RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WBP Black Foldout MB Computer Case With Side Panel Window

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If you do not want to overclock and add a big cooler like me, this is a relatively cool case with its fold out sides and LED's. It has plenty of bays for any add-ins you might want and a storage of parts that come in handy. Raidmax does not honor it's rebates or respond to emails. So if you want this situation fore its style and not worried about the rebate, go for it. But if you add a major CPU cooler, the fold out motherboard will not clear and fold out. The front door is plastic and if sitting on carpet will not be capable to open easily devoid of breaking, like mine did. All in all, as far as the case getting fantastic for a begginer create not wanting to do alot of moding, this is a fairly cool situation and has lots of fans. Just not made for builders hunting to enhance anything. And forget about the rebate. Verify out the forums and you will see that Raidmax does not honor it's rebates or email queries about them.

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Lots of space; exceptional cooling and options. Ideal for my CADD workstations I built, but also doubles as a fantastic case for gaming None that I have had.

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The case is spacious and has good coolingPlenty of fansScrewless drive installation quite handyLights look great The energy provide blew up inside my case immediately after about a month, and caught fire. This in turn ended up destroying my complete method. I'm incredibly upset mainly because now I have to replace my complete technique rather of just a faulty power provide. This is adequate for me to rate it 1 egg. Incredibly disappointed, and extremely upset with the high quality of the energy supply.

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Case looks sweets. Runs really. Situation opens both ways. Very good. The power provide died following eight months. Was not operating something at the time it occurred. It just died. Tested with a energy provide tester. Unable to repair. Also, with the motherboard I place in the situation energy switch is slightly brief to reach and I was unable to uncover a way to extend the energy switch cable. Great value and deal general.

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Genuinely like the case. It's a very good deal with 4 fans, and 𞸤 watt power provide. Fold out MB tray. Sufficient cables. Plenty of additional room for added HD's, optical drives (add blu ray later?), and so forth.) I know the power provide isn't the very best, but can very easily manage most standard builds. blue led for side fan can be a small vibrant, but can be disconnected. Really happy. Initially create and fell good about it. Setup:This situation w/ PS2x2gb g.skill 1600msi 880gma-e45amd phenom 560 II x two (unlocked and overclocked to 4 core three.7ghz)Old 240gb sata hd1tb sata storage diskintegrated 4250hd video card

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Has created the test of time for confident by now.Have moved it a lot mainly because of LANs so its been abused to the max without having in fact attempting to harm it. Has held up very properly, no lights have died.Seriously vibrant- I have two Blue cathodes in the situation and it makes the whole case blow up with blue light. Be cautious with big CPU coolers simply because I am operating a stock cooler for 4 years due to the fact the initial one particular I got was way also huge and hit the PSU. When I initially got it there was a smaller crack on the prime of the door but nothing deal breaking, an easy fix. Excellent obtain, Went with a red case the second time simply because i am so sick of BLUE IN Every single Situation!But a solid solid buy! Wouldnt say a pro should acquire this as I consider with a lot of modern day hardware you might get a tiny tight, but for the high finish common user, its ideal!

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Excellent unit, plenty of space to place a lot of wires and drives and cards. the four fans really aid maintain it cool. The air-flow is created in such a way to hold air going at all times, with three intakes and 1 exhaust. Not quite quite a few cons with this unit. A single thing is that i purchased it since of its size and ability to spot a lot of items in it. but then i necessary to upgrade the Power Provide from a mere 500W to a 650W which was quit a bit additional dollars to add to to the bill.

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Sturdy situation with excellent airflow and pleasing on the eyes too, lots of space for expansions such as huge video cards or a large CPU heatsink. The power provide isn't anything unique and the 20Ʋ pin connector isn't extended sufficient to reach the motherboard when the situation is opened up. and the screwless style functions for the most element but I have had difficulties with hard drives not fitting the way they really should. owned for about 10 months now and I have no regrets. If your going to use this situation for a gaming rig i recommend obtaining a new power provide but the case is solid highly advised.

