BitFenix Ghost PC Chassis Review

Starting with the left side of the chassis we see that the side panel is held in place with two quick release thumb screws. While the side panel is made of metal, the outer frame covering from plastic, BitFenix have used their clever NanoChrome surface treatment, giving both surfaces a matching finish, which does look pretty slick.

Along the top of the chassis we have a removable dust filter panel, a hot spot hard drive bay with a pop up lid and the main I/O panel. The front panel features the usual power and reset buttons, hard drive and power LED’s, headset, microphone, 2 x USB 2.0 and 2 x USB 3.0 ports.

The hard drive dock uses a simple push-click mechanism to open and has more than enough room for a 2.5″ or 3.5″ SATA hard drive.

The top dust filter uses the same push-click locking system as the hard drive dock and offers you enough space to mount a pair of 120mm or 140mm radiators and/or fans.

The front panel offers up a really clean look, the only thing that really stands out is the silver finish on the BitFenix logo towards the bottom of the front panel.

An interesting little feature to the front panel door is that it can be opened from either the left or right sides, allowing you easy access from either side. Behind the front panel we find that there is room for 3 x 5.25″ drives, a FDD or Card reader and another removable dust filter similar to that we found on the top of the chassis. The front panel door has also been lined on the inside with sound proofing material to help reduce noise from within the chassis.

With the dust filter removed we see that BitFenix have included a 120mm intake fan as standard, although there is room for a 2nd one should you wish to upgrade.

The right side panel features the same design as the left and is also held in place by two quick release thumb screws.

The Underside of the ghost features four rubber coated feet to help reduce vibration. These feet are connected by a slow arch design that privides great ground clearance for better airflow to the underside of the chassis, but also provide an area to mount two sets of Alchemy lighting strips (sold separately). The end result would be similar to putting neon strip lights on the underside of a car. The base of the chassis also features a large dust filter which is held in place  magnetically.

Around the back we can see that there is a fair bit of room in the top of the chassis over the motherboard I/O cut-out and the 120mm pre-installed fan, this extra room is to allow for additional cooling in the top part of the chassis. Below that we have some capped cut-outs for routing of water cooling pipes or cables, 7 expansion slot covers and a bottom mounted PSU area.