Comex 2016: Rosewell Cin Case Review
We're here at Comex 2016, and it's our final day of coverage. We've done plenty of work already, but now we're looking at another case that's coming in Q3 of this year. The Rosewell Cin is a new case that's got tempered glass, which seems to be a bit of a trend this year. Rosewell is sticking right there with the rest of the industry and taking advantage of this trend.
The main thing about the Rosewell Cin is that it's got tempered glass on three sides: the side, the front, and the right side. It also supports standard motherboard form factors, so you can expect most mid-to-high-end systems to fit inside it. On the back, there are three 2.5-inch SSD sleds, which should provide plenty of room for storage upgrades. There's also a bottom front two 3.5-inch HDD drive cages, providing even more options for expansion.
The fan count isn't yet finalized, but it can fit up to 310 fans in the front, with 120 fans in the top and possibly five fans in total. The stock configuration is still unknown at this point, but we're expecting a good balance of airflow and quiet operation. The price will be $150 for RP, marking it as mid-range to high-end case.
In addition to its standard features, the Rosewell Cin includes magnetic dust filters, which have become increasingly popular in recent cases. These are designed to make cleaning the interior easier and more efficient. There's also a fan speed controller in the front, allowing you to adjust fan speeds for low, medium, or high settings. This controller connects to a Fan Hub in the back, powered by Molex.
The Fan Hub is an interesting feature that provides four or five fan connectors. While it may not offer PWM support, it does provide enough power to handle most cases' needs. With this and the other features, the Rosewell Cin should be able to keep systems cool without making too much noise.
We also wanted to take a look at two small mechanical features of the case: the Raptor 22 and Himars. These are more like prototypes than actual products, but they're still interesting examples of what could be done with cases in the future.
The first feature is the Raptor 22, which appears to be just a drive bay cover. Instead of a hinge door, it has this push mechanism that allows you to open and close it easily. This mechanism is made from plastic gears, adding an air of coolness to the overall design. However, its status as a prototype makes it difficult to determine if we'll see anything like this in actual production cases.
The second feature is Himars, which can be pulled off with ease due to its mesh filter front panel. This allows for easy access to internal components without having to remove any parts of the case. Underneath, there's a hot-swappable mechanism connecting to SATA connectors on the PCB. While it doesn't work perfectly yet and isn't compatible with 2.5-inch drives, it's an interesting approach to designing cases that encourage customization.
As always, we'll be keeping an eye out for more information about these products as they become available. In the meantime, check out our CompyTex coverage for more case lineups and updates on upcoming products. We'll have a best of case round-up coming soon, so stay tuned!
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everyone I'm Steve from Gamers nexus.net we're here at comex 2016 this is our final day we're certainly done we've done plenty of coverage now but now we're looking at another case this is the Rosewell cin so this is a new case that's coming in Q3 of this year the main thing here is it's got tempered glass which seems to be a bit of a trend this year so Rosewell sticking right there with the rest of the industry and or Leon Lee and when they're all doing the tempered glass thing now which is a good look it's got temper glass the side the front and the right side and then in terms of course specs this is basically a midtower case it supports the standard motherboard form factors on the back there are three 2.5 in SSD sleds the bottom front two 3.5 in htd Drive cages and uh then the fan count is not yet finalized but it can fit 310s in the front I believe 310s in the top 120 in the rear and it looks like they might be including a total upwards of five fans uh stock but that is not finalized yet the price will be $150 uh for RP and again that's in quarter 3 of this year terms of other standard features there's the magnetic dust filters that we've seen crop up on a lot of these cases this year including some of the ones we've reviewed from Rosell a couple of months ago there's a fan speed controller in the front for uh low medium and high fan speeds that connects to a Fan Hub in the back The Fan Hub is powered by Molex so it's not a pwm to motherboard Hub but is a four pin Molex Hub uh so that's what you got for The Fan Hub and it looks like something like four or five fan connectors so that should take care of the whole case that pretty much wraps up the colon in so that's entering sort in the middle of the mid-range to high on case market and