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It is a extremely reasonably priced for ๟ dollars you would be lucky to get a decent case with no a power supply. with every little thing i bought it is type of a tight fit in my situation, me and my friend had to jerry rig my hard drive in due to the fact the power provide cables arent very extended and we had to leave some of the mother board cables unplugged simply because they wouldn't reach really challenging for a first time builder

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, bought this 2 months ago and about to upgrade my method for the new nvidia 480 cards. The side door fan, like quite a few have noted, will most likely have to be removed, the door will push up against any cpu cooling you add on.The 500 watt power provide is not really that wonderful. I must have opted for a model that didnt consist of it. It has typically reset or crash on my 9800 gtx+ card w/ i7 920 overclock. I will need to get a larger wattage for the 480 card anyway.Also, the fans that come included are fairly weak. I am also replacing them in this order also. If you are concerned about ventilation, the 80MM and 120MM fans included you can barely feel air moving if you place your hands proper on them.

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The case is incredibly sturdy, looks very nice. It also comes with a 500w power supply, what much more can I say? Most likely the best case if you're on a spending budget, contemplating it's a combo deal. Could use a tiny far more space, but other than that, absolutely nothing. AMD Phenom II x4 3.four ghz black editionASUS M4A88TD-V EVOSAMSUNG 320GB 7200 RPM SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5G.Ability Ripjaws Series 4GB DDR3 1600

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Lots of fans. Snap-Lok and hinged construction Energy provide dead, lots of fans=lots of noise, slow factory assistance. I bought this for a inexpensive develop. You get what you spend for. Ended up with a dead energy supply. Not so positive how the box would carry out as mine never got lit up. With about 5 fans, I picture it would be pretty loud. Some of the fans had been the smaller 80mm size. Ended up ordering a Antec 300 with Tru-Power p/s.

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Fantastic case with ample screws/bolts/you name it and a built in energy provide. If you are building a laptop for the 1st time and aren't arranging on SLI/Crossfire then this case is for you! The energy provide is already in there so all you have to do is hook your stuff up. There are plenty fans to hold this case cool, as properly as many blue lights to show off to your buddies. Power provide died after 1-two years. You can take away the back case panel but can't access the back side of the motherboard. If you know what you're undertaking then get a coolermaster HAF series case and a separate energy supply. This situation is inexpensive and you get what you pay for. I would devote 赨 for a separate power provide and a far better situation, but if your price range is hurting then this case is fine.

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This situation is built properly and has great ventilation, also it looks wonderful as well. Very good spots for head phones and plenty of space. The blue led fan on the side rattles every single once in a though, and it has become worse and I am going to replace the fan...all the other fans appear to be working wonderful. The front of the situation itself comes off fairly quickly and comes off when wire plugged into the front are tugged on lightly. This has caused the USB ports in the front to stop working. Other then the side fan and the front its a pretty great case and it looks seriously great. I would nevertheless suggest it.

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For one particular, this factors monsterous, extremely, extremely cool, and extremely quiet, i have to be right next to it to even hear anything. great and large spacious; plus 1 for the removable storage, will allow for bigger cards, the fans are positioned fairly nicely for circulation, and the general cosmetics are wonderful! everyones dazed by the blue, its cool simply because your feet are blue too :] but certainly worth the cash, just about every bit of it; fairly good power supply in my case (haha). The greatest thing is its durrable, i believe its 1mm steel, so you dont have to be concerned as a lot if you hit your foot on it and so on, so, excelent. umm, absolutely nothing worth crying about, but, for me, the 24 pin and the accessory wires for the front door, didnt reach the motherboard to easily, so you cant actually open each doors without possessing to unplug most wires, but thats just my dilemma. would obtain four additional if i needed to...ought to start on a new one particular :]

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Plenty of fans for ventilation, quite sturdy frame for the numerous occasions I have transported it, the sides come aport for uncomplicated access, easy to put the gear inside for a tech noob as myself. If there are any cons it would be components of the front door seem to be a bit flimsy and if you transport it around alot parts can crack or come off. I'm glad I went with this case for the first pc I built 2 years ago.

