BitFenix Shinobi cont.

Because the Shinobi is a budget-orientated case, BitFenix hasn't focused on tool-free components. Y'all'll just have to spiral the v.25" and 3.five" drives in the old fashioned way, though the seven expansion slots have thumbscrews, making it a little easier to install add together-in cards.

Although the Shinobi is missing many features establish on pricier cases, we were pleased to see that BitFenix included a CPU cutout in the motherboard tray. It besides provides excellent cable management for a mid-belfry, with plenty of room for excess wires behind the motherboard tray.

Folks hoping to install a h2o-cooling kit volition be happy to hear that the Shinobi has a pair of rear-mounted holes for half-inch hoses.

When it came fourth dimension to outfit the Shinobi with our hardware, the procedure reminded me in many ways of cases we used to work with years ago. This isn't necessarily a bad matter, as BitFenix's budget offer was very like shooting fish in a barrel to piece of work with, it just has somewhat of an sometime-school feature set.

Although standard ATX motherboards are a flake of a tight fit, this is common for mid-tower cases and the Shinobi is surprisingly roomy when it comes to installing large components. For instance, it can accept heatsinks as tall as 158mm.

It can as well hold mammoth graphics cards such as the Radeon Hard disk drive 6990, though you'll lose access to the 3.v" trophy side by side to the card. This isn't an issue when using unmarried-GPU flagships such as the GeForce GTX 580 or Radeon HD 6970.

As with the Colossus, the Shinobi has a lesser-mounted power supply subclass and it will support all oversized ATX power supplies.