Bitfenix Shinobi XL Case Review

Inside the Bitfenix Shinobi XL

Both panels are attached to the chassis using black thumbscrews. 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, several holes protected with rubber covers for you to route cables behind it, and several metallic clips for you to fasten cables using cable ties.

Figure 11: Overall look

Figure 12: A view behind the motherboard tray

Figure 13 gives you another overall look inside the case. Expansion cards are fastened using black thumbscrews. The Bitfenix Shinobi XL supports video cards up to 13.5” (344 mm) long or up to 19.2” (487 mm) if the hard drive
cage is removed, and CPU coolers up to 7.1” (181 mm) tall.

Figure 13: Overall look

As already explained, the power supply is installed at the bottom of the 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.

The Bitfenix Shinobi XL supports the installation of two 120 mm fans on the bottom panel. However, the second 120 mm fan can only be installed if you remove the hard drive cage, which we don’t think many users will do. With a 120 mm fan installed on the bottom panel, you can install power supplies up to 7.9” (200 mm) deep.

As already shown in Figure 9, the case comes with air filters for the two optional bottom fans and the power supply fan.

Figure 14: Power supply compartment