Raidmax Viper Case

Exterior

The front of the Viper is made up of matte black plastic with orange plastic accents, with vents near the bottom for the front fan and a swinging door toward the top for access to 5.25″ and 3.5″ bays as well as the power and reset buttons. I found the black and orange to go really well together, giving the case a sharp, clean look.

With the door open we can see all of the available bays. There is an ample amount of space between the front of each bay and the door when it is closed, so a fan controller with knobs can be installed.

The left side panel includes a fan mounted on the window which is usually found on more expensive cases. The window is made of a dark tinted acrylic that is riveted to the case. Around back we can see the bottom mounted power supply location as well as the neat blue fan and expansion slot covers. There are also holes cut for water cooling tubing should you choose to install it. The bottom of the case has a removable dust filter for the PSU which easily slides our for cleaning.

Interior

The inside of the Viper maintains the good looks, now moving from the black/orange scheme to black/blue. We can see the CPU cutout, PSU cable management hole, HDD cage, and rear fan. The HDD cage’s tool-less design is the fairly standard twist-to-lock style with full plastic clips. All edges have either been curled over or smoothed and gave me no problems with scrapes or cuts. One bad thing that I noticed about all of the fans in the case is that they have no 3 pin connector on them, just molex. This was annoying for someone like myself who obsesses over quietness as the fans are forced to run at the full 12V all of the time.

On the left we see the cable management holes in the motherboard tray. These are in a great place and make it very easy to keep cables tucked away. In the middle we see the front fan, a 120mm with blue LEDs and on the right we see the case with the right side panel off. One problem I noticed with the case is that although there are plenty of cable management features, there is not much space behind the motherboard tray. We will discuss this more in the installation portion.

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