A buddy and I both picked up one of the Rocketfish cases, and spent yesterday swapping our parts over. I was coming from a P180B, and he was coming from an Antec 900. I think we are both happier with them, then we were in the previous cases just to get that out of the way. I like the case a lot, but the wiring is pretty tricky.
Here is where mine stands... without the fan.
With the centrifugal fan.
And here is my buddy Justin's that we also did yesterday.
The Bad with the case.
- You can't mount the hard drives in either bay backwards so you don't see the HD power and sata cables. There just isn't enough room on the other side.
- There are no pre-cut holes to run any cabling.
- Little to no room underneath or behind the motherboard area.
- No blowholes on top. Perfect area to throw a 120x3 radiator though. Also could just holesaw and throw a couple 120's up there for exhaust.
- We both don't have modular power supplies
The Good with the case.
- Plenty of room to work with everywhere else in the case. Most definitely enough room to watercool with ease.
- Very easy to work with, didn't get cut once!
- I really like the centrifugal fan over the graphics cards, and the fans that come with the case are really quiet. I have Yate Loons, but just decided to stick with the stockers.
- Love the removable hd trays.
- Overall fan placement.
- Latching system for 5.25's
I know a couple things I need to do:
- Get a black sleeved cable to go to the live drive for the X-FI.
- Get another black sleeved IDE cable to go to the dvd drive, both with only one connector!
- Get some long black latching sata cables so I can clean that up a bit.
- Possibly heatshrink some of the cables.
We are curious what you guys think and if you have any suggestions to help out with the wiring. If you have any questions about the case let me know. I think for 72$ it is a HELL of a deal.
Both computers are pretty similar. Q6600's, 8800's, X-FI Fatality's (damn you live drive), etc. I have an Abit IP-35 Pro and he has an EVGA SLI 680i.
Here is where mine stands... without the fan.
With the centrifugal fan.
And here is my buddy Justin's that we also did yesterday.
The Bad with the case.
- You can't mount the hard drives in either bay backwards so you don't see the HD power and sata cables. There just isn't enough room on the other side.
- There are no pre-cut holes to run any cabling.
- Little to no room underneath or behind the motherboard area.
- No blowholes on top. Perfect area to throw a 120x3 radiator though. Also could just holesaw and throw a couple 120's up there for exhaust.
- We both don't have modular power supplies
The Good with the case.
- Plenty of room to work with everywhere else in the case. Most definitely enough room to watercool with ease.
- Very easy to work with, didn't get cut once!
- I really like the centrifugal fan over the graphics cards, and the fans that come with the case are really quiet. I have Yate Loons, but just decided to stick with the stockers.
- Love the removable hd trays.
- Overall fan placement.
- Latching system for 5.25's
I know a couple things I need to do:
- Get a black sleeved cable to go to the live drive for the X-FI.
- Get another black sleeved IDE cable to go to the dvd drive, both with only one connector!
- Get some long black latching sata cables so I can clean that up a bit.
- Possibly heatshrink some of the cables.
We are curious what you guys think and if you have any suggestions to help out with the wiring. If you have any questions about the case let me know. I think for 72$ it is a HELL of a deal.
Both computers are pretty similar. Q6600's, 8800's, X-FI Fatality's (damn you live drive), etc. I have an Abit IP-35 Pro and he has an EVGA SLI 680i.