BitFenix Ronin Mid-Tower Chassis Review

Interior

With the side panel window removed we see another unique feature of the Ronin, the side panel cover known as the Stealth Cover. This hides the view of your HDD bays and PSU area, something that can go a long way to making cable management “look” tidy, because lets be honest, you could hide a LOT of cable mess behind this thing.

The plastic panel pulls out to reveal a more than familiar layout. There is a small CPU cooler cut-out behind the motherboard and three cable routing holes to help keep things looking nice and tidy. The support bar for the Stealth Cover runs to the left of the HDD bays and this can be removed via screws on the bottom, providing you with an unobstructed view through the side panel window should you not wish to use the cover.

The base of the chassis features four rubber pads for the PSU to sit on, while the other side features a 120mm fan mount, and this is also a perfect place to use that extra dust filter we found in the box.

In the back of the chassis we see the 120mm BitFenix exhaust fan which comes fitted with a standard 3pin attachment, while further down we see that each of the expansion slows comes fitted with quick release thumb screws.

The front features 3 x 5.25″ drive bay with quick release mechanisms, while further down we have 6 hard drive bays in a 3 + 3 layout.

The middle bay can be easily removed thanks to a slide in/out mechanism, perfect for those who need room for super long graphics cards. You can also remove the bottom HDD bays via some screws under the chassis, handy if you want to mod in a some extra water cooling here.

Each of the HDD bays can mount 2.5″ and 3.5″ drives, but while 2.5″ drive screw into place, the 3.5″ drives are mounted by sliding the bay “open” and putting the drive in the centre and then sliding the sides closed again, trapping the drive between the side pins.

The top of the chassis is pre-drilled to support 2 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm cooling fans and related slim radiators.

Around the back we see there are loads of cable tie down loops to help keep things neat and tidy, and we have 20mm of space for cable management, which for a system of this size is more than enough for excess cables.

The last internal component we see is the Stealth Cover, it’s a simple plastic moulded item with a nice carbon effect texture on the front, but could easily be modded with paint of a sheet of stick on Vinyl.