BitFenix Comrade ATX Chassis Review
Peter Donnell / 10 years ago
Complete System
Total build time on the Comrade was a breezy twenty minutes. There aren’t any crazy or innovative features to play around with and whilst the chassis isn’t big, everything fit easily enough with no issues. Even cable management is pretty tidy, although this is more to help with airflow rather than aesthetics as the chassis has no side panel window.
I’ve got a 2.5″ drive and a 3.5″ drive installed, and whilst you can remove the bays, there is loads of room spare for our GTX 560ti, in fact most mid-to-high end graphics cards should fit in here without issue, although you may run into problems with multiple GPU’s as the lower card could conflict with the bottom hard drive bays.
With 300mm of clearance it is also important to check if your GPU has rear or side power connections as these could conflict with the case, although that wasn’t an issue with the Comrade.
There is plenty of room here for a dual GPU configuration, it’s just a shame the case has snap-off PCI slot covers.
Overall it’s a very nice looking build on the interior, despite a few minor issues.
