In Win Dragon Rider Case Review

Conclusions

The Dragon Rider is a very nice full-tower case if you are looking for a case with lots of nice features supporting several fans.

Strong Points

• Meshed covers on the external bays with air filters
• Air filter for the front fan
• Air filter for the power supply fan
• Fan for cooling down the bottom of the CPU
• Massive number of fans (case comes with five and supports up to 11)
• Six 3.5” hard drive bays (seven if the 5.25”-to-3.5” adapter is used)
• 2.5” hard drive/SSD bay
• Tool-less mechanisms for installing drives
• Individual tool-less mechanisms for fastening expansion cards that are very sturdy
• Eight expansion slots
• Meshed slot covers
• A huge hole in the motherboard tray for accessing the backplate of the CPU cooler
• Holes for routing cables behind the motherboard tray
• Rear panel and interior are painted black
• Excellent number of expansion ports: two USB 2.0, two USB 3.0, two eSATA and one FireWire
• No sharp edges where you could cut yourself while building your computer

Weak Points

• No air filter on the left-side panel
• No air filter on the right-side panel