Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra Case Review

Inside the Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra

Both panels are attached to the chassis using black thumbscrews. The motherboard tray has two holes (since the EVGA Classified SR-2 motherboard supports two processors) for you to access the backplate of the CPU coolers without having to remove the motherboard from the case, several holes protected with rubber covers for you to route cables behind it, and some metallic clips for you to fasten cables using cable ties. The Blackhawk Ultra comes with the hole for accessing the second CPU closed with a rubber protection. You will need to remove this protection if you install an HPTX motherboard with two CPUs; otherwise, the second CPU may overheat.

Figure 13: Overall look

Figure 14: A view behind the motherboard tray

In Figure 15, you have another overall look inside the case. Expansion cards are fastened using thumbscrews. The Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra supports video cards up to 15.9” (404 mm) long, but if you remove the fans that come attached to the hard drive cage, this clearance is increased to 17” (433 mm). The case supports CPU coolers up to 7” (177 mm tall), if fans are installed on the left-panel, and up to 7.5” (190 mm tall), if these fans are removed.

Figure 15: Overall look

The Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra comes with two 140 mm fans on the side of the hard drive cage identical to the rear fan. See Figure 16. These fans use three-pin connectors but come installed to a “power hub” where you can power them with a single standard peripheral power connector coming from the power supply. On the Fulmo GT, these fans are optional and don’t come with the product.

Figure 16: Two 140 mm fans on the hard drive cage

As explained, the power supply can be installed either at the top or at the bottom of the case, and you can even install two power supplies. In both cases, 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 bottom power supply compartment has a Velcro strap to fasten the power supply very tightly, preventing vibration and noise.

The Blackhawk Ultra allows the installation of two 120 mm fans or two 140 mm fans, or one 230 mm fan on its bottom panel.

Figure 17: Bottom power supply compartment