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by harias 244 days ago
Helps with the cooling is my guess. Increased surface area
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jerlam 244 days ago
Possibly if the case is being used as a heat sink, but in that case it would be unsafe to touch. I think it's just being used instead of a traditional mesh panel.
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egeres 244 days ago
I'm pretty sure they just want to be coherent with the which has that "steel scrubber finish" on the hardware

(photo for reference: https://www.wwt.com/api-new/attachments/5f033e355091b0008017...)

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