WEBVTT 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:15.839 Welcome to my unboxing of the Shinobi 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:19.039 with a twist. This is the Shinobi XL, 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:20.560 which stands for extra large. Actually, 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:26.000 I don't know that it does. It might stand for XLATX because while that does 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:32.559 mean that the case is probably extra large, uh Whoa, it's really big. Huh. 00:00:29.279 --> 00:00:36.160 Okay. And that's what Yeah, 00:00:32.559 --> 00:00:38.399 I said. Wait, no. Okay, backing it up. 00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:44.320 Um, XLATX is a longer than longer than standard 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:51.600 form factor. So, that is to say that it is, uh, you know, about 2 in longer than 00:00:48.800 --> 00:00:57.360 you're probably used to and sometimes wider. Here we have a manual. And let's 00:00:55.039 --> 00:01:02.000 go ahead and, you know what? Let's look at the box before we open this up. Here 00:00:59.760 --> 00:01:05.920 we go. Soft touch surface treatment. We're used to seeing that on Bit Phoenix 00:01:03.440 --> 00:01:11.280 cases. It feels nice, looks nice. Four super speed USB 3.0 ports, including or 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:15.840 in addition to, we'll figure that out later. Their supercharge port, which is 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:19.200 cool. Delivers up to 2.5 amps of power on the front USB, which means you can 00:01:17.360 --> 00:01:24.240 charge anything you want quickly. Tool-free design. A flex cage hard disk 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:28.479 rack, which means you can go this way, that way, or remove the whole thing 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:34.079 entirely. XLATX compatibility and superior water cooling support. So, this 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:37.200 case supports up to two triple 120 or 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:38.880 360 mm as the kids call them today 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:43.680 radiators natively. I am glad to see a 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:48.479 manufacturer taking or actually a lot of manufacturers these days taking water 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:54.880 cooling so seriously because while it's all fine and good to be able to put one 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:58.000 360 mm radiator, water cooling guys are 00:01:54.880 --> 00:02:01.600 like the kings of more is better. So two 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:04.079 360 mil radiators must be better. Uses a 00:02:01.600 --> 00:02:08.879 close cell foam, nice soft foam. Happy to see this. Previous bit Phoenix cases 00:02:06.320 --> 00:02:15.280 I've seen packed in a hard foam which I do not prefer. Um I definitely like to 00:02:12.720 --> 00:02:20.160 see closed cell foam because in Canada our country is really big and cases and 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:24.640 systems often have to travel very far about about an inch of padding by the 00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:27.920 way often have to travel very far before they reach their intended destination. 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:32.720 So, what that means is if you've got a if you've got a hard foam, 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:37.519 you might be in trouble because it'll survive the first drop for sure and it 00:02:35.200 --> 00:02:40.959 might survive the second drop. But I can tell you now, it's probably not going to 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:45.840 survive the third drop because once it breaks, the structural integrity is not 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:50.160 as good as it was before it was broken, which stands to reason. So, let's have a 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:54.879 look at the aesthetic of the case. 1 2 3 4 5 and a/4 inch base. Beautiful brushed 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:59.440 metal Bit Phoenix logo here on the front. It has what they're calling a 00:02:57.040 --> 00:03:03.599 classic Shinobi look. And I would agree that the Shinobi look is very classic 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:06.640 with clean lines, nice square overall design. Although I don't know if you can 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:10.319 call the Shinobi a classic case just yet because it hasn't been on the market 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:14.159 very long, although it's probably on its way. Here on the front, we've got our 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:18.239 charging port. So there it's marked with a battery and it's colorcoded yellow. 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:23.040 We've got four super speed USB3 ports, headphones, microphone, power, and 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:28.879 reset. That's a nice recessed reset. So, it's not that easy to hit by accident. 00:03:27.200 --> 00:03:32.080 Wonder how to get this off. It's got to be a way to do it. All right, let's move 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:35.680 around to Well, I guess the sides are pretty similar. You're not going to need to see the other side cuz it pretty much 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:41.280 looks a little something like this. So, you got your top piece. This is using the soft touch. The front bezel's using 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:46.159 soft touch. This is just a powder coated metal finish, although it's not bad. And 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:51.360 then on the back, see, this is what used to pass for water 00:03:48.720 --> 00:03:55.040 cooling ready. Now the manufacturers, including Bit Phoenix for this 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:58.319 particular case, are actually building in mounting space for radiators. It used 00:03:56.959 --> 00:04:04.720 to be they were like, "Yeah, you can, you know, run to a radiator outside of your case cuz someone actually does 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:08.239 that." No, they don't. So, this is not water cooling ready, but it's there in 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:11.840 case you actually do want to use it. And you could even run two separate loops. 