BitFenix Survivor Core
Published by Marc Büchel on 11.07.11Page:
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| At a first glance the BitFenix Survivor Core is an attractive Midi Tower casing. But as soon as you start taking a closer look you'll see quite a number of thing that are far from perfection and we'd really hope that BitFenix is going to change some of them with in a future revision of the case. Nevertheless the build quality is on a good level. | -
Design - Handle bar |
- Interior space | |
| Manufacturing quality / Ergonomics | + | - | |
| As we've already mentioned above the build quality is flawless. Unfortunately the case simply is too small. Therfore it can take you quite a lot of patience until you've wired your setup neatly. Furthermore, if you plan on installing more than four hard drives as well as a high-end graphics card you'll run into serious problem. In this case you'll have to use both hard drive cages which means that there isn't enough space for your high-end graphics card. Also the plastic bits and pieces which surround the the case and provide it with a better look come at a cost. Therefore you'll first have to remove them until a side panel can be dismounted. Last but not least there is the 200 millimeter fan in the top of the case which has its problems to move warm air out of the case. The reason can be found in the plastic top part which is like an additional layer the air has to travel through. | - Manufacturing quality | - Interior
space - Cooling |
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| Design | + | - | |
| At a first glance we very much liked the design of this case. The rubber like surface is very grippy and therefore handy for LAN gamers. On the other hand it's quite a pity that BitFenix chose to simply surround a standard case with plastic pieces instead of designing an enterely new case. Therefore the improved optics come at the cost of ergonomics which aren't that good. | - Design | - Additional plastic parts to
improve the looks |
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| Recommendation | + | - | |
| We'd like to recommend the BitFenix Survivor Core to Gamers who are looking for a nice looking case. On the other hand the shouldn't be to demanding concerning interior space. Features like a handle bar should be much more important to them. | - Gamer-PC | ||
| the BitFenix Survivor Core can be bought at Brack Electronics AG for CHF 88.- (est. EUR 68.-) | |||
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| Page 2 - Preview | Page 6 - Right side |
| Page 3 - Front | Page 7 - Top / Bottom |
| Page 4 - Back | Page 8 - Conclusion |
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