When people think about cases many different things come to mind. To some the best case is a simple black box (or beige) that they put their components into and that is that. Others want more style to the box that holds all of their expensive hardware. But that raises a question, what is style to one person might not be to another. We also have to consider that what I may think is a great feature is a useless add-on to someone else. It is with this in mind that we take a look at a rather unusual case. This is the V9 BlackX Edition. This mid tower enclosure has a very interesting feature in that it has dual SATA HDD docks on the top of the case. This is along with the usual features that you would expect to find in any PC case. So let’s see if the V9 BlackX is a great device, or is it just a giant drive dock.
The Box and Goodies -The V9 BlackX comes in the rather typical box for a mid-tower case. You get the familiar picture of the case on the outside of the box along with one or two of the more interesting features. In this case we see both the dual bay docking station and the fact that is has USB 3.0 ports.
nThe back of the case contains some graphics that expand upon the airflow found with the V9 BlackX as well as more detail about the features you get when you pick one of these up. Some of the typical extras are things like HDD cooling from a front mounted fan, a top mounted 230mm “blow-hole” fan. These are designed (so the graphics say) to pull cool air in from the front and the side and then vent it out the top of the case through both natural convection and the push/pull cooling setup. Inside you get a tool-less design for the drive bays and the add-in cards.
To keep the case safe during transport you have Styrofoam caps and a thick plastic bag (to help with scratches). As with most case purchases these days all of the items you need to mount the motherboard and PSU are inside the case. Like I said, as far as the packaging goes the V9 BlackX is like a good majority of cases.
