Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra Case Review
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The Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra has advantages and disadvantages over its main competitor, the Enermax Fulmo GT. Both are based on the same platform and are in the same price range, but the Rosewill model has fewer USB 3.0 ports, doesn’t come with a switch for turning off the LEDs of the fans, and doesn’t come with a fan speed controller. On the other hand, it comes with eight fans installed (the Fulmo GT comes with five) and supports more fans on the left panel. Both provide a terrific cost/benefit ratio if you are building a very high-end system with three or four video cards and a big motherboard.
Strong Points
- Support for HPTX, XL-ATX, and E-ATX motherboards
- Air filters for the front, top, and bottom fans
- Meshed 5.25” bay covers with air filters
- Support for 18 fans, comes with eight
- Ten expansion slots
- Vented slot covers
- Support for 11 3.5”/2.5” storage devices
- Rubber rings to absorb vibration and noise from 3.5” storage devices
- Support for four long video cards up to 15.9” (404 mm) or 17” (433 mm), if the internal 140 mm fans are removed
- Expansion cards are fastened using thumbscrews
- A huge hole in the motherboard tray for accessing the backplate of the CPU coolers
- Holes protected with rubber covers for routing cables behind the motherboard tray
- Metallic clips for fastening cables using cable ties
Weak Points
- No air filters on the meshes on the side panels
- No fan controller
- No switch for turning off the fan LEDs
- Doesn’t come with an adapter to allow the installation of two power supplies at the same time (although this is very easy for any user to do)