00:04:09.920 --> 00:04:15.280 So, I guess that's kind of convenient if you're one of those guys who does run 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:18.720 chilled liquid, for example. I have done it, so I shouldn't say nobody does it, 00:04:16.799 --> 00:04:22.560 but it's just more rare. This is actually very solid. This is a big side 00:04:20.880 --> 00:04:26.720 panel, so you have to use a fairly thick grade of metal in order to have it have 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:31.520 very, very little flex like that. You guys see that? Not bad at all. 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:36.240 I mean, this is a slightly more expensive case than I've typically looked at in the past from Bit Phoenix, 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:40.240 so I guess it stands to reason that the overall build quality and the features 00:04:38.479 --> 00:04:45.120 are a little bit uh sort of higher grade. But yeah, I'm really impressed so 00:04:43.280 --> 00:04:49.600 far to be to be completely blunt with you guys. So, why don't we start with uh 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:55.919 I'll start with this side. Okay. So, we have our cables. We have 00:04:53.520 --> 00:05:00.720 Oh, okay. At least it uses a nice soft rubber so it's easy to fix. There we go. 00:04:58.479 --> 00:05:07.280 We have our cables right here. So, there is your power, 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:09.520 two front USB 3s, your front audio as 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:13.440 well as your front panel connectors and your front USB 2 and other more 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:20.639 different front USB 2. So that's so you have additional power presumably for 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:22.720 that charging port. All right, we've got 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:26.000 lots of cable management grommets. So regardless of what kind of a motherboard 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:31.520 you want to put in here, you can see we've actually got EATX mounting holes 00:05:28.960 --> 00:05:37.520 way over here. We've got standard mounting ATX mounting holes right here 00:05:33.840 --> 00:05:40.800 and then up to EATX with 3 4 5 6 7 8 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:43.919 nine PCI slots all the way down to here. 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:45.600 It supports a standard power supply with 00:05:43.919 --> 00:05:50.639 four Oh, these are really nice. These are nice high quality rubber. Uh nice uh 00:05:48.880 --> 00:05:54.560 rubber mounting points that hold it a little bit off the bottom of the case. 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:59.360 Filtered intake and it can go up to pretty much as long as you want uh 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:04.720 before bumping into anything and not fitting anymore. 00:06:01.520 --> 00:06:06.240 In the back, we have a 120 or 140 mm 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:12.000 fan, whichever you prefer, although it comes with a bit Spectre 120 mil. Up in 00:06:09.039 --> 00:06:18.560 the top we have what is hold on can't remember includes two 230. Yeah. So we 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:23.199 have a 230 mm cooling fan. Although you can see if I tip it even more the 00:06:21.440 --> 00:06:26.479 mounting holes are available here for that triple radiator. So that's where 00:06:24.960 --> 00:06:30.720 that's going to go. And there's actually a fair amount of space between this and 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:35.360 the top of the motherboard which is a bit of a rarity these days. Even though 00:06:33.440 --> 00:06:39.120 by the time you put a radiator and fans on it, you're going to need that space. 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:45.039 So, it's good to see that Bit Phoenix has gone ahead and included that. I 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:50.160 don't see yet how to take off this top piece, although I really would like Oh, 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:57.600 there we go. Okay, that was easy. Uh, did I break it? Oh, okay. So, basically, 00:06:53.759 --> 00:07:00.319 we've got the um 230 mil fan here. We've 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:03.360 got the 360 mil here. You've got Oh, look at this. You've got access to the 00:07:01.840 --> 00:07:07.039 front panel here. So, if you wanted to, I don't know, rewire something or 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:10.639 something, then you could you could do that. So, let's go ahead and put that 00:07:08.479 --> 00:07:16.479 back on. Mhm. 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:18.880 And line it up and force it. 00:07:16.479 --> 00:07:25.039 There we go. Okay. Uh, hard drive mounting. So, 1 2 3 4 5 6 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:27.680 7. These are compatible with 3 and 1/2 00:07:25.039 --> 00:07:30.800 as well as 2 and 1/2 in drives. They have some flex to them, although my 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:34.319 experience leads me to believe that they're probably a lot more sturdy once 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:37.919 you actually put a drive in them. The other 230 mil fan is here in the front. 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:42.000 This is a Spectre fan, but guys, bear in mind these are reasonably high quality 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:46.000 fans. Um, as Sorry. So, that one's in the front. 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:51.759 You can actually take this whole cage and you can undoing the screws in the 00:07:48.400 --> 00:07:53.360 bottom, I think. Yes. undoing the screws 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:58.080 in the bottom. You can actually turn the whole thing 90° if you want, if you 00:07:55.599 --> 00:08:01.360 don't need the additional space uh over here. So, the benefit of that is you're 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:05.280 going to get slightly better air flow through and between the drives versus if 00:08:03.440 --> 00:08:08.639 you have it, see this way. See how it kind of blocks a lot of the air flow? 