Bitfenix Survivor

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juhansoo12

Discussion Starter · Apr 3, 2011

http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/chassis/survivor/

Thinking of going with it for my next build. Like the looks, coating, cable management, cooling etc.

Opinions?

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Dreamlane

· #2 · Apr 3, 2011

Never used one, but it looks like a great case!
What's the price for you though?

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The Master Chief

· #3 · Apr 3, 2011

For $50 more you can get a full tower one

But there's nothing wrong with the survivor. It looks like a quality case.

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juhansoo12

Discussion Starter · #4 · Apr 3, 2011

Thing is, I don't want a tower. Too big, too expensive. I have a CM Stacker 830 at the moment, but it's just so big and loud with the meshed sidepanels.

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somebodysb2

· #5 · Apr 3, 2011

but its all fat and semi-ugly......

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juhansoo12

Discussion Starter · #6 · Apr 3, 2011

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Originally Posted by somebodysb2;12985242
but its all fat and semi-ugly......

Damn, now I have to get it just to defy you.

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somebodysb2

· #7 · Apr 3, 2011

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Originally Posted by juhansoo12;12985363
Damn, now I have to get it just to defy you.

I want IRL pics of it, the studio pics make it look so wide and fat.

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fanaddict

· #8 · Apr 3, 2011

The reviews that I have seen haven't exactly been enthusiastic about the cooling ability of the Survivor.

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hasher99

· #9 · Apr 4, 2011

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Originally Posted by fanaddict;12986053
The reviews that I have seen haven't exactly been enthusiastic about the cooling ability of the Survivor.

I don't know ... the reviews seem pretty good:

http://www.clunk.org.uk/reviews/bitfenix-survivor-mid-tower-case-review/Page-13.html

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3643/bitfenix_survivor_mid_tower_chassis/index.html

And I think it looks pretty hawt. My buddy got a colossus last month and he raves about the thing. I'm more looking at mid-towers and it's between this or shinobi.

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dan0h

· #10 · Apr 4, 2011

Nice looking case, nice large fans so plenty of steady air movement, looks good, and probably some reasonable modding potential

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juhansoo12

Discussion Starter · #11 · Apr 4, 2011

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Originally Posted by fanaddict;12986053
The reviews that I have seen haven't exactly been enthusiastic about the cooling ability of the Survivor.

Some reviewers haven't added the rear fan.

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fanaddict

· #12 · Apr 4, 2011

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Originally Posted by hasher99;12998116
I don't know ... the reviews seem pretty good:

http://www.clunk.org.uk/reviews/bitfenix-survivor-mid-tower-case-review/Page-13.html

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3643/bitfenix_survivor_mid_tower_chassis/index.html

And I think it looks pretty hawt. My buddy got a colossus last month and he raves about the thing. I'm more looking at mid-towers and it's between this or shinobi.

The CM II 690 on minimum fan speed settings beats the Bitfenix survivor. The CM II 690 is also 20 dollars cheaper.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2010/11/26/bitfenix-survivor-review/4

The 200mm fans in the Survivor are also 200x20mm, meaning that you might be forced to replace them with the much harder to find (and more expensive, when compared to the more common less expensive 200x30mm fans) 200x20mm fans.

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Some reviewers haven't added the rear fan.

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Does the case come with the rear fan? If it doesn't then that is something that you might have to buy which then adds to the total cost of the case. Also, in the review I linked, they compared it to other cases that were also only loaded with the stock fans (meaning that with something like the CM 690 II advanced, they didn't load it up with as many fans as they could have).

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juhansoo12

Discussion Starter · #13 · Apr 4, 2011

For me, it's aesthetics first, cooling second. I'm a shallow person.

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hasher99

· #14 · Apr 6, 2011

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Originally Posted by fanaddict

The CM II 690 on minimum fan speed settings beats the Bitfenix survivor. The CM II 690 is also 20 dollars cheaper.

I don't think you can really compare these two cases. First off, the survivor's got USB 3.0, while the CM 690II doesn't. That right there can explain the price difference between the two. But not only that, you can also fit super long graphics cards in survivor thanks to that modular hard drive bay. These two things along with that soft touch coating makes it totally worth the extra 20 dollars imho. That coating on my friend's colossus is oh so smooth.

Most of us have extra 120mm fans lying around anyway, so I'd imagine that adding one to survivor is not going to be much more money for a lot of people.

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