SanSun Bat Case

The power, reset and access ports are all located on the front part of the case's top.  A silver colored square button on either side of a crescent shaped sliding door keeps these necessaries accessible but out of the way.  What's nice is the clear LED ring around the panel buttons that lights up blue under power. 

Here is where we ran into the only real blatant issue with the Bat Case.  The USB access port section is held in place by two opposing clips locking into the underside of the Bat's top.  Unfortunately, these allowed about a quarter inch of play with the USB port section sliding back and forth with minimal effort.  The third pic is this section removed after depressing each of its opposing clips.  Some double sided tape would fix it up nicely but this is something that should never have been missed by the design team.

Moving to the left side panel we get a better look of the Bat's wing and side body molding.  Notice the custom chrome 80mm finger guard and square ventilation area below it. 

In the back we suddenly leave all the paint and molding behind and find the battleship gray of the SECC steel used for the base chassis.  What stands out here most is the rear exhaust.  It can handle two 80mm fans in an over and under set up or a single 120mm fan for exhaust.  Having the choice opens lots of options up for anyone looking at a pre-made H2O cooler kit that may have an 80 or an 120mm radiator/fan assembly.

The right side panel is a mirror image of the left.  The exception being that the custom chrome finger guard here is guarding nothing whereas the left side panel has a fan behind it.  Check out the small bat shaped red cutout for pulling the side panel off.  The left panel has one too.

Check under the hood Robin

Popping off the side panel for a look inside gave us a surprise.  The 80mm side mounted case fan was visible from the outside but the air funnel was not.  The air funnel is adjustable so you can feed a direct flow of outside air to your CPU if you choose.  What made it even nicer was that with the removal of four small screws, the whole assembly could be removed if you didn't want it there.

The interior of the SanSun Bat is fairly roomy for a four 5.25" tower case.  Unfortunately, there is no removable mainboard tray but I'm sure its absence was an attempt to keep cost down for the end user.  The rear wall had two items of note aside from the stamped metal exhaust grilling.  The slot cover plates are the snap in/snap out variety that allow you to replace them with ease and avoid the whole punch it out for good type.  Also look at the card keeper.  A small sliding bracket can be pushed over to lock your AGP/PCI-E/PCI cards in place with a moderate amount of sticking.  The entire assembly, like the fan funnel is removable if you decide later you don't like it.  For me, I like it.

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