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Rosewill's Blackhawk Ultra Gaming Case Released

by - source: Tom's Hardware US

Rosewill has released its Blackhawk-Ultra "super tower", with spacing for HPTX motherboards (13.6" x 15"), second power supply or even a kitchen sink if needed.

The Blackhawk-Ultra has a red and black theme driven from its seven red LED fans (4 front, 2 top and 1 side panel). The massive amount of fans should provide adequate cooling to this case but those users seeking the need for water-cooling will be glad to know the case offers seven tube routing holes through the back panel. It supports a bottom-mounted PSU with a dust filter. For those power hungry systems, the case has support for an additional power supply. 

If storage is a concern for you, the Blackhawk-Ultra has you covered with space for ten 3.5" internal drive bays and four external 5.25" bays, all a screw-less design. Space for graphics cards are not a concern with the Blackhawk-Ultra with support up to a 17" graphics card (15.9" with all fans installed) and 10 expansion slots.

Rosewill Blackhawk-Ultra
Rosewill Blackhawk-Ultra
Motherboard Compatibility: ATX, SSI CEB, E-ATX,  XL-ATX, and HPTX
Video Card Support: 17" without second layer front fan or 15.9" with second layer front fan.
Rosewill Blackhawk-Ultra
Rosewill Blackhawk-Ultra
Drive Bays and Front Panel:
External 5.25" Drive Bays 4 (3 with an installed external 3.5" device)
External 3.5" Drive Bays 1
Internal 3.5" Drive Bays 10
Expansion Slots 10
Front Ports 2 x USB 3.0 (internal connector)
2 x USB 2.0
Audio In/Out (AC97, HD) 
Top-Mounted HDD Docking   
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Rosewill Blackhawk-Ultra
Rosewill Blackhawk-Ultra
Case Cooling Options:
140mm Fans 2 x Front 140mm Red LED Fan (first layer) (pre-installed)
2 x Front 140mm Red LED Fan (second layer) (pre-installed)
1 X Back 140mm (pre-installed)
230mm Fans 2 x Top 230mm Red LED Fan (pre-installed)
or 3 x 120/140mm Fan (optional)
1 x Side 230mm Fan
or 9 x 120mm Fan (optional)
Side Air DuctNo

Case Dimensions:
Dimensions
(W x H x D)
Front & top panels included
9.45” x 25” x 25.99” inches

Front & top panels NOT included
9.06” x 23.63” x 24.41” inches
Weight 36.6 lbs.

You can visit Rosewill's product page for more details.

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t_wilson 11/05/2011 5:06 AM
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Weight 36.6 lbs. :O

Is this an anti-Superman case made out of lead? It must at least be bullet proof.

runswindows95 11/05/2011 5:19 AM
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That's the good thing about cases. If you buy a good enough one, it will last for a few builds. I saw this on Newegg already. It does look impressive.

mouse24 11/05/2011 5:21 AM
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im liking the look of this case... but why does everyone seem to think red/blue LEDS look awesome... im quite partial to green ones myself :)

JOSHSKORN 11/05/2011 5:21 AM
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I'd like to see a review on this thing, to include cooling for OC'ers.

andrey64 11/05/2011 5:24 AM
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this is my type of case. direct competition with 800d

mortsmi7 11/05/2011 5:24 AM
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otacon72 11/05/2011 5:37 AM
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otacon72 11/05/2011 5:41 AM
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BulkZerker 11/05/2011 5:50 AM
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mortsmi7 :
Side fan but no side vent?



Most of the case side is mesh.

rrockman 11/05/2011 5:55 AM
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Newbie's question, triggered by the 2 power supplies thing: would it be possible to power a graphic card through a second power supply and then turning it on and off at-will, with the rest of the system on? Or would that fry something dead? (And why?)

alidan 11/05/2011 5:59 AM
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my computer is in the room i sleep in, so yea... rather not have the big (expletive deleted) lights in my computer case, as it stands every electronic that i have, if i can put something over the lights. logitech z5500 pod, i have a sd reader with a hard plastic black car part sticker on it in front of the power switch i have another sticker on my case over the BRIGHT BLUE on led, and the hdd activity one, 6 layers of card stock over the ps3 on lights, and a sticker on my external hdd which is such a bright blue that at night it can light up my whole room.

hell i had to buy a new power supply recently, you have any idea how painfull it was to buy one that had led in it because it was the only one that best buy sold that i trusted and i needed it yesterday... tears of joy were shed when i found out that i could turn the leds off. on the bright side, it provides light to the back of my computer in stead of me needing a flashlight.

amk-aka-phantom 11/05/2011 6:29 AM
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stonedatheist 11/05/2011 6:44 AM
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amk-aka-phantom :
Probably great cooling, but ugh... so ugly! Worse than HAF series. NZXT and Corsair cases are much better. Is it so hard to design a good-looking case?!



