Chenbro Gaming Bomb II: Anyone for Upscale Gaming?
by Purav Sanghani on December 14, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Internal Design
Inside, the Gaming Bomb II Chenbro has served up a full plate of features. Chenbro has employed a wide variety of tool-less features, most of which are new to us. These include drive locking systems, which are the first of their kind that we have seen.
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To secure 5-1/4" drives, we first turned the knobs 180o counter-clockwise, inserted the drives in the bays and turned the knobs back 180o clockwise to lock them in place.
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The 3-1/2" external drive bay mounts were designed slightly different. We first have to open the locks by pulling the lever out from left to right, and then back to the left to snap it back in place once the drives are inserted.
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Another drive bay feature that we noticed was Chenbro's FlexiBayTM technology. The Xpider II employed a removable drive cage, which positioned HDDs with power and data connections facing the back of the case. The GB2 has updated this cage to allow users to reposition the cage so that the drive bays can be mounted to have their power/data cable connections face to the left or right side of the chassis as well as back towards the motherboard. A potential downside to the cage is the lack of the tool-less design that the upper drive bays have. The HDD cage uses screws, which are conveniently supplied down the side of the cage, to mount HDDs.
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Filibuster - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
Looks like an overpriced Antec P160 ripoff.arswihart - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
just get a PC-60 with door fan/windowkarlreading - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
1st up: guys why are most of u stripping flesh of the reviewer. reviewers job well done IMHO.2nd up: Nice case. personally, in the past, i have looked at the gaming bomb as a cheapo, tacky orange piece of crap. this is stylish, VERY stylish. specially like the handels on the top of the case, almost gives it a apple G5 flava, and whilst i not a fan of the G5 ( or apple in general ) they do look sweet;)
however, the price of the case does appear a tad bit expensive: 240 U$D, even with the very poor dollar, makes this case £134 UKP, now i got my coolermaster black widow for £80, and thats pushing my personal envelope for a case, budget wise. definatly a case for those who are truly hardware addicts, especially when the usd price put it at mpore that a decent 6600GT, and a lot of people would rather have a nice-ish video card then a swanky case. might hurt sales a bit. i reccon chenbro should launce a case that looks the same, but has cheaper internal features, to get it out at a price point where the majority can afford it, then, it would be a Class A case.
karlos
Gholam - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
Frankly, I don't see the point of spending $240 on this, when HEC 6A series cases cost as little as $60, PSU included. Hell, a CM Stacker costs $170 and is worlds better than this thing.kcma - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
OMFG!!! a case review that doesnt review a BUTT UGLY TACKY AS HELL case!!!avijay - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
#1 I agree with your suggestion completely. Some facts and figures on the fans will be mighty helpful. Also Purav, I know this case didn't have a PSU with it, but in the future if cases have one, can you review those as well please, if not with the case review then on its own. Also, would it be possible to see a roundup of 400W+ PSUs anytime in the near future. I've looked through many a PSU. Liked some, and not so much others. Sometimes, its nice to be able to look at reviews as they tend to have a more information than the average review at say newegg or somewhere like that. Infact I'd say reviews for case fans and CPU HS/Fan will also be very welcome.Poser - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
"So, the question on everyone's mind is, 'is the Gaming Bomb II worth the money?' In our honest opinion, the GB2 is one of the best cases that we have seen in Chenbro's product line."I'm not sure if that quote was a deliberate dodge, or just bad writing. Either way, it was pretty ugly to read.
Zepper - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
Avert your eyes - tortured language ahead:"Instead, we received a case that had the looks of something for which only an enthusiast would feel comfortable spending." ... and there's more.
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. When you can get a similar Kingwin for under $100. ??? Sorry, looks aren't worth $150.!
.bh.
mongoosesRawesome - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
Finally a case reviewed here that isn't butt ugly. Too bad its 240 bucks.Try reviewing cases someone would actually buy for a change.
Degrador - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - link
Hmm... I guess I was just expecting a little more out of the GB2. Makes me feel a bit better about the Stacker I bought though.