Thermalrock Oceandome case

Published: March 13, 2005

Editor: Amber Lupala

Provider: Thermalrock

Conclusion

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The top exhaust fan is great as it sucks out the hot air that moves up in the case from the cpu for example. The fans overall are VERY quiet which really quite shocked me as 80 mm fans are usually pretty loud. There is not to much room between the a power supply and a motherboard, as there is only about two centimeters between them.

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As the harddrive cage is turned the other way you get tons of space between it and the motherboard, there is also alot of space between the 5.25 drives and the motherboard so you don’t have to worry about mounting bigger products in this case. On the right picture we have the OceanDome logo in action; it doesn’t really do anything more than lights up which is a nice effect in the dark.

Conclusion:

What to say? Well this is a very decent case I have to say because it has alot of room even for watercooling. It looks alot like Thermaltake cases but it still has something extra compared to them, the look on it is more neutral which I like. All the edges are rounded and the fans are included with the case and on top of positive things they are QUIET! You can choose to remove the net on the side and just get a plexi windows or keep it to have that special look of this case. Drives in general are mounted with rails so you can work easily with them without annoying screwdrivers and tools. Well there has to be something bad about the case also; the only thing I find annoying is that there is no removable motherboard tray on this case and that no power supply is included. I’m very positivly suprised by Thermalrock and it will be fun to look at how this company will grow. We give this case 4 out of 5 for a great case that has alot of room and good air circulation with very quiet high quality fans.

Pros:

+ Big
+ Well packed
+ Cool looking
+ Rounded edges
+ Plexi window
+ Harddrives mounted from the side

Cons:

- No PSU included
- No removable motherboard tray

Red&Blackness gives it 4 out of 5 dots