BitFenix Survivor Case Review

Inside the BitFenix Survivor

Both panels are attached to the chassis using black thumbscrews, which is great. In order to remove the side panels, you need to remove the two plastic parts that hold their rear side to the case rear panel. 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 for you to route cables behind it, and several metallic clips for you to fasten cables behind the motherboard tray using cable ties.

Figure 12: Overall look

Figure 13: A view behind the motherboard tray

The Survivor comes with a “power central” for the LEDs you want to control through the available on/off switch. See the rectangular device on the upper left in Figure 13. If you buy a Spectre fan from BitFenix, you will be able to connect its LEDs to this power central and control them through the same on/off switch.

In Figure 14, you have another overall look inside the case. Expansion cards are fastened to the case using black thumbscrews. The Survivor supports video cards up to 10.6” (270 mm) long or up to 15.7” (400 mm) long, if the top hard drive cage is removed.

Figure 14: Overall look

The case comes with a set of ties for holding your video cards, called Lockdown. You put these ties on top of your video cards and attach their ends to the screws that are used to fasten the motherboard to the motherboard tray.

Figure 15: Ties for video cards (Lockdown)

Note that the power supply 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. As already shown, the case has an air filter for the power supply fan.

Figure 16: Power supply compartment