Somebody has very high standards of case beauty. I'd say it looks rather nice.

subgum 11/05/2011 7:02 AM
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I'm actually using the Rosewill Blackhawk right now, and this "Ultra" version looks exactly the same, but with red (instead of blue) lights, 1 more fan on the top, and the side panel has been replaced with all mesh instead of a window with fan/vent.

I clipped the front fan LEDs on mine because there were distracting, but overall it's been a really awesome case.

mattmock 11/05/2011 8:04 AM
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@alidan I tape pennies over all the leds in my bedroom.

metallifux 11/05/2011 9:28 AM
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I wish i could buy Rosewill but havent been able to find them for sale in Australia, does anyone know a supplier?

SteelCity1981 11/05/2011 10:41 AM
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the vbast majority of the time the heaver a case is it the better built quality it is.

halcyon 11/05/2011 11:08 AM
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Slick. ...and replace the red with blue or white LEDs and you have cold and slick. Yummy.

killerclick 11/05/2011 11:10 AM
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Is it a secret that Rosewill is the house brand of Newegg?

halcyon 11/05/2011 11:18 AM
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Hey, wait a minute...this is looking A LOT like a CM 690II. This could easily be a CM690III. :heink: Okay, how can I work a snide Apple remark into this? ...wait...wait...it's com'n...ahhh...

If Apple had a phone that was just a tweaked copy of an Android phone everyone's panties would be twisted, and maybe even soiled. Wait...you're...gonna...say... wait.... You're gonna say that Apple does copy Android and that's where the iPhones come from. ROFL.

Its a nice case though and I'm glad to see Rosewill improving their quality, even if they're not innovating.

CaedenV 11/05/2011 12:03 PM
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MattMock :
@alidan I tape pennies over all the leds in my bedroom.


I dont know about wasting pennies, but electrical tape goes over everything I have.
I do have 1 fan with LEDs on the bottom panel of my case. It gives a nice glow effect so I know that it is on (because my case is currently silent), but I can turn the light off if I need to. But lights and noise are just not to be tolerated in my house... a glorious ideal that will be shattered as my son gets older.

amk-aka-phantom 11/05/2011 12:13 PM
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amk-aka-phantom 11/05/2011 12:14 PM
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halcyon 11/05/2011 12:22 PM
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amk-aka-Phantom :
Troll'n again? No way, CM690II looks way better than this POS!


Good morn'n from the Eastern US, Bro. Yeah, a little troll'n gets the blood mov'n. I'd have to see this Rosewill "copy" up close to see the build quality compared to the CM690II...but do you not see the similarities in the layout?

unionoob 11/05/2011 12:36 PM
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... at first when I looked at pictures I thought it was cm690II upgrade.. but looks like I was wrong =/

lostmyclan 11/05/2011 12:38 PM
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this is a copy of obsidion series... but heavy :) lol 100 watts of fans :) nice rosewill can pay my powerbill?

mrmotion 11/05/2011 12:49 PM
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Rosewill is definitely stepping up the game. Its nice to see what they have done. My next case my be one of theres. They used to be cheap crappy cases but this one shows some definite promise for some high end all internal case builds. Lot of space to do some cool shit

amk-aka-phantom 11/05/2011 12:58 PM
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halcyon wrote :

Good morn'n from the Eastern US, Bro. Yeah, a little troll'n gets the blood mov'n. I'd have to see this Rosewill "copy" up close to see the build quality compared to the CM690II...but do you not see the similarities in the layout?




Lol, good evening to you, too :D I see the similarities, but that's like every other case out there! And CM690II looks better - maybe because of the blue LEDs? Can't stand the red ones... that's probably because I always get freaked out because of the red lights inside my case, they've pissed me off enough when my board used to get GPU errors :lol: My new case will have blue lighting only, that's for sure.

halcyon 11/05/2011 2:19 PM
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amk-aka-Phantom :
Lol, good evening to you, too I see the similarities, but that's like every other case out there! And CM690II looks better - maybe because of the blue LEDs? Can't stand the red ones... that's probably because I always get freaked out because of the red lights inside my case, they've pissed me off enough when my board used to get GPU errors My new case will have blue lighting only, that's for sure.


Yeah, I'm not a red-LED-case-hav'n kinda guy either. ...makes the case look like it's on the r@g or someth'n. :heink: I think that was one of my problems with the stock HAF-X...but I see they're now offering a corrected version.

amk-aka-phantom 11/05/2011 2:46 PM
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halcyon wrote :

Yeah, I'm not a red-LED-case-hav'n kinda guy either. ...makes the case look like it's on the r@g or someth'n. :heink: I think that was one of my problems with the stock HAF-X...but I see they're now offering a corrected version.




HAF X looks ugly no matter the colour of LEDs. Corsair and NZXT FTW.

Chef_Boyardee 11/05/2011 5:19 PM
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mrmotion :
Rosewill is definitely stepping up the game. Its nice to see what they have done. My next case my be one of theres. They used to be cheap crappy cases but this one shows some definite promise for some high end all internal case builds. Lot of space to do some cool shit



Amen. I saw a PSU of theirs a couple years back and it was pretty scary. I wouldn't trust it. Now they show promise.


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