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Effortless to assemble and NO SHARP steel to get cut on.Excellent air flow. Good air filtration just before entering the front fan. 500 watt PSU I wish they would provide this case with no a power supply or improve it to at least a 650 watt PSU. I replaced the 500 with a 750 watt.

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fantastic case effortless install etc general wonderful had to eliminate the arm as my liquid cooler stopped it from shutting general excellent buy

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Low cost. Cramped interior. Very first power cord defective. Brief power cables. Also couple of cables. Newegg ought to drop Raidmax.

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See previous evaluation I have a third huge con that I almost forgot about. This is the second create I have completed with this case (as mentioned before), and each builds were the very same. The case only comes with 8 screws/stand-offs for the mobo. Each builds necessary 9, and I assume most mobo's these days require 9. Even my old old 6 year old computer uses 9. Nothing at all is more frustrating than to come household from function excited to begin making just to locate out you have to quit on the 1st step and go uncover a riser and a screw that will fit this mobo. I don't know which a single is much more common, coarse or fine thread, but this case utilizes coarse thread when everything I have at household is fine. getting that this is the second construct with the similar thing leads me to believe that this is simply all Raidmax will provide. This is the a single issue that truely caused me to knock off 1 egg. The other factors, HD rails and assistance bar can be dealt with (so can this genuinely). Nevertheless this is the one issue that frustrated me the most so it gets the blame for the rating drop. Otherwise, I still assume the case is very nice seeking, quite sturdy, and extremely straightforward get in and out of (there's no screws or thumb screws required for side removal). I will definately create with this case once again.

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Enjoy this case. I dont care about lights and clear instances and so on. A lot of area to add components. I dont assume the rails are a big deal have not had a dilemma but. Like the layout of the airflow and the fans are not noisy. PS 500W is adequate for my needs. Best case w PS combo. Created properly sturdy materials. There is only one particular sata power connection and its not lengthy sufficient to stretch among a sata HD and sata CD/DVD Drive. I had to purchase a molex to sata at a neighborhood retailer due to the fact i didnt want to wait an additional week Ideal case ive ever bought...any negatives i could have where very easily overcome...specifically for the price tag.

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applied this on my initial ever computer develop. worked rather perfectly. every thing lined up. the latches are essentially pretty superior even even though i heard they were cheap, i have complete faith that they will function for a extended time. yes you do need to maintain the door open for the front usb's but i have 7 usb's on the back side so will not want to use the front but every single so often. as for the lights i really feel they are just suitable as the images on web site show them a lot brigther then they truly are. i paired this with some uv cold cathodes a psu with blue leds and a heatsink/fan with blue leds none of which are to vivid and add just a tiny a lot more flair.as for the fans i removed the side panel fan more than the cpu cause it my cooler sits too high for the fan to be there. moved it to the fan spot on the side of the hdd cage.ventilation is fantastic heat sensor in the middle of case reports 19-21C at all times on the window of the side panel, there are a handful of incredibly little hairline cracks near 2 the screws. but i wont take off an egg cause it doesn't actually bother me result in its not all that noticeable unless your seeking at it super close like i was lol. i wish all the case fans had been 3 pins and came with 4 pin molex adapters cause i have to repurchase new fans so i can connect them to my touch screen four temperature sensor/fan controller i have installed in the 5.25 bay. but not to large of a deal lead to i wanted to buy some uv blue reactive fans anyways so its a good exuse ;)

