WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:06.759 Today we're going to be unboxing a case from Cougar. This is from their 6X 00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:13.200 series. So it is the 6XR9 BB. It is a black case. Now we 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:16.800 unboxed a power supply from Cougar a little while back, but this is the first 00:00:15.440 --> 00:00:21.279 case that we're going to be looking at from them. It is part of their gaming 00:00:19.119 --> 00:00:27.599 series. And uh as I mentioned in the power supply unboxing, um even though 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:29.920 Cougar is a relatively new brand, you 00:00:27.599 --> 00:00:35.000 have seen many products on the market in the case and power supply categories 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:41.600 from their parent company, which is HC, Compute Case. So they've been 00:00:38.360 --> 00:00:43.360 manufacturing cases for a lot longer 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:49.840 than Cougar has been around. So, we're going to go ahead get this open and 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:53.520 hopefully I haven't broken anything yet. There we go. Okay, so it comes in a 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:59.000 plain brown box. You can see it is doublewalled for 00:00:55.559 --> 00:01:02.000 protection. And it also has a pretty 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:04.000 good foam casing around it. So, you can 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:10.560 see it's about an inch and a half thick on all sides, which means that your 00:01:06.080 --> 00:01:12.720 Cougar will arrive in 100% condition. I 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:19.520 mean, unless you're shipping from like Canada to Beckistan or, you know, if you 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:22.799 if you really if you really go really far out there, then uh yeah, you 00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:27.880 probably won't have too much success. But, uh, yep. Let's go ahead and pull 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:35.119 off the scratch resistant cover. And then there we have 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:38.079 it. I, uh, I saw this case initially, 00:01:35.119 --> 00:01:42.400 uh, around the time of, I believe, CES. So, it's been quite a while uh since 00:01:40.240 --> 00:01:47.119 I've heard about it and since it's even been on the market and 00:01:44.360 --> 00:01:50.880 uh leading up until the point where I've actually had a chance to have a look at 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:55.119 it. So, the first thing I'm doing here is I'm just removing the masking tape 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:59.840 and protective foam. So, they've gone ahead and they've put some some foam 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:02.960 pieces in between the front door and the front bezel of the case just to make 00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:08.160 sure that it's not going to open and shut during transport and uh cause any 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:12.319 problems for you there. So, let's go ahead and get all that stuff removed. 00:02:10.720 --> 00:02:18.319 All right. So, the front of the case is quite clean looking, actually. We've got 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:20.480 1 2 3 4 5 six 5 and 1/4 in drive bays, 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:25.360 which you can see can be easily removed with these uh latches right here. Uh 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:28.879 there are Oh, that's kind of interesting. So, for the top two, 00:02:26.959 --> 00:02:32.400 they've gone ahead and removed the metal covers, but for the bottom ones, you'll 00:02:31.200 --> 00:02:37.360 have to go ahead and remove those yourself. They fit back in just like 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:43.200 that. And then down at the bottom, you can see we've actually 00:02:39.160 --> 00:02:45.519 got here we are a filtered cover for a 00:02:43.200 --> 00:02:49.200 120 mm fan mount. So you can see there's mesh in the front then with a fan 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:54.239 filter. So you can easily take this out, pop it off, clean it out, and then 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:59.120 replace it. There we 00:02:56.760 --> 00:03:02.720 are. The rest of the front of the case, you can see there's more mesh once you 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:06.480 close the front door. And this is actually quite nice. There's a bit of a 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:10.800 brushed finish to the metal here. And then you've got some chrome accents. And 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:15.599 so the front of the case looks very clean, very stylish. And then you have a 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:18.959 front lock so that you won't have people turning on your Oh, actually no. The 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:23.200 power and the reset are up at the top. So you won't have people opening up your 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:26.720 drives if you want to lock the front of it. So there's a couple scuffs on the 00:03:25.200 --> 00:03:30.319 front, but those are actually okay. Those are they come off no problem. 00:03:28.720 --> 00:03:34.480 There's some glossy stuff here that I hadn't seen before. And let's look at 00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:40.239 what we got on the front. So, we have a power and reset switch, two USB 2.0 00:03:37.760 --> 00:03:44.400 ports, front audio, as well as an ESATA port. So, we pretty much got all of the 00:03:42.239 --> 00:03:49.200 essentials there. Then, moving along to the top of the case, we've got sort of 00:03:46.799 --> 00:03:53.200 more more mesh, bit of an angled look to it overall. And on the side, this 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:58.720 actually kind of reminds me of the Cooler Master 830, the Stacker 830, 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:02.319 which is a bit of an older case, but it's 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:06.480 uh just reminiscent of that. So, it doesn't have a window, but the mesh side 00:04:04.480 --> 00:04:10.480 panel is actually quite clear. You can see through it very easily. So, I'm 00:04:08.720 --> 00:04:14.000 going to go ahead and sort of hold my hand behind it so you can see how clear 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:18.079 it is. So, if you do put some case lighting inside this thing, you're going 00:04:15.760 --> 00:04:22.000 to have uh pretty good success seeing the components that you're trying to 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:26.880 light up. All right, here we have accessories that are included. We also 