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:12.639 So, that way it'll only be blocked where you actually have drives installed. 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:17.919 However, this has a nicer aesthetic in my opinion because you have more options 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:21.840 in terms of routing the wires to your drives. So, I personally would leave it 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:24.879 the way it is, but it's nice to have the option, and it's nice to be able to take 00:08:23.440 --> 00:08:30.400 it out entirely. I mean, if you decide you want to turn this case into a modding project of some sort, you've 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:35.120 actually got a lot of flexibility in here because it's basically a fairly 00:08:32.640 --> 00:08:38.800 plain, fairly clean looking box with a lot of space inside it. Um, you can 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:42.560 contrast that with something like the Cosmos 2 where it's a very large case, 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:48.320 but because of the way they've compartmentalized it, it's mostly useful 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:49.920 for a very specific type of user, a very 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:54.399 specific type of build, whereas this is more flexible, but maybe fewer features 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:59.839 off the hop. Okay, so here's your toolless mounts. These are toolless. 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:04.240 That's pretty much it. Let's go ahead and turn it around. Let's see what we got in terms of room for cable routing. 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:06.800 cuz yeah, it's fine and good to design a case that can hold all this hardware. 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:12.240 But if you can't reach anything with the cables, look at all that space. So that 00:09:09.680 --> 00:09:16.080 is look at that. We've got like looks like over an inch of space behind the 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:19.519 motherboard tray for routing cables. That is outstanding. And you can also 00:09:17.839 --> 00:09:23.600 see that by the time you install a drive here, you're still going to have like a 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:27.680 very, very reasonable amount of room behind your drives to route your SATA 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:31.360 cables to route your power cables down to where they need to go, which is to 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:36.160 the power supply or over to your motherboard without any hassle. So, I'm 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:38.880 glad to see that reasonably big CPU cutout. I wouldn't have minded seeing 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:43.760 something a touch bigger. It could have come over here, but in its place, Bit 00:09:41.040 --> 00:09:47.279 Phoenix has included uh securing points for routing cables behind the 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:52.160 motherboard tray. Cannot emphasize enough how important these are because 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:56.560 these a lack of these is half of the reason that you'll often end up in a 00:09:54.160 --> 00:09:59.760 situation where you are trying to close your other side panel and you can't 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:03.600 because the cables are all crossing each other every time you let go of them. So 00:10:01.760 --> 00:10:08.160 if you can tie everything down, you can often have a much tidier build because 00:10:06.160 --> 00:10:11.760 of it. So let's see what we've got in terms of included accessories. Here is a 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:19.680 Oh, this is kind of neat. So it's a 5 and 1/4 to 3 and 1/2 in bay. And then it 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:21.600 also includes a fan mount, I'm assuming. 00:10:19.680 --> 00:10:26.160 Includes a 2 and 1/2 in drive mount, that's for sure. As well as 3 and 1/2 in 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:29.839 drive mount that looks an awful lot like a fan mount. So I guess you guys can let 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:32.839 me know if I'm wrong or right about that one. 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:42.800 Okay, so inside here we've got Hey, look 00:10:40.560 --> 00:10:47.360 at this. more like cable management stuff with little double-sided tapes. 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:51.120 And um these are actually relatively long zip ties, which may seem trivial, 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:53.920 but it really does seem like a lot of uh case manufacturers cheap out on the zip 00:10:52.800 --> 00:11:02.079 ties. They give you ones that are like this long, and you're like, "Okay, so I can like wrap that around one cable, one 00:10:57.839 --> 00:11:04.160 ATX cable, um speaker, as well as all of 00:11:02.079 --> 00:11:09.760 the mounting screws and general whatnotss you will need. So, thank you 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:14.640 for checking out my unboxing and first look or overview or whatever you want to 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:16.240 call it of the Bit Phoenix Shinobi XL. 00:11:14.640 --> 00:11:20.800 So far, I would say that given the price point it's coming in at, and guys, don't 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:23.839 ask me the price. I almost always put a link in the description of the video so 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:28.320 you can click and you can see the price in either Canadian dollars or US 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:31.519 dollars. So, there you go. Um, but given the price point, I'd say it's very, very 00:11:30.079 --> 00:11:34.800 competitive feature-wise with a lot of the other stuff out there. 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