Chassis

Spire X2 6011B Chassis Review

The Case: Interior

Now let’s take a look at the interior of the case shall we?

But first I want to take a look at the accessory box included with the case.

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We have a multi-language user manual, a Spire warranty cards, an 8-pin extension cable, 2 cable binders, some zip ties, 2 top dust filters (not shown on picture) and some installation screws in bags.

 

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Lets take a look at the space, Its not a super big case, but it has all the space it needs, no problem to mount an ATX-board, a large Power supply and a (or multiple) big VGA cards. Hard Disks or ssd’s are also no proble with 8 bays

 

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Like the X2 6018 the 6011B also has a CPU cutout for easily installing or switching CPU coolers without removing the whole motherboard. Also you can see the standoffs are already installed, I find this a nice thing.

 

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Here we have the 8 drive bay cages Its really nice you can remove upper one to get some more airflow or more space for big VGA cards. Its nice they include 2 cages but there are few people who have 4 or more HDD or SSD’s , the standard users normaly only use a HDD for their system and more advanced users and the home builders generally use a small SSD for Windows (or Linux) and some programs they use often and maybe some games, for mass storage they use a big HDD or sometimes 2. But i have rarely seen anyone who was using 6 or even 8 HDD’s.

 

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Like i said the upper drive cage is removable by just pressing two clips. So you have better airflow or more space for big VGA cards

 

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The only downside about the drive slots, the release clips are not so strong, i broke one off already and  if you slide them out most of the time they are stuck to the one beneath them but else its a good system. Also for SSD’s you can easily mount them in the slot by just lining em up with the holes and screw it in.

 

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We have three 5.25″ dive bays what i find a little weird because the cheaper 6018 had 5 bays, although 3 bays are enough for modern computer you can install a CD/DVD burner, fan controler,…

 

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Also for expansion possibilities, we don’t have to complain. With 8 PCIe slots its more then enough to install all you want: Two-way SLI or CrossfireX, A soundcard,… you can even set up a 4-way SLI or CrossfireX configuration!

 

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Also Cable management is no problem with this case you have tons of options,you have more than 8 cable hole, zip tieattachment points and cable clips! so its really good, and thats how it should be. Today cable management is a Must!

 

 

So that was the inside!  Now’s let’s go to the final verdict and conclusion ….

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