then there's two other quick small features I want to show you on the other cases that are just cool mechanical things so we'll move over there and look at that next so the two small mechanical things this is just kind of neat this case is the Raptor 22 it's not determined if this will make it to market yet it's a prototype but the cool thing here is that so it's just a drive bay cover basically a pretty standard Drive Bay cover except instead of a hinge door it's got this push mechanism and then it just rolls and that is on some teeth you can see there's teeth and gears in there so that's all that is just plastic gearing system and then this case is the himars and this one you can pull off of course the front uh sort of mesh filter type thing and that reveals this little mechanism which is uh just for Drive C it's for hard drives it's kind of like almost a server setup but more in a consumer style case so that goes there these are hot swappable and they connect down into the PCB with the SATA connector in the bottom of it kind of like you might see in some laptops where they're pre-installed hot swap Bay uh but on a on a system case of course this doesn't work with 2.5 just yet but it is compatible 3.5 in uh and then there's four pin Molex on the bottom for power and that is the himar so I just wanted to show off the Mechanicals there kind of neat uh but otherwise the colon in is the m case to look at from Rosewell and as always check out all of our compy Tex coverage for more case lineups we'll have a best of case round up coming very shortly if it's not already online thank you for watching I'll see you all next timehey everyone I'm Steve from Gamers nexus.net we're here at comex 2016 this is our final day we're certainly done we've done plenty of coverage now but now we're looking at another case this is the Rosewell cin so this is a new case that's coming in Q3 of this year the main thing here is it's got tempered glass which seems to be a bit of a trend this year so Rosewell sticking right there with the rest of the industry and or Leon Lee and when they're all doing the tempered glass thing now which is a good look it's got temper glass the side the front and the right side and then in terms of course specs this is basically a midtower case it supports the standard motherboard form factors on the back there are three 2.5 in SSD sleds the bottom front two 3.5 in htd Drive cages and uh then the fan count is not yet finalized but it can fit 310s in the front I believe 310s in the top 120 in the rear and it looks like they might be including a total upwards of five fans uh stock but that is not finalized yet the price will be $150 uh for RP and again that's in quarter 3 of this year terms of other standard features there's the magnetic dust filters that we've seen crop up on a lot of these cases this year including some of the ones we've reviewed from Rosell a couple of months ago there's a fan speed controller in the front for uh low medium and high fan speeds that connects to a Fan Hub in the back The Fan Hub is powered by Molex so it's not a pwm to motherboard Hub but is a four pin Molex Hub uh so that's what you got for The Fan Hub and it looks like something like four or five fan connectors so that should take care of the whole case that pretty much wraps up the colon in so that's entering sort in the middle of the mid-range to high on case market and then there's two other quick small features I want to show you on the other cases that are just cool mechanical things so we'll move over there and look at that next so the two small mechanical things this is just kind of neat this case is the Raptor 22 it's not determined if this will make it to market yet it's a prototype but the cool thing here is that so it's just a drive bay cover basically a pretty standard Drive Bay cover except instead of a hinge door it's got this push mechanism and then it just rolls and that is on some teeth you can see there's teeth and gears in there so that's all that is just plastic gearing system and then this case is the himars and this one you can pull off of course the front uh sort of mesh filter type thing and that reveals this little mechanism which is uh just for Drive C it's for hard drives it's kind of like almost a server setup but more in a consumer style case so that goes there these are hot swappable and they connect down into the PCB with the SATA connector in the bottom of it kind of like you might see in some laptops where they're pre-installed hot swap Bay uh but on a on a system case of course this doesn't work with 2.5 just yet but it is compatible 3.5 in uh and then there's four pin Molex on the bottom for power and that is the himar so I just wanted to show off the Mechanicals there kind of neat uh but otherwise the colon in is the m case to look at from Rosewell and as always check out all of our compy Tex coverage for more case lineups we'll have a best of case round up coming very shortly if it's not already online thank you for watching I'll see you all next time\n"
