Out with the old...

sunlitsix · 20 Feb 2012 at 19:32

...in with the new.
So first off here is an old before pic with all of my gear in the Lian Li PC-7 Plus.

One 12cm intake at the front, the H70 and PSU were acting as my exhausts. No cable management in the case due to it's age mainly so everything was fastened to the top of the case!

Onto the new! BitFenix Shinobi. Took me around 4 hours to transfer everything and to try and get all of the cables where I wanted them.

Rear end shot, I mount one of the Viper's on the outside of the case and make use of the water cooling grommet effectively.

Still acting as an exhaust too.
Shots of the case itself

Close up on the window to show how bright the case light is.

So now cooling wise I've got :
Intake

two Enermax Magma 12cm fans at the front of the case
One BitFenix 12cm fans as intake on the window (may change this to exhaust).
These three fans are controlled by my Akasa Fan Control Junior.
Exhaust

Two 12cm Akasa Vipers Push/Pull Exhaust on the H70
One 14cm Akasa Viper on the top of the case
These three are controlled via PWM so they're nice an quiet 90% of the time.

The spec of the PC is:
Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3
AMD Phenom II 1090T - 3.8Ghz with Corsair H70.
12GB Corsair XMS3
EVGA GTX460
OCZ Agility 3 60GB / 500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue / 500GB Seagate Barracuda
LG something Blu-ray Drive
OCZ Z Series 850W PSU

Afew pros and cons that I've got about the case.

Pros

- First off, low price!
- Nice sturdy build quality.
- The 'SofTouch' finish is really nice, looks great too.
- Lots of cable management options.
- Good clearance behind the motherboard tray!
- Plenty of cooling options, upto 7 fans can be installed in the case.
- One nice touch with the motherboard mounts, two of them had indents on them to prevent the motherboard from sliding around as you secured it into place.
- Handy 2.5" adaptor is included which is used for my Fan Controller and also my SSD is secured onto it the other side.

Cons

- The tools free mechanism isn't rock solid, the HDDs and Blu-ray drive can be moved slightly while they are in the 'lock' position.
That's all for now!

Stinger53 · 20 Feb 2012 at 19:33

looks great

Sgt Tackleberry · 20 Feb 2012 at 20:11

That's case looks gr8

Middenacht · 20 Feb 2012 at 20:19

Very nice. Looks so much nice that your old system. the black interior just looks so 'now'. how 'last year' silver was lol.

Cant remember if the Shinobi comes with the 2 120mm at the front that you have or if you installed another?

How are you finding airflow through the case? I have a vested interest

Ta

HUNTER.P · 20 Feb 2012 at 20:58

nice clean case that. Very nice

RJC · 20 Feb 2012 at 21:01

Vey nice

J-FRO · 20 Feb 2012 at 21:49

I love what you've done with the push pull on that cooler as well. I've just invested in a few fans due to arrive tomorrow (my machine serious sounds like a hoover at present and is doing my head in) but I may have to follow suit and pick up an addition apache black and do the same.

beejjacobs · 20 Feb 2012 at 21:58

Looks cool

Cleeecooo · 20 Feb 2012 at 21:58

Very clean!

sunlitsix · 20 Feb 2012 at 23:40

Cheers for the comments guys!

Middenacht said:
Very nice. Looks so much nice that your old system. the black interior just looks so 'now'. how 'last year' silver was lol.

Cant remember if the Shinobi comes with the 2 120mm at the front that you have or if you installed another?

How are you finding airflow through the case? I have a vested interest

Ta

The case comes with two of the BitFenix fans, one at the back and one at the front. I replaced the two front fans with my own Enermax Magmas then kept one of the BF fans for side intake.
Airflow seems to be good, obviously I've positioned the HDDs low down so the second fan blows directly towards the GPU. I'm getting a good draft from the top case fan! The 14cm Viper shifts 110CFM at full RPM.

J-FRO said:
I love what you've done with the push pull on that cooler as well. I've just invested in a few fans due to arrive tomorrow (my machine serious sounds like a hoover at present and is doing my head in) but I may have to follow suit and pick up an addition apache black and do the same.

Well the H70 came with a Push/Pull configuration anyway, I just replaced the fans with the Vipers and mounted one on the outside to save abit of space.