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.
Value -Value is another very subjective topic. What is expensive to some might be a deal to others. You can look at this topic in multiple ways. One is raw price and the other is what you get for the money. Each is accurate and both are correct ways to look at price/value. We tend to look at features, performance and real-property when we discuss value. However, we also take into account the raw cash cost of the item.The Thermaltake V9 BlackX is available on the internet for around $100. This is not that bad of a price to pay for a decent tool-less mid-tower case. No when we take a look at what you get for your $100 we find that there is more to the V9 BlackX than meets the eye. You get two BlackX HDD bays for the price of a single good case. Conclusion -The V9 BlackX is a pretty nice case; it has most of the things you could want in a mid-tower and has an interesting style to it. The air flow was surprisingly good considering that I thought all of the vents were for show. They turned out to be very effective at keeping things cool. I would not recommend that you try and stuff as big of a board as I did in to this, but then again part of what I do is see just how far you can take things. The dual HDD docks on the top are nice and can come in handy, but they tend to be more of a gimmick than anything of real use. If you are looking for a good case for your normal ATX sized motherboard then the Thermaltake V9 BlackX edition is a good choice. After all for $100 you get good cooling room for multiple GPUs and a couple of spots to drop in your backup HDDs.You can discuss this review in our forum
