1 00:00:07,359 --> 00:00:14,240 Welcome to my unboxing of the Bit Phoenix 2 00:00:11,639 --> 00:00:17,360 Ghost. The funny thing about this ghost is that you can see 3 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,480 it. 4 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:26,080 Whoa. Uh, anyway, let's let's have a look at what 5 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:29,840 Bit Phoenix has to say for themselves about the Ghost. made of steel and 6 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:35,760 plastic. It's an ATX form factor case. Includes some cooling fans, which happen 7 00:00:31,679 --> 00:00:38,079 to be Spectre fans, and it fits a 240 8 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:41,600 millimeter radiator on top. Uses a nano chrome surface treatment. I'm very 9 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:47,120 excited to see that. S4 hot swap and storage. Cool. Okay. Two USB 3 super 10 00:00:44,879 --> 00:00:51,440 speed ports. Silencing material. Ultra silent 120 mm Spectre fans included. 11 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:55,440 Pre-moded for alchemy LED strips. Now, that's cool. Fits long graphics cards 12 00:00:53,520 --> 00:01:00,160 and has a dual hinge door design. Now, alchemy LED strips are actually like the 13 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:04,559 balling outest case lighting that you can get these days because unlike 14 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:07,840 cathodes, which have bulky inverters that go with them and they're heavy, 15 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:14,159 they're hard to mount. They fall off all the time. Unlike those solutions, LED 16 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:16,479 strips, uh, specters namely or specters, 17 00:01:14,159 --> 00:01:20,320 those are the fans, alchemies, namely are lightweight. They come with a really 18 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:24,320 high quality 3M adhesive on them so they don't fall off and they don't need an 19 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:30,439 inverter. They can plug directly into your power supply and you can even daisy 20 00:01:26,479 --> 00:01:33,600 chain multiple ones together in order to 21 00:01:30,439 --> 00:01:35,439 get very even lighting throughout your 22 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,880 case. Now, it uses a hard foam, which I'm going to criticize right off the bat 23 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:46,079 because things like this happen. However, it remains to be seen if the 24 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:48,280 case managed to survive its transport or 25 00:01:46,079 --> 00:01:53,680 whether it did not. So, if it didn't manage to survive, 26 00:01:51,280 --> 00:02:00,719 then uh I guess I'll have to find another one and redo this unboxing. But, 27 00:01:57,759 --> 00:02:00,719 uh 28 00:02:01,159 --> 00:02:07,840 okay. Oh, custom foam though. So, let's go ahead and peel off 29 00:02:06,479 --> 00:02:15,000 the plastic. I'm not sure if you guys are even going to be able to hear me because we're using the uh we're using 30 00:02:10,879 --> 00:02:16,879 the NCIX TechTips camera today with the 31 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:21,920 microphone. So, I don't know how much interference it's picking up from things 32 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:23,599 like the uh the Oh, this is this is kind 33 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:26,800 of funny. Uh, one of them's popped out and one of them's in. So, when I push on 34 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:30,239 it Oh, never mind. It came came this time. Last time the two ones swapped 35 00:02:28,879 --> 00:02:36,400 which one was engaged and which one wasn't. So, this is What the heck? Oh, 36 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:39,120 cool. So, there's a hot swap here for um 37 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:43,280 Hold on a sec. That's cool. So, you can put a 2 and 1/2 in or a three and a half 38 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:48,239 inch drive in here. And it has little rubber strips on the bottom which will a 39 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:54,080 protect the PCB on the bottom of the hard drive and b it will actually reduce 40 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:58,480 vibrations which can again cause damage to the hard drive or the data on it and 41 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:02,560 will cause it to be loud. So I've gone and retrieved a hard drive which I will 42 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:08,879 put in here like this and then I will slide like this and that's it. So it's a 43 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:13,440 totally stealthy way to add an extra 3 and 1/2 in or 2 and 1/2 in drive to your 44 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:17,120 system. Okay, line of seal of approval on that idea because I've seen 45 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:24,080 implementations of hot swaps on cases that are terrible. See the uh DF85? Oh, 46 00:03:22,159 --> 00:03:30,080 just awful. Okay, so let's have a look at this filtered good. Less relevant 47 