BitFenix Shinobi XL Chassis Review

Moving to the installation, we first install our Akasa Venom 750W Modular Power Supply.

We then installed our motherboard with no problems at all, clearly there is lots of space around our mATX test board, but even with an XL-ATX there would be some room left.

We then installed the Akasa Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler and as you can see there is plenty of space at the top below the fan, which shows you could easily fit a radiator or two across the top.

That said, the CPU cut-out is not actually large enough (or more precisely in the right position) for us to be able to install and remove the backplate without removing the motherboard first.

The 3.5″ trays have 4 pins and so any 3.5″ hard drives just clip into place.

It is then just a case of sliding the drive into the slot until it clicks into place.

2.5″ drives are a slightly different matter as you will have to get a screwdriver out to secure them to the 3.5″ bays. This case can fit an impressive 8 x 2.5″ drives (7 in the 3.5″ bays and 1 in a 5.25″ bay with the 3.5″ adapter).

Finally we plugged in all the cables and there is plenty of room to route the cabling and to create a tidy system.

While we could have improved the cable routing on this build we would have needed slightly longer power supply cables and to reroute the pre-installed fan cables.

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