Overview

The Bitfenix Phenom features a well-known design, especially if you already own or have seen a Bitfenix Prodigy case. The internal design of the case is basically the same with a few little upgrades. The motherboard tray is horizontally placed over the PSU area, there are two HDD cages that can fit up to five 3.5" drives. Above the HDD cages, where you might think to find the 5.25" slot, there is an extra HDD slot, so the total drive count is up to six, which is not bad for a mini-ITX PC case. Talking about the external design and features, we have a front panel made of out matte black SofTouch material, with the Bitfenix logo carved in it. The top side is also made out of matte black SofTouch, and it features a big opening with a removable dust filter. The left side panel is absolutely plain, all painted in black without any kind of opening, which is really odd since it covers the GPU, the hottest component of the system. The right side panel is quite useful as it features the I/O panel with two USB 3.0 ports, audio jacks, as well as Power and Reset buttons. Inside the panel, there is a really neat vertical grid that can fit two more 2.5" drives. Both side panels are secured to the PC case with two thumb-screws, something you are never tired of seeing. On the bottom panel we find four hard plastic feet with a shiny metal finish, which also lift the case up so that the PSU can get all the fresh air it needs, but not without making it pass through a dust filter first. In the back of the case, finally, we find the opening for a standard ATX PSU, the cut for the I/O motherboard panel, two expansion slots and a fan slot.