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:30.960 have internal cables and wiring. And let's just go ahead and sort of sort 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:34.560 this out before we try and get too much further into this. We can have a quick 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:41.520 look at the back of the case. Actually, pretty nondescript. Back here, we've got 00:04:37.520 --> 00:04:43.520 120 mm or 140 mm fan mount. We've got a 00:04:41.520 --> 00:04:49.280 space for the IO shield. We've got seven expansion ports as well as space for a 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:50.960 standard ATX power supply. The case keys 00:04:49.280 --> 00:04:55.440 are fastened to the back of the case so that you will not lose 00:04:52.759 --> 00:05:00.960 them. And inside, let's have a look at what we got. So, we have four spots for 00:04:58.400 --> 00:05:05.520 uh 3 and 1/2 in drives. And then you can see there are also included mounting 00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:09.680 points for 2 and 1/2 in SSDs. So, you can either use the toolf-free mounts 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:13.280 right here. And you can see these are quite flexible, but as soon as you put a 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:17.759 hard drive in it, those will stiffen right up and they'll hold themselves in 00:05:15.919 --> 00:05:21.680 much better. I've seen mechanisms like this before. They are quite effective. 00:05:19.919 --> 00:05:26.560 You can actually remove the whole 3 and 1/2 in hard drive cage if you want. And 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:30.880 uh I guess that would enable you to install longer graphics cards if you so 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:34.720 desired. Uh what I actually do in my own case is I have a 2 and 1/2 in drive. I 00:05:33.039 --> 00:05:38.880 don't have any 3 and 1/2 in drives in my case anymore. And I have a two and a 00:05:36.479 --> 00:05:43.199 half inch drive uh velcroed out of the way. And then I um I've completely 00:05:41.840 --> 00:05:47.280 removed all the three and a half inch mounting bays in my case just for better 00:05:44.960 --> 00:05:51.680 cooling, more openness, and for better overall air flow. So we've got an 00:05:48.880 --> 00:05:56.880 included 120 mm fan in the front, although there is no included fan in the 00:05:54.000 --> 00:06:03.680 back. So it looks like Compucase uh Cougar rather has opted to go for a 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:06.080 bottom front to top. There you see we 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:11.680 have what appears to be a 140 millimeter fan in the top. Uh airflow design so you 00:06:09.440 --> 00:06:16.560 can add more fans. You're going to have your power supply running here. So most 00:06:13.520 --> 00:06:18.639 modern power supplies have a 120 or 135 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:22.400 mm fan in the bottom. So you'll have air flow coming from the front of the case 00:06:20.479 --> 00:06:26.880 going towards the back. So you can add a fan here as well and then exhausting 00:06:24.400 --> 00:06:31.280 also out the top. Now, we've got toolfree mounting mechanisms in here for 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:37.440 the 5 and a/4 in base, which you will pull to unlock. And then, actually, let 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:37.440 me have a look at how this 00:06:37.880 --> 00:06:43.759 works. Oh, okay. Actually, that's that's really straightforward. Then, all you do 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:48.080 Yeah. Oh, when you slide the drive in, it locks itself. That's neat. So, you 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:52.880 can see there's a tab on the back. Shoot. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to see that. Anyway, there's a 00:06:50.479 --> 00:06:56.720 plastic tab on the back here. So, as soon as you slide the drive in, it'll 00:06:54.720 --> 00:07:00.080 put the bolt into the side of the 5 and a/4 in drive. So, that's pretty neat. 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:05.199 And then, let me see if there's anything else I want to talk about really briefly 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:07.360 here. We've got PCI toolfree slot 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:10.960 retention mechanism. So, I guess we can try to find out how those work as 00:07:11.400 --> 00:07:18.080 well. You might want to give me a minute with these ones. We figured it out. 00:07:16.080 --> 00:07:21.919 There are instructions right here because apparently Cougar knows that 00:07:20.080 --> 00:07:27.440 that's going to be difficult. So, all you do is you Whoops. Okay. Well, to put 00:07:25.599 --> 00:07:30.560 it in, you just press on the top of the PCI slot and then slip it in under the 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:33.919 latch there. And then to pull it out, you do that. So, it's not that 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:38.800 complicated after all. Usually, I don't use these toolfree PCI mechanisms anyway 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:43.919 because whenever you have dual PCI slot cards, they're they usually don't work 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:48.560 anyhow. So, yeah, there's not that much benefit to it. Basically, the inside 00:07:45.919 --> 00:07:52.800 lacks cable management a little bit, but I mean, you've 00:07:49.880 --> 00:07:55.520 got a covered side panel, so it's not windowed, so as long as you've got 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:59.599 sleeved wires, things aren't going to stand out too much. And then you've also 00:07:57.520 --> 00:08:06.160 got a pretty snazzy looking front bezel. So, overall, I'd say the appearance gets 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:07.840 a pretty good rating from myself. Here's 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:11.840 all the hardware that needs to be included for mounting your motherboard, 00:08:09.599 --> 00:08:17.440 drives, and other things. And then last but not least, oh okay, they've actually 00:08:13.440 --> 00:08:19.520 included a 5 and 1/4 in to 3 and 1/2 in 00:08:17.440 --> 00:08:23.120 bay adapter. So just in case you still use a floppy drive or if you buy a 3 and 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:28.319 1/2 in card reader or anything like that, they've gone ahead and included 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:30.400 that. And uh hopefully that matches the 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:36.680 uh front style. No, not quite. That's all right. So then you can install a 3 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:39.200 and 1/2 in 3 and 1/4 00:08:36.680 --> 00:08:41.320 in media card reader or anything else you require. Thank you for checking out 00:08:40.560 --> 00:08:47.120 my unboxing and don't forget to subscribe 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.120 to Lionus Tech Tips.