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This case is really user friendly. I have now built two computers with this case (the other a single was the one with green locks/lights, but otherwise identical). It looks good with no going overboard. I like that the door opens to the right simply because the window is on the left. If you want to see in the window then the right side of the result in usually goes up against a desk or a wall. Then if you have a door that opens to the left then you have to reach around it to get to stuff. If it opens to the right then anything is hassle-free and easy to get to. My old X-Blade case opened to the left and that was sort of annoying. Seems like a tiny thing until you have to deal with it.Other than the front door placement this case is also loaded with a lot of other good attributes. Side doors on either side are extremely beneficial (and seem sturdy), device locks are simple to use, the removable HD cage is a nice feature, and the bottom tray that holds extra stuff is also a nice feature Despite the pros there are a couple of cons that brought on me to knock off 1 egg. Initial, there is no FireWire port on the front. I knew this ahead of time so this did not trigger me to knock off an egg.Second, prob is the video card fan on the side arm/support brace. My VC in top rated pci-x16 is at the bottom of this fan/support bar. This indicates lower cards in crossfire or sli will not get additional cooling positive aspects. The case really desires a slight re-style to enable this support brace to be adjusted down. All it would take is a couple of extra notches cut out and indentions for where it hooks in at the front and latches at the back.The HD slides are also poorly designed. The slides are created so that they only fit into the 2nd and 3rd screw holes on the HD. This tends to make the HD stick out about an inch further than it wants to, taking up necessary space for the video card. My old case had slide rails that attach into the 1st and 2nd holes. (Counting hole closest to the connectors as hole 1) Many, a lot of persons complain about two issues on this case. Those two complaints are the power supply and the and the rebate. I will vouch that 3 months following filling out the rebate I nonetheless have not seen the $, so that is really frustrating. Nonetheless, in my opinion the power supply is a non-problem. Seriously most power supplies that come in a case are not all that reliable anyway. I still got the case with the power supply because it was only ŭ more at the time. At times it is even less costly, based on Newegg's cost at the time. Thinking about that, I feel it is worth it to get the a single with the PS to use as a backup, or to just take a opportunity on it. If ŭ is going to blow your computer create spending budget then get the a single without it.This case is really well priced. I hope they release a v2 at some point with USB 3 capable connectors, firewire, possibly e-sata, and an adjustable assistance bar (which once more holds the VC fan and assistance bars). Those minor adjustments would make this a near great case

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I purchased this case from the Egg a tiny more than a year ago for my first build ever, and I need to say when RaidMax created this case they did it proper! the cooling capabilities of this case are superior to most if not all cases on the industry today. I am operating some pretty old hardware in this case ƒ.6 ghz Pentium4, four gig OCZ Platnum 800 mhz) and it can actually heat up when overclocking this machine to a whopping 2.9ghz( processor temp 47 deg.C) which may not seem that awsome compared to todays newer processors but as most know the P4 will really put out some heat when pushed and this case has handled it wonderfully. None If you buy it you will not be sorry you did.

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This case is terrific. You can lay both sides of the case entirely open without disconnecting something or shutting the machine down. The box of case accessories and rails is really handy. The removable HD cage works ok. The swift release drive mounts function surprisingly properly, but I would like to have mounts on both sides of the drives. The door hinges are metal and well made. The difficult drive light is a red led in the center "tooth" that is very subtle. I have been significantly more pleased with this case than I believed I would be. The HD rails creep me out. They insert into the screw holes on the HD, but they are such a tight fit they harm the threads. The drives will not flop about, but you may possibly not be in a position to install them in something else later. -1 egg for this.The case fans all call for molex connectors, so you can't operate them off of the motherboard fan headers with out rewiring them. Also, the side fan power cables show in the case window poorly. A bit of custom wiring work will be necessary for these of us who prefer clean wiring jobs. You can lay open the case door all the way and open the card lock bar with no disconnecting them though, so I am not docking eggs for it.It's heavy. Even for a steel case, it's heavy. I installed some drawer pulls on the prime of the case to make it a lot easier to move. Obviously I violated my warranty, but the convenience was properly worth it. The power provide is a so-so unit. For a PS bundled with a case, it's not bad. Critical builders or these interested in SLI/Crossfire will be replacing it.Right here's the info they left out of the specsᚼƲ Most important power lead is short for this case. two SATA power connectors. four Molex connectors. two Floppy connectors. 1x4 pin aux connector. 1x6 pin video connector.