| Raidmax Seiran Mid-Tower Computer Case |  |
| Reviews - Featured Reviews: Cases | ||||||||
| Written by Doug Dallam | ||||||||
| Sunday, 04 December 2011 | ||||||||
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Detailed Interior FeaturesThis is a 180mm fan, not a 200/230mm. It's a very slim fan too and it's a very lightweight fan. Perhaps some of you can clue me in on what type of fan this is? Check out the fan shroud. That's like a 1/16" thick! Whatever its actual thickness, it's a very thin and lightweight fan.
This is what I mean by lightweight. That's bendo baby. The fan blades are very thin and flexible. The blades are so thin that, as you can see, they easily bend when lifted with my index finger. It has an LED harness that connects to the front LED knob, just as the front fan does. You can replace the 180mm fan with a 120mm, if you desire. In fact, I believe the 180mm fan is "optional" so you might check before you buy if you want the 120mm instead (I'm not sure if Raidmax will ship the 180mm as standard or not).
Here's the punched out side panel canal for your harness and wires. It's a full half inch. Add that to the internal groove, and you get, as noted earliar, about an inch of cable space, if you stick to both canals. If not, you'll probably still have room for your wires and cables, but have a harder time closing the panel.
From the motherboard standoffs, you have right at 7" of space to the side panel. This should be sufficient for most of the tallest cooling towers.
Whoa!The Eagle has Landed NASA! You're looking at 12" of video card space. That, and the way the drive caddies are engineered, you only lose the width of your SATA cable, since the 3.5" drives fit flush in the back.
See what I'm talkin' about? You lose virtually no space here. I'm not a fan of backward facing drives, but this makes up for at least some of the disadvantages of a back mounted instead of a side mounted drive cage. Take note also that the drive cage is not removable.
Here's a shot of the tool-less hardware, or I should say, plasticware, or steel-astic. 
Okay boys and girls, the cotton candy has all run out, the pizza is calling me, and the carnival is a movin' on, so let's get to the next section where I can tell you what I think, and give you a nice, tight, concise conclusion of the Raidmax Seiran mid tower case.
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Comments
"plasticware, or "steel-astic." good god man! I think you just Shakespeare'd all over yourself LOL.
On page one , I think you probably meant 'beveled' as opposed to "cantilevered"
anyway, nice review. I am looking for a gaming case for my nephew, and I think you have ruled this one out for me :)
And yes, I will have it changed to "beveled" as "cantilever" has a completely different meaning. Thanks.
I have another review due out in the next couple of days. It's of the Rosewill Ranger mid tower. It's not a bad case and if you need cooling, it's a wind tunnel. I actually gave it a recommendation.
well I will keep an eye out for that review. and keep up the colorful expansion of the language no matter what they say. You can take it, you are after all..."old flat top' :)
i'm really looking forward to it released..
Personally I don't see much to like about this case. I suppose it's pretty good for $100, but as you mentioned there are other cases in that price range that IMHO are better cases. Personally I couldn't do without removable drive cages any more. I also prefer sideways mounted cages over the front/back older style cages because you can completely hide the cables. I know looks are subjective, but personally I think this case doesn't look very good. I don't like the window design, nor the front bezel, nor the convex design on the right side panel (I realize it may be very functional for cable management, but I don't think it looks very good myself). I also don't like the big latches on the 5 1/4" drive bay covers (I think they could have found a better way to spend the development funds). Considering how seldom you have to remove them, I really don't mind interior plastic clips if it avoids big ugly latches on the exterior. I really don't like the big square front panel at all.
I suppose for $100 you could do worse, but there are better cases available for about the same price.
Here's a test fit I did of one of the Corsair 200mm fans on the optional (at the time) side panel mesh for the 600T. Looks pretty similar to me.
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