around the left side of the system, the SB95P V2's DDR2 memory slots are easily accessible. From this angle, we can also see the cube's passively-cooled north and south bridge chips. We're big fans of passive chipset cooling, if only because the tiny fans found on most chipset coolers tend to get significantly louder over time.

Popping out the SB95P V2's FB95 motherboard gives us an even better look at the layout, but there are no surprises. Like all small form factor motherboards, the FB95 is tightly packed.