Now that I got that whole bit out of the way, and wasted some time complaining, we can move to the inside of the case. The only motherboards that you are going to find that will fit in something this small are the micro-ATX boards. You’re pretty much S.O.L. on finding anything else that will do the job. But since that’s where the industry is now, you need to catch up. Get rid of that hug bulky computer sitting under your desk. Let’s get freaking tiny here people. The inside of the Vulcan can hold up to two of the biggest, longest video cards out there. That should set some of your brains at ease.
It has six drive bays, two external 5.25” bays for your Blu-ray and DVD drives, two external 3.5” bays for whatever your heart desires. Card readers, HD audio ports, more USB ports… these are all good things. Lovely things. If you still have a floppy drive you need to be drawn and quartered and thrown to the hounds.
The cooling system isn’t too bad. It has that whole “air escaping out the side” drawback, but other than that it should do a fairly decent job of keeping those expensive components cool. The front and top each sport a 120mm fan, the latter one is actually included. An orange LED one, at that. Sweet, huh? And then there is room for an 80mm fan for the front. That’s a nice little chunk of airflow for such a small case. Throw in that big 200mm on the side and you just might keep things cool while you burn up the information superhighway.
The rear fan can also be taken out and replaced with a smaller water-cooling unit that fits right into the fan’s slot. A very nice touch, if only this thing had actually come with one to test.
Altogether, this case is very nice and its portability makes up for any short-comings that the ridiculous mesh side brings. I can see many uses for it and will build a custom rig out of it myself. I was pleased with the addition of a handle, rather than it being something that could be bought separately, and I like that it can support many of the higher-end video cards that seem to take up so much space in even a mid-size rig. All in all, this case is worth the money, as long as you’re willing to go all in and go micro.
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Now that I got that whole bit out of the way, and wasted some time complaining, we can move to the inside of the case. The only motherboards that you are going to find that will fit in something this small are the micro-ATX boards. You’re pretty much S.O.L. on finding anything else that will do the job. But since that’s where the industry is now, you need to catch up. Get rid of that hug bulky computer sitting under your desk. Let’s get freaking tiny here people. The inside of the Vulcan can hold up to two of the biggest, longest video cards out there. That should set some of your brains at ease.
It has six drive bays, two external 5.25” bays for your Blu-ray and DVD drives, two external 3.5” bays for whatever your heart desires. Card readers, HD audio ports, more USB ports… these are all good things. Lovely things. If you still have a floppy drive you need to be drawn and quartered and thrown to the hounds.
The cooling system isn’t too bad. It has that whole “air escaping out the side” drawback, but other than that it should do a fairly decent job of keeping those expensive components cool. The front and top each sport a 120mm fan, the latter one is actually included. An orange LED one, at that. Sweet, huh? And then there is room for an 80mm fan for the front. That’s a nice little chunk of airflow for such a small case. Throw in that big 200mm on the side and you just might keep things cool while you burn up the information superhighway.
The rear fan can also be taken out and replaced with a smaller water-cooling unit that fits right into the fan’s slot. A very nice touch, if only this thing had actually come with one to test.
Altogether, this case is very nice and its portability makes up for any short-comings that the ridiculous mesh side brings. I can see many uses for it and will build a custom rig out of it myself. I was pleased with the addition of a handle, rather than it being something that could be bought separately, and I like that it can support many of the higher-end video cards that seem to take up so much space in even a mid-size rig. All in all, this case is worth the money, as long as you’re willing to go all in and go micro.
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