Excellent cases from an unexpected source - Rosewill

[590]

I havea cheap Rosewill case. I think it cost me 40 bucks. Does the job.

 

[Zepper]

Bump for weekend lurkers and skulkers...


.bh.

 

[Zepper]

bump for ending specials

bh

 

[Zepper]

Bump for new eyes - still good deals.

.bh.

 

[VinDSL]

You know what, my friend...

I was reading about Thomas Paine the other night. He was such a radical, when he left America and moved to France, he was castigated by all the 'Founding Fathers', so called. The only person that stayed in contact with him was Thomas Jefferson, who was a francophile himself...

Derided by the public and abandoned by his friends... Paine died at 59.

At the time of his death, most US newspapers reprinted the obituary notice from the New York Citizen, which read in part:

• "He had lived long, did some good and much harm."

Only six mourners came to his funeral, two of whom were black, most likely freedmen.

There's a lesson to be learned here, Zepper, especially given your propensity to quote him...

 

[Zepper]

Truly principled people seldom have a lot of friends - they tend to hold them accountable for their actions...

.bh.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Zepper
Truly principled people seldom have a lot of friends - they tend to hold them accountable for their actions...

Oh, my! I see... It's worse than I thought!

Denial and justification...

That's rather disappointing! I expected more out of you!

Oh, well, you're still on my mover n' shaker list, along with Galvanized (recently slapped down) and Howard (old and overtly cautious). Guess nobody's perfect, eh?

Um, you aren't perfect, are you, Zepper?

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Zepper
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Bundle specials are over but still some good deals on them at the Egg.

Full review of R5604 now posted on http://www.techimo.com/reviews/

Preliminary review of my R5604 that came today (from Cal. so I don't feel ripped on the shipping - if they'd shipped from NJ, I might feel a bit warm) is posted a ways down the thread. Enjoy!


Rosewill has either got something figured out over there or all of this casitude is just accidental. We all should know that Rosewill is a packaging division of Newegg so I don't suppose you'll see much Rosewill other than at Newegg and ChiefValue and perhaps M&P shops.

First they snap up some Yeong Yang cases (two color schemes of 5601 and one 5604) and now they've got the R6A series with three styles. I don't know the origin of those yet, but they have slides for opticals, 0.8mm SECC steel, grommets for HDDs (the HDD cage is the correct orientation), mostly toolless, looks like it will fit 120 f/r, the ports panel is not ALL the way at the bottom, and ridiculously cheap! These could be 3000B killers. They have front doors - a warning for those of you who don't like doors. Holy Crap! I just figured out who makes these - the same company that makes 'em for Antec and Compucase/HEC. Identical inside! Man, I thought those insides looked familiar...

The R560x series also has HDD grommets in rails, sidesaddle HDD bays, ports panel on top, 120 F/R, mostly toolless, has door. Excellent price with Instant Discount - unfortunately the solid black one doesn't get the I-D anymore (but not hard to make the Black/Silver one All Black if you want... A bit higher priced than the R6A series

None of these new boxes have side windows, but that's not hard to fix if you want.

Link to Rosewill cases at Newegg:

.bh.

PS: Thanks for reminding me G-Y,
. None of them come with PSUs - which is just the way I like it (except for the Arctic Cooling Silentiums that come with Seasonic!)!

Co-sign

I've been praising Rosewill's stuff and gotten great feedback from those who went down that untraveled road since debut 1.5 years ago.. I got a single rail PSU from them that blew away my true antec.. could handle a dual core extremly high OC, 111W video, water pumps, big fans lots of drives all for $39.99!!

Unfortuatly they caught on and that PSU is now $60, still a bargain compared to the advertisers PSU's. Yes Advertisers - that's how Rosewill saves y'all money by cutting them out - no glossy print ads in MAximum PC, no paid "reps" in threads giving "technical support" and no flashy distrubing ads at every hardware site you hit - are all things you pay for with other brands. Instead Rosewill goes to the same factory where your OCZ or Antec is made and says make me one too cutting out the middle man and advertisers and bringing a great product to you. Newegg makes more this way and you saves more. win win!

 

[Zepper]

I don't think Rosewill's other cases are on the same level as these new ones and most of their PSUs are made by ATNG/Coolmax which doesn't advertise much anyway. That last paragraph reads like ad copy - we're supposed to disclose company relationships if we comment on them...

.bh.

 

[Zepper]

Someone gets the "Misreading Between the Lines Award" for the day...

.bh.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Instead Rosewill goes to the same factory where your OCZ or Antec is made and says make me one too cutting out the middle man and advertisers and bringing a great product to you. Newegg makes more this way and you saves more. win win!

LoL! What did they do with the middleman?

Who hasn't heard that broad appeal by Geico to the public? Sounds inviting, doesn't it?

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as 'cutting out the middle man' unless you buy directly from Rosewill -- that is, if Rosewill even exists in anything other than name alone...

Check THIS out...

 

[Zebo]

Hehe not at all I was being genuine.. just like when I say newegg getting costly and ripping on shipping as of late in other threads.. No one is safe from critisism and I'll continue to evangelize as strong as I like products that kick ass. Don't like FU.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Zebo
I'll continue to evangelize as strong as I like products that kick ass. Don't like FU.

