RaidMax Samurai Case

As we look around the Raidmax case you will notice lots of curves that have been nicely done.  This is done through the outside actually being a plastic shell over a steel frame as previously mentioned.  This provides the rigid structure necessary to keep the plastic from cracking and explains the larger size of the case itself.

Here we have a closer look at the lower section.  At the very bottom, a lip of sorts pulls up revealing two USB 2.0 ports as well as an audio in and mic jack.

  

The bezel door blends in quite well and when closed is flush and creates a clean seam.  Pushing the middle of its right side pops the door open to reveal two 3.5" and five 5.25" bays.  The expected power and reset button reside to the right of the 3.5" bays in typical over and under fashion.

Shifting our attention to the left side panel we find some more molded plastic that flows with the design on the face.  On the bottom right is a small silver design surrounded by what look like black plastic vents.  Unfortunately these vents are for show and do not feed into the interior of the case.  Towards the back of the panel is a handle allowing for removal of the panel itself.  You can see where the molded plastic shell extends out about 30mm beyond the rear of the case wall creating a feeling of motion not unlike that of an Italian sports car.

     

The back panel of many cases is typically very ho-hum.  Not so here.  The top vent you see, while very hip looking, is part of the plastic shell and does not provide venting to the case.  This is not without merit, as we'll get to shortly.  A 120mm blowhole is obscured from view by a louver panel measuring 155 x 105mm.  Any covering over an exhaust port is going to create some resistance in airflow hence hindering the maximum flow a fan would otherwise create.  As you can see in the second pic below, the louver while minimally restrictive doesn't look to be overly so.

  

The right side panel looks exactly as the left.  This makes since as soon as you remember that this is a plastic shell over a steel frame.

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