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:34,239 though for a top uh top intake or exhaust because uh usually you want that 48 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:38,480 to be exhaust. Heat does tend to rise. You've got lots of different options for 49 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:44,000 fans here. So you can do 140. This looks like almost This looks like either a 160 50 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:46,959 or a 140 or something. I don't know what this is, but it's it's bigger. It's 51 00:03:45,599 --> 00:03:51,920 bigger than normal. It looks like they've actually put in mounting holes 52 00:03:49,239 --> 00:03:55,120 for Oh, they've given Okay, so they've given you a lot of different options, 53 00:03:53,120 --> 00:04:00,480 but the 120s are offset. And this is really smart because it allows you to 54 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:03,760 install a dual radiator sort of up here and then the fans on the bottom. So, it 55 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:08,319 doesn't actually take up any space away from where you need, you know, your 56 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:14,799 motherboard or your or your CPU uh for or your CPU block to be. And 57 00:04:12,519 --> 00:04:18,720 um that's important because a lot of cases have room for for dual fans, but 58 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:22,000 as soon as you try to stack a radiator and fans, it gets pretty thick and it'll 59 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:26,240 interfere with things like the MOSFET coolers on your motherboard or your CPU 60 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:30,800 heat sink or whatever else you have there. So, they've got this compartment up here so you can store the radiator 61 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:34,400 away. And you can see they've cut out the ends here, which leaves room for the 62 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,759 barbs and the tubing to come out of the radiator. Although, usually I'd probably 63 00:04:35,919 --> 00:04:41,440 orient it the other way cuz otherwise this fan might get in the way depending 64 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:45,600 on it might it might fit. It might just make it. Okay, so let's go ahead and Oh. 65 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:50,479 Oh. Oh, okay. It looks like it didn't quite make the air shipment unscathed 66 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:54,160 all the way from Asia to here. So, it looks like one of these uh one of these 67 00:04:51,919 --> 00:04:58,080 thumb screws got whacked and dented the back of the side panel a little bit. I'd 68 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:03,360 say that's fairly minor as far as things being air air shipped across the ocean 69 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:05,520 go. Um, so yeah, I've seen I've seen 70 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:08,639 much worse. There's our sound dampening material on the inside. Gives some 71 00:05:07,039 --> 00:05:13,479 rigidity to the side panel that it otherwise wouldn't necessarily have and 72 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:18,400 looks good, sounds good. Neat. Okay, so side panel's off. 73 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:21,520 Side panel is pretty plain. Uh, no ventilation holes or anything like that. 74 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:25,759 With the Ghost, they're going for more of well, silence, as you may or may not 75 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:30,000 have figured out based on the sound deadening material and the fact that it 76 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:33,520 doesn't have uh, you know, room for a bunch of blowing fans over top of the 77 00:05:31,759 --> 00:05:38,800 video cards or anything like that on the inside. Uh, speaking of the inside, um, 78 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:41,759 I haven't actually seen the inside yet, so let's go ahead and No, no, we're not 79 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:45,280 done with the outside yet. Right here at the front, we've got our LEDs. So, 80 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:50,000 there's your power and your hard drive, your front audio, your two USB 2, two 81 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:54,000 USB 3 power and reset switches. nice and recessed so you won't accidentally hit 82 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:57,840 that one. And the front features a dual hinge design. You got your bit Phoenix 83 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:01,919 logo which I think looks pretty nice. So you can actually open it this way to 84 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:07,600 find the 35 and 1/4 in and one 3 and 1/2 in bay. The filtered front intake quite 85 00:06:05,039 --> 00:06:12,880 solidly built too actually. Very nice. And a Bitfenix Spectre 120 mm fan with 86 00:06:10,639 --> 00:06:19,520 room for another one. This is smart. Haha. Check this out. Perforations in 87 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:23,039 the hard drive cage. I have actually not seen this before, but you