Rocketfish = Best Buy Lian Li
Alrighty, time for some pics. I put her together this weekend. My impressions of the case:
HUGE
Design: excellent
Functionality: very good
Ease of modification: OK
Fit and finish: very good
Quality: very good
Aesthetics: very good (a little too conservative)
Cooling: good, but not great (single low-flow 120mm intake is inadequate for overclocking)
I have slightly modifed the case by swapping out the Lian Li stock fans with others. I also added a 120mm Panaflow fan in the drive bay above the DVD burner. The window was not stock. I performed that installation with a jigsaw, files, carpenter's angle, and an acrylic sheet.
For those of you wondering what this is all about, Best Buy, of all places, recently had a clearance sale on their Rocketfish (Best Buy brand) of full tower PC cases. As it turns out, the Rocketfish case is a rebadged Lian Li case. Just do and internet search for "Rocketfish + case" and you'll see.
I've attached some pics for you. The systems housed in this RocketLianFishLi is No. 4 in my signature.
HUGE
Design: excellent
Functionality: very good
Ease of modification: OK
Fit and finish: very good
Quality: very good
Aesthetics: very good (a little too conservative)
Cooling: good, but not great (single low-flow 120mm intake is inadequate for overclocking)
I have slightly modifed the case by swapping out the Lian Li stock fans with others. I also added a 120mm Panaflow fan in the drive bay above the DVD burner. The window was not stock. I performed that installation with a jigsaw, files, carpenter's angle, and an acrylic sheet.
For those of you wondering what this is all about, Best Buy, of all places, recently had a clearance sale on their Rocketfish (Best Buy brand) of full tower PC cases. As it turns out, the Rocketfish case is a rebadged Lian Li case. Just do and internet search for "Rocketfish + case" and you'll see.
I've attached some pics for you. The systems housed in this RocketLianFishLi is No. 4 in my signature.
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The case is not really a good breather if stock configured with just single 120mm intake and exhaust fans. Also, to the best my assessment, the video slot cooler doesn't accomplishment much, even though it's a 120mm fan. The casing has so little free space around the fan that the air doesn't move in volume.
I installed a second intake 120mm above the DVD drive. Pic attached. It's a Panaflo L/Z 1A. The photo is taken from the front with the access door open. The fan is aimed directly at the CPU heatsink's fan. You'll notice that I'm using thick strips of open cell foam to support the fan. I've been using this technique for years. The advantages are: it's inexpensive; holds fans securely; absorbs all vibrations; can be easily taken out, fan moved or removed; and allows for precision fan orientation (aiming). The foam also serves as a block, so that the low pressure from the back of the fan pulls air in from the outside of the computer, rather than the spaces to the sides of the fan. Pack the foam in tight, and the fan will not move.
Remaining units are going from anywhere from $19.95 ( no joke - Memphis) to about $80.
That thing is massive.
Seriously, I was like hmm, why would you put a mATX board in th... OMG
In fact, I think I could put about any one of my cases INSIDE that case!
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