Absolutely! I do the same thing, at the other end of the scale, with Mountain Mods cases...

I'm just trying to interpolate what I'm 'hearing' in this thread!

I *guess* you guys are basically saying Rosewill offers the best cheap, no-name cases at the egg, right? Personally, I've always given Enermax that dubious distinction, but maybe the market has [de]evolved...

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Zepper
Rosewill has either got something figured out over there or all of this casitude is just accidental. We all should know that Rosewill is a packaging division of Newegg so I don't suppose you'll see much Rosewill other than at Newegg and ChiefValue and perhaps M&P shops.

LoL! Their slogan is "Vivid As Imagination"... so, I (ahem) imagine you're right!

*edit*

Then, again, maybe not...

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: VinDSL

Originally posted by: Zebo
I'll continue to evangelize as strong as I like products that kick ass. Don't like FU.

Absolutely! I do the same thing, at the other end of the scale, with Mountain Mods cases...

I'm just trying to interpolate what I'm 'hearing' in this thread!

I *guess* you guys are basically saying Rosewill offers the best cheap, no-name cases at the egg, right? Personally, I've always given Enermax that dubious distinction, but maybe the market has [de]evolved...

Totally differnet ballpark. Mountain mods cost $250 starting and have no competition in either space or asthetics.

Newegg's rosewill, while not a moutnain mod, $30 cases rock - thick sheet metal, drive suspension, 120MM fan .. much like $75 antecs but for half the price. That's all. Good inexpensive case. What many are finally looking for instead of the $30 cases of yesterday which were razor sharp, rattled and "bent" when you picked them up.

And no it's not a Silverstone or Lain li either. But it's $30.

I *guess* you guys are basically saying Rosewill offers the best cheap, no-name cases at the egg, right?

Yup.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Newegg's rosewill, while not a moutnain mod, $30 cases rock - thick sheet metal, drive suspension, 120MM fan .. much like $75 antecs but for half the price. That's all. Good inexpensive case. What many are finally looking for instead of the $30 cases of yesterday which were razor sharp, rattled and "bent" when you picked them up...

Great! All hail, Rosewill!

I know what you're 'talking' about! I remember those $30 cases of yore. I bought a $30 case, once, that was so bad I had to break the welds on the drive cage, with a hammer and cold chiesel, to get my drives into it. They had spot welded the sides too narrow, and it was either that or take a bastard file to my HDs. Three months later, I had to replace the fan in the PSU... :roll:

I've been Google'ing 'Rosewill Inc', and can't really find anything about them, except the usual mission statement on their official web site. They are supposedly located in City of Industry, CA, however, the Rosewill domain name is registered to Rickie Lee in Shanghai, China... Interesting!

Anyway, good find, you guys! Maybe favorable reviews will come rolling in and sanctify your vision...

 

[bluesky]

Nice review.
I'll probably try the Antec clone.
So, what did you do with the side panel vent and duct?
Any advantage using 38mm fan over 25mm one, or just the Sanyo fan is better?

 

[Zepper]

We don' need no sanctification.

The R6A is the same as the Antec SLK3000-B inside and the R560x are the same as the YeongYang of the equivalent number. Reviews of both are already out there aplenty - but not necessarily in Engrish...

Tom's has one of the 5601 in Engrish. I see another of the 5601 (also called the Cetus) on OverclockerCafe and a review of the 5603 (aka Mars) on PimpRig and cluboverclocker. I supposed if I searched for the 5604 under its given name, Aquarius, I might find more reviews.

Only problem is you can only get the Rosewill versions thru Newegg/ChiefValue, so no price competition. And it's really hard to find the YY versions anywhere in the states except for YY's captive reseller and their prices are about double Newegg's prices on the Rosewill equivalents. The most common YY case you can find around is their cube server case, the YY-0221B.

.bh.

 

[VinDSL]

Aha! I cross-referenced the addy...

ABS Technologies Inc. (Newegg) Attn. Evelyn Hwang
17708 Rowland Street City of Industry, CA 91748
T.(562)695-8823, (800)390-1119 / F.(626)810-5351
http://www.newegg.com

e.g. Newegg's 'Rowland Warehouse', so called...

Bottom line: ABS Technologies = Newegg = Rosewill

Sorry! Carry on...

 

[Zepper]

Here she comes again...

.bh.

 

[StevenNevets]

Haha, when I posted a topic in general hardware (didn't know there was a case forum)
everyone was telling me rosewill sucked, get a name brand, it's cheap for a reason...
I knew it was good all along - sort of


Guess this is a good deal then? love the look

Case: Rosewill R6A34-BK 0.8mm SECC 120mm Fan ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147041
$39.99

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: StevenNevets
Haha, when I posted a topic in general hardware (didn't know there was a case forum)
everyone was telling me rosewill sucked, get a name brand, it's cheap for a reason...
I knew it was good all along - sort of

LoL! You came to the right thread...

Pick up a 680W Echostar and you got 'Zepper