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hey guys this is Dimitri and welcome back to another hurricane axe review so be telling certainly have stepped up their game when it comes to quality of their cases and well let's hope they continue in this direction so we're checking out the BitFenix ronin and $99 mid tower that seems to have most things in order and a huge improvement on user friendly features so the exterior style is very basic with perforated panels curvy angles and soft touch coating that we've come to like so much from BitFenix and while we do have quite a lot of plastic the Ronin feels very solid and very well put together so I'm happy to see they've added ventilation holes throughout the panel very much like what practical design is doing it helps with improved intake without compromising on logs so the Ronin has three optical slots with 3.5 inch drive bay convertor and behind the panel we have a single fan included with a screw-on dust filter it's not the most convenient filter system but it sure does the job and the secondary fan option is present with an extra dust filter included if you decide to install that dual front intake all the connections are located at the top with four USB ports your audio jacks and PR buttons although the reset button is so tiny and will require very small fingers or pen to press the top panel is removable but unfortunately no dust filter here and all the connections are not attached to the frame so taking off the panel when all the wiring is done maybe a little bit of a challenge but we do have both 120 and 140 millimeter fan support making it very useful for water cooling and there is enough height for the fans outside of the frame which you're very happy to see and given there's just under five centimeters of internal clearance till the memory modules that extra room above the frame will definitely come in handy at the rear it's a standard scene with an exhaust fan seven PCI slots and a large magnetic dust filter underneath finally there are not only thinking about the power supply but the optional bottom intake fan the ronin also stands on quality case feet and comes with rubber thumb screws for the side panels which I found a lot easier to use than the regular No the rubberized thumb screws and finally coming around to the main attraction of the externals is the large acrylic side panel it is unfortunately not tinted but there is a separate cover inside with a fine honeycomb design that helps to hide your power supply area and the drive cage so taking off the first panel the only exposed internals are the important ones and while they could have gotten away with a differently sized window panel I actually quite like this design plus the stealth cover and the metal frame is removable if you don't particularly care about it so it doesn't interfere or obscure the window itself so on the inside we have two less optical mounting plus two hard drive gauges below the top cage simply slides out so no need for tools here which allows the front intake to be more direct but like with pretty much every case in the market is quite blocked with the cage installed and there's no fan mounts on the cage which is letdown considering there's plenty of room for it we have slightly more than 12 inches until we hit the drive cage you are however able to install a bottom intake but only with the power supply shorter than 170 millimeters but since this bottom intake is filtered make sure to utilize it for improved cooling now the drive cage has only three slots and drive caddies are interesting as instead of bending them to mount your mechanical drive so you widen the bracket and simply place the drive in place as these are also supported but for that you will need to use screws the mechanism seems robust besides being plastic and certainly a more appropriate design than having to bend the caddies so we are finished with the inside and flipping the case around it certainly is a pleasant sight with many cable tie mountings and cutouts the only thing missing are rubber grommets which this price are quite expected while there is less than an inch of room in the back you can easily tuck your cables away at the bottom and spread your cables around so wiring in the ronin is an absolute breeze and you can see with our usual assembly all the cables and the monster GTX 590 the Ronin handles it beautifully flipping the case around cables are nicely secured to the back without any issues and lots more room for beefier builds so remember the stealth cover putting that on and your appreciations soul is focused on the visible components it makes you wonder why such feature has only now emerged on a sub $100 case it really makes the Ronin stand out with this unique look and if it phoenix continues with more interesting features i really am excited to see how else they can impress us because the Ronin is well built it does not compromise on air flow with appropriate room at the top for radiators features a toolless modular drive cage with excellent drive caddies and excellent cable management the included stealth cover is an added bonus for improved looks and released at the very competitive price point I do however wish that we had dust filters or some type of mesh at the top and missing rubber grommets are a real disappointment I mean really how much do they add to the cost and at small details like that that will help to sort of grow between his brand also out of the box cooling is really poor with just two fans included so make sure to beef up the case with extra fans if you don't want to cook your internals but still I was very happy with Ronin from my initial impressions to the assembly and to the final build and it really earned the Haruka knocks damn good award so what do you guys think of beat Phoenix are they heading into the right direction let us know in the comments below and we'll see you in the next one