Blackhawk Ultra Gaming Case Sets New Standards

Sine Mora

The original Blackhawk PC case is an legend presence for PC builders and gamers alike, but recent advances in gaming tech and the need to build-in redundancy and extra power have created circumstances in which very few mainstream cases can provide the foundation -- and the expansion options -- that lives up to the new reality for PC gaming.

After taking a long and hard look at the market, PC case maker Rosewill set out to re-engineer the Gaming Case and the result is their Blackhawk-Ultra -- a gaming case that covers every aspect of modern gaming hardware, from HPTX support, adequate stock cooling, and even mounting a second PSU to isolate the power for multiple high-end graphics cards!

Support for big gaming & performance motherboards
-- ATX : 12 x 9.6 inches
-- SSI CEB : 12 x 10.3 inches
-- XL-ATX : 13.5 x 10.3 inches
-- E-ATX : 12 x 13 inches
-- HPTX : 13.6 x 15 inches

Expanded Video Card Support
-- w/ second layer front fan : 433mm(17 inch)
-- w/o second layer front fan : 404mm(15.9 inch)

Second PSU Support for power hungry systems
-- 10 expansion slots

Advanced Cooling System
-- Front(first layer) 2x 140mm Red LED Fan (pre-installed)
-- Front(second layer) 2x 140mm Fan (pre-installed)
-- Rear 1x 140mm Fan (pre-installed)
-- Top 2x 230mm Red LED Fan (pre-installed) or 3x 120/140mm Fan (option)
-- Side 1x 230mm Fan (pre-installed) or 9x 120mm Fan (option)
-- Bottom 1x 120/140mm Fan (option)

Additional Features Include:
-- Full black interior
-- Advanced cable management design
-- Top mounted HDD docking
-- Screw-less design for 5.25” Devices & 3.5” HDDs
-- HDD trays support 3.5” or 2.5” HDD/SSD
-- Easy-clean PSU filter
-- Top mounted IO ports– 2x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0, Audio out, MIC in
-- Advanced Bottom-Mounted PSU Design

The screwless-hardware approach means easy access to the internal spaces of this gaming case, which supports up to 10 internally mounted in well-cooled racks for easy RAID support.

Editor's Note: Gaming Update is planning a Gaming Case Review Roundup for the New Year -- so keep an eye out for that as we begin to expand our Hardware coverage in 2012!