Hardware Secrets


Home | Camera | Case | CE | Cooling | CPU | Input | Memory | Mobile | Motherboard | Networking | Power | Storage | Video | Other
Content
Articles
Editorial
First Look
Gabriel’s Blog
News
Reviews
Tutorials
Main Menu
About Us
Awarded Products
Compare Prices
Datasheets
Dictionary
Download
Drivers
Facebook
Forums
Links
Manufacturer Finder
Newsletter
On The Web
RSS Feed
Test Your Skills
Twitter
Newsletter
Subscribe today!
Search




Recommended
Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
Build Your Own PC Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, by Mark L. Chambers (For Dummies), starting at $15.24
Home » Case
Rosewill Wind Ryder RZLS142-AP Case Review
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Reviews Last Updated: September 23, 2008
Page: 3 of 5
Real-time pricing for Rosewill RCP-6003.
Rosewill RCP-6003
Newegg: $19.99

The Disk Drive Bays

This case has four external 5 ¼” bays, two external 3 ½” bays and four internal 3 ½” bays. The external 3 ½” bays can be used by hard disk drives if you don’t have floppy disk drives or memory card readers installed, so you the maximum number of hard disk drives you can install is four, five or six, depending whether you use the external 3 ½” bays or not.

The disk drive bays don’t use any kind of screwless mechanism for fastening disk drives. Rosewill website says “Tool-less design,” but this is incorrect. The internal 3 ½” bays have a plastic holding mechanism, but it isn’t screwless. You need to add rounded head screws to the front holes from each hard disk drive and this can only be done by using a Phillips screwdriver. Then you slide the drive and the mechanism will lock the drive into place. Or sort of: the drive will be still lose so it’s better if you add a real screw to the rear holes from each hard disk drive. For the untrained eye the presence of these plastic holders for the hard drives can be deceitful, as you may think they are part of a screwless mechanism.

Rosewill RZLS142-AP
click to enlarge
Figure 9: Bays.

Rosewill RZLS142-AP
click to enlarge
Figure 10: You need to add these screws to the front holes from each hard disk drive.

This case has another 120 mm fan between the hard disk drive bays and the front panel. This fan however uses a standard 4-pin peripheral power plug, so you can’t monitor its speed.

Rosewill RZLS142-AP
click to enlarge
Figure 11: Front 120 mm fan.

« Previous |  Page 3 of 5  | Next »
Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark Article | Comments (0)

Related Content
  • Rosewill Conqueror Case Review
  • Cooler Master HAF 922 Case Review
  • Thermaltake Element G Case Review
  • NZXT Panzerbox Case Review
  • Thermaltake Element T Case Review

  • Recommended Deal.
    Antec SOLOAntec SOLO

    Antec LifeStyle Solo ATX Quiet Mini-Tower Case Piano Black SOLO K17801 Electronics Usually ships in 24 hours

    Amazon: $89.99 Newegg: $89.99
    Wal-Mart: $94.82 Buy.com: $93.03

    RSSLatest News
    Antec Announces the One PC Case
    February 9, 2012 - 8:06 AM PST
    Cooler Master Releases Elite 361 PC Case
    February 8, 2012 - 7:50 AM PST
    Microsoft Launches Kinect for Windows
    February 2, 2012 - 8:42 AM PST
    Transcend Announces SSD720 SSD Series
    February 1, 2012 - 7:55 AM PST
    .:: More News ::.


    © 2004-12, Hardware Secrets, LLC. All rights reserved.
    Advertising | Legal Information | Privacy Policy
    All times are Pacific Standard Time (PST, GMT -08:00)