
I had to use more force than I expected, but despite my fears of cracking the glass and ruining our review unit, a forceful pull got the panel loose without incident. The first few times I tried this with the tempered glass side panel, I had a hard time getting it free. Just remove the aforementioned safety screw on the rear to render one of the side panels removable, which requires pulling it out and away from the case.

If you want to get inside and start upgrading or rewiring things yourself, the Y60 case makes it easy. On the front of the case you get a pair of USB 3.0 ports, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port and an audio/mic jack flanking the power button. The iBuyPower Y60 has a case that's nice and roomy, with plenty of ports for your needs. iBuyPower Y60 review: Ports and upgradability

If that's a concern there are steps you can take to mitigate these issues, from installing additional cooling solutions to relocating the PC to a room with better heat dispersion. To give you a rough sense of comparison, I placed it in the same location and used it in the same way as the Alienware Aurora R13 I reviewed not long ago, and the iBuyPower Y60 made the room much hotter yet stayed quieter than the Aurora R13 when playing the same games under roughly the same conditions. However, it didn't get very loud, which I appreciate since I don't regularly use headphones. Obviously the amount of heat and noise generated depends greatly on what you put where inside the case, but I noticed that our review unit kicked out more heat than I expected during extended gaming session.