hear people 88 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:27,280 complain that, you know, oh well, there's a fan here, but by the time you put hard drives in here, you're not even 89 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:33,000 going to be able to push any air through it. Now, I mean, it might not be a lot, 90 00:06:30,319 --> 00:06:38,639 but it'll be more than most cases. Smart. Uh, yo, you can also see 91 00:06:36,319 --> 00:06:42,000 the ventilation. So, from this angle, I hope you can see through here where some 92 00:06:40,479 --> 00:06:44,960 of the air flow will actually be coming in to feed these front fans cuz 93 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:50,400 otherwise they wouldn't be getting anything because the front of the case, 94 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:52,160 again, more perforations here, is using 95 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:56,240 sound deadening material and is completely flat. Oh, you're trying to see 96 00:06:55,039 --> 00:07:05,199 something. I don't know what he's trying to see. Probably the fan. Check this out, though. Bam. I 97 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:07,199 don't know what just What was that? Give 98 00:07:05,199 --> 00:07:11,440 me a sec. So, cameraman's not sure why you would 99 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:15,360 want to be able to open either side of a case. Um, personally, I'm not a huge fan 100 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,560 of the whole double hinge design, although it's Oh, yeah. Right. I put the 101 00:07:17,039 --> 00:07:23,599 little thing back in here, so it's fine now. Um, but it's implemented better 102 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:28,440 here than I've seen in the past and more durably in fact as well. But I there are 103 00:07:26,639 --> 00:07:31,919 still a couple things that I don't Oh, hold 104 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:38,160 on. Oh, it locks or something. Okay, 105 00:07:35,599 --> 00:07:43,440 hold on. Okay, I get it now. Actually, this is smarter than I thought. Okay, so 106 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:45,759 the other main case is the Corsair 550D. 107 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:50,960 That one has a double hinge front panel and it's not that durable because it's 108 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:54,879 permanently double hinged. This one is smarter because it allows you to put the 109 00:07:52,880 --> 00:08:00,080 case on either side you want. And then these pieces are actually for locking it 110 00:07:57,759 --> 00:08:06,800 to the particular orientation you want. So you can here. So without these pieces 111 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:09,440 in it can be double hinged. Okay. And 112 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:17,160 then if you take these pieces here and put them 113 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:20,639 in then they are a lock and it will no 114 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:22,400 longer Oops. If you can actually get 115 00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:26,240 them in. There we go. And it will no longer open on that side unless you 116 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:30,400 force it like I did before thinking that it was just a double hinged case. So 117 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:34,479 there you go. you guys won't make the same mistake as me. And let's just slide 118 00:08:32,959 --> 00:08:39,039 this back in. So, you can see some stuff did come unseated in shipping, but by 119 00:08:36,719 --> 00:08:45,680 and large, the case did make it to us. So, all right. So, that's uh that's 120 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:47,040 pretty good. Okay. 1 2 3 4 5 6 seven uh 121 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:51,519 PCI slots. So, you're not going to be fitting any XLATX motherboards, but you 122 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:56,399 will fit, you know, your normal fullsize ATX, microATX, MITx, should you want to 123 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:59,519 put one of those in here, but I don't see the point of that. If you have MITx, 124 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:04,399 you should get a Bit Phoenix Prodigy instead, which is like the coolest case 125 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:08,240 that everyone's excited about. Okay, on the bottom, you've got lots of intake 126 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:13,880 options. You can either do 120 mil or 140 mm fan from the bottom using a 127 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:17,040 filtered intake that apparently goes in 128 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:19,279 from I have no idea how this uh how this 129 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:26,160 gets in or out of here. Oh, it's magnetic. Baller. Okay, cool. There you 130 00:09:22,399 --> 00:09:27,760 go. Filtered intake. Bam. Um, and then 131 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:30,720 lots of room for your power supply to intake air supports for your power 132 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:35,600 