Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra Case Review

The Top Panel

The Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra comes with two 230 mm fans with red LEDs on its top panel, identical to the one that comes on the left panel. If you install a power supply on the top part of the case, you will need to remove one of these fans. If you decide to install a radiator for a liquid cooling solution on the top panel (the case supports radiators up to 420 mm), you will need to remove both fans. The top panel comes with an air filter, but it is not easy to remove as it is with the Fulmo GT. The competitor from Enermax comes with only one 230 mm fan installed on the top panel.

Figure 6: Top panel

This case comes with two USB 3.0 ports, four USB 2.0 ports, and the traditional audio jacks. The USB 3.0 ports use an internal connector, so make sure you install a motherboard with two internal USB 3.0 headers. The Enermax Fulmo GT has four USB 3.0 ports and one eSATA port, but no USB 2.0 ports. The competing model from Enermax also has a switch to turn off the LEDs from the fans and a single-channel analog fan controller.

Figure 7: Buttons and connectors

The reviewed case also has a 3.5”/2.5” docking bay on its top panel. See Figure 8.

Figure 8: The 3.5”/2.5” docking bay