{"video_id":"e85Dpmgubc0","title":"Bitfenix Merc Value Gaming Case Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2012-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":361,"segments":[{"start_s":7.48,"end_s":13.519,"text":"welcome to my unboxing of the bit Phoenix MC this is the oh hold on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":12.08,"end_s":19.72,"text":"there's two versions there's the alpha with the window um and then there's the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.76,"end_s":24.56,"text":"beta which does not wait hold on now I'm confused well we have the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":22.6,"end_s":28.16,"text":"alpha so we're going to find out exactly what that is once we get it opened up so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":26.599,"end_s":32.119,"text":"bit Phoenix has been releasing a number of fairly interesting cases one of 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the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":139.28,"end_s":146.68,"text":"outside holes here in order to screw a fan in if you really wanted to cool okay","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":145.04,"end_s":150.4,"text":"maybe they intended that surely they intended that they call it a cooling","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":148.959,"end_s":156.2,"text":"side panel so the alpha has cooling side panel 2x1","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":153.92,"end_s":162.36,"text":"20 mm optional see I I haven't come up with anything new here so on the top","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":158.08,"end_s":164.72,"text":"we've got dual 120 mm fans as well and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":162.36,"end_s":172.08,"text":"then on the back we have an additional 120 mm fan you can also mount a 92 or an","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":168.28,"end_s":174.239,"text":"80 mm fan on the back should you see 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bottom","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":322.24,"end_s":329.16,"text":"mounted power supply um 120 mil fan here","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":326.4,"end_s":334.319,"text":"two 120s in the front all black interior which may may not matter to you because","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":331.36,"end_s":338.4,"text":"you can see inside the case a little bit but it's going to be less if you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":336.84,"end_s":341.88,"text":"actually Mount fans here so there that should give you guys some idea of how","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":340.16,"end_s":346.84,"text":"much you can actually see down into the case so I do like the all black","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":343.96,"end_s":351.52,"text":"Interiors but I'm personally more uh more inclined to say it's necessary if","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":349.639,"end_s":355.24,"text":"you do have a side panel window so thank you for checking out my unboxing and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":353.08,"end_s":358.199,"text":"first look at the bit Phoenix MC don't forget to subscribe to L Tech tips for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":356.72,"end_s":361.6,"text":"more unboxings reviews and other computer videos","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"welcome to my unboxing of the bit Phoenix MC this is the oh hold on there's two versions there's the alpha with the window um and then there's the beta which does not wait hold on now I'm confused well we have the alpha so we're going to find out exactly what that is once we get it opened up so bit Phoenix has been releasing a number of fairly interesting cases one of the things that really sets them apart from their competition is their soft feel or soft touch finish which basically feels instead of like a painted metal or like plastic feels kind of like a velvety velvety soft plastic and I don't know how to describe it other than you know high-end gaming mice how they often have like a bit of a rubberized or like a soft grip to them it's kind of like that and at some point the case comes out of the box and at that point in time and no sooner we can take a closer look at it so value gaming cases ouch it shocked me that hurt value gaming cases are no new thing for bit Phoenix uh we had a look at the outlaw a little while ago which was kind of cool because it used that uh altered ATX style and it was as far as I can tell the least expensive case to ever use that design so here we go with the Merc so aha the alpha has the cooling panel on the side so this basically does not look like we can mount a 12 mm fan but I wouldn't be that surprised if you could kind of like kaj it to uh to work so hold on a second let's just grab a fan that doesn't have here we go so let's see it looks like it does line up yeah so you can just use the the outside holes here in order to screw a fan in if you really wanted to cool okay maybe they intended that surely they intended that they call it a cooling side panel so the alpha has cooling side panel 2x1 20 mm optional see I I haven't come up with anything new here so on the top we've got dual 120 mm fans as well and then on the back we have an additional 120 mm fan you can also mount a 92 or an 80 mm fan on the back should you see fit couple water cooling holes we've got seven expansion slots in this particular case so you're going to be fitting standard ATX motherboard boards only in here let's have a closer look at the front before we get any further actually this case does not have soft touch so this is meant to be more of a straight value case we've got a 3 and 1/2 in expansion Bay two 5 and a 3 5 and 1/4 in expansion Bays uh mesh at the front here and on the top we have four USB 2.0 microphone headphones power and reset switches so let's go ahead and take the side panel off here which hopefully I can do ah there we go it comes out this way okay we've got our front panel connectors these are all uh covered in a black uh heat shrink and then uh here heat shrink at the end and then just a black sleeving so we've got our HD audio we've got two USB front panel connectors and then last but not least we've got our front power reset switch hard drive LEDs and all that good stuff inside layout doesn't look like really much of anything too too different from what we've seen in the past from a variety of different is so hard drive wise we' got 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 and 1/2 in hard drives we've got another 12 mm fan here in the bottom so in terms of cooling there's a fair number of options that are available to you I'm just going to go ahead and pull this out so there are two 120 mm cooling fan positions in the front and if you go ahead and squeeze these together it comes out a lot more easily I suspect oh interesting having a bit of trouble here give me a sec guys got it guys I just had to heave on it a little bit so we've got two 120 mm cooling fans here in the front looks like you can also Mount 92s if you so desire so you can use those to cool your drives here you can see the inside of the case as a whole so there's the interface for the front panel what not but I can't really think of any good reason why you'd there we go want to disconnect those so we'll just leave those attached what else we got here CPU cutout is right here so it's a fairly small CPU cutout but as long as your CPU socket isn't sort of more to the right then you shouldn't have too much trouble reaching a back plate uh CPU Cooler and replacing it without actually removing the motherboard from the case I guess there's not too much else to say bottom mounted power supply um 120 mil fan here two 120s in the front all black interior which may may not matter to you because you can see inside the case a little bit but it's going to be less if you actually Mount fans here so there that should give you guys some idea of how much you can actually see down into the case so I do like the all black Interiors but I'm personally more uh more inclined to say it's necessary if you do have a side panel window so thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the bit Phoenix MC don't forget to subscribe to L Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos"}