supply if you have a longer power supply. You've got one, two, three, 133 00:09:32,959 --> 00:09:41,680 four, three and 1/2 in bays there. One, two, three dedicated 2 and 1/2 in SSD 134 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:44,160 bays. Toolless 5 and 1/4 in bays. Lots 135 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:47,519 of cable management holes and enough cable management room. Now, this isn't 136 00:09:45,839 --> 00:09:51,279 the most ample space I've seen in the back of a motherboard tray before, but 137 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:56,480 it's about an inch. So, there is sufficient room to run a 24 pin cable 138 00:09:54,320 --> 00:10:00,000 without actually not being able to close the side panel, which is one of those 139 00:09:57,839 --> 00:10:03,120 things you run into, and it's very, very frustrating. So, I'm going to go ahead 140 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:07,200 and have a look at what they've got for internal connectors. You can see most of 141 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:12,959 them are black. However, the front panel connectors are colorcoded. I'm a big fan 142 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:17,279 of all black internal connectors, but I'll give it a pass if most of them are 143 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:20,959 black and then there's just a couple that aren't. So, you can see the SATA 144 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:26,480 connector as well as the SATA power connector for that front SATA dock are 145 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:30,440 both black. It's got proper internal USB 146 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:33,120 3 pins, uh, pin header out, 147 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:36,800 whatever plug, okay, for the internal header, plug for the internal header, as 148 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:40,160 well as a USB 2 lead that comes off of it. So, you can even just cut this off 149 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:44,800 if you're not going to use it. No big deal. All right. We've got a dedicated 150 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:48,720 USB 2 lead for those USB 2 ports, front panel audio, as well as your front 151 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:53,200 panel. Whoops. Your front panel connectors, which are all red and black. Now, that's odd. If you're going to 152 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:58,079 color code them, color code them. And then, if you're not going to color code them, make them black. So, that would be 153 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,800 my feedback. Two Spectre fans are included. The one in the front and the 154 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:07,839 one in the back. Although, there is space for 1 2 3 4 5 six fans natively 155 00:11:05,279 --> 00:11:12,079 without any changes. whatsoever. Huge CPU cutout tray, so you'll be able to 156 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:16,959 install your CPU cooler without removing the board from the case, and uh that'll 157 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:20,160 save you some time. Lots of cable management holes. Let's have a look at 158 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:23,519 what they've included in terms of the accessories here. So, here's your rubber 159 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:29,320 grommets as well as all your screws, bunch of thumb screws, manual. Okay, 160 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:34,160 here are your 2 and 1/2 in hard drive sleds or SSD, whichever you prefer. I 161 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:38,160 mean, you could you can use Momentous XTs in a desktop system. No reason you 162 00:11:36,079 --> 00:11:43,040 can't. Very high performance solution. All right. And then there's your 3 and 163 00:11:39,519 --> 00:11:44,720 1/2 in drive sleds. It's an odd I I 164 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:49,040 wonder if the production cases are going to come with these not pre-installed 165 00:11:46,959 --> 00:11:53,200 like this. I guess if it saves them a little bit of labor and doesn't actually 166 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:58,200 take the end user very long to install, then it could be a benefit to 167 00:11:55,959 --> 00:12:03,680 everybody. But there you go. So those slide in just like that. 168 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:06,639 And these ones can also support 2 and 12 in devices as well. So, you can see 169 00:12:05,279 --> 00:12:12,399 there's two and a half inch holes there and lots of room with the honeycomb design for cooling for the hard drives 170 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:17,360 that are installed in them as well. So, thank you for checking out my unboxing 171 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:19,600 and first look at the Bitfenix Ghost 172 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:22,639 Quiet Computer Case. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more 173 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:25,279 unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.