Bitfenix Merc Alpha Case Review

Inside the Bitfenix Merc Alpha

The left panel is attached to the chassis using black thumbscrews, which is rare to be seen on USD 40 cases. The right panel is attached using regular screws; however, you can replace them with thumbscrews since the case comes with a bunch of them. The motherboard tray has a huge hole for you to access the backplate of the CPU cooler without having to remove the motherboard from the case and several holes for you to route cables behind it.

Figure 10: Overall look

Figure 11: A view behind the motherboard tray

In Figure 12, you have another overall look inside the case. Expansion cards are fastened using black thumbscrews, and this is done outside the case, on the rear panel. The Bitfenix Merc Alpha supports video cards up to 12.6” (320 mm) long, but if a hard drive is installed right in front of the video card, this clearance is reduced to 10.6” (270 mm).

Figure 12: Overall look

The power supply is installed at the bottom of t
he case. Note that it can be installed with either its bottom fan facing up or facing down, so you can decide if you want the fan of your power supply pulling air from inside the case or from outside of it.

If you install a power supply up to 6.3” (160 mm) deep, you can install a 120 mm fan on the bottom panel. As already discussed, the case doesn’t come with an air filter for this fan.

Figure 13: Power supply compartment