Ahanix Black Knight X195
by Purav Sanghani on March 29, 2004 9:52 PM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Installation
Installation of the necessary components took about 15 minutes. A screw-less design would have saved a good amount of time and made things simpler to install; however, all hardware fit perfectly in their places. The power supply was surprisingly easy to install with the motherboard and CPU heatsink in place albeit the small size of the X195.
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Drive installations were also simple to perform. The bays all have machined platforms that drives can sit on while screwing them in, and the tension clips on the right side of the 5-1/4" saved time for temporary installations of those drives.
Installing the motherboard also took about half of the total installation time due to the lack of a screw-less design. Instead of screw-in standoffs, the X195 uses mounting clamps, which anchor to the rectangular holes provided. Ahanix has provided more than enough holes to use for a variety of form factors.
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my sons father - Wednesday, February 9, 2005 - link
I bought this case because of it's sleek style and interesting features. However, as far as cooling goes, I give it only 1 star. I discovered that my cpu ran much cooler with the side panel off, so I cut a hole and put a 120mm fan into the side panel which turned this case into a "super cool" one! I even emailed Ahanix about it so they might correct this problem in the future.alois - Saturday, April 3, 2004 - link
original or copy????The same cas eis produced by a korean firm 3RSYSTEM
http://3rsystem.co.kr/spain/productos/cajas/r101.h...
zeroGrav - Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - link
Can you review the Antec Sonata and/or Overture cases? They provide a good point of reference as quiet cases.Locutus4657 - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - link
Thanks for the great review, deffonetly gave me something to think about for my next computer. I'm still leaning twards the Kingwin 424, but this case deffonetly has it's appeal. Keep up the great work guys!Ardan - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - link
Nice reviews of the cases. I agree with Spacecomber and hope to see the component pictures in the next one :).It is nice to see these case reviews! Even though I love my SLK3700AMB case, I love reading reviews of new ones:)
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - link
Spacecomber: I shall give purav his proper lashings. We will have the component pictures in the next review.Kristopher
klah - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - link
Did you have the fans connected to the case's fan controller? If you did, what setting did you have the fans at during the temperature testing?One thing you did not mention is that the fan controller uses extremely low voltage at the lower settings, all the way down to 3V, and even provides 12v for a few seconds to get the fan started.
Spacecomber - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - link
This is kind of a variation on my similar complaint about the recent Lian Li 6070 review. It would be nice to see a picture of the case with motherboard, power supply, heatsink, and drives installed to get a better feel for the actual size of the case, the amount of clearance between components, and the likely ease of working inside it.Otherwise, keep the case reviews coming. It's hard to tell the differences between various cases based only on an online vendors pictures, especially when it comes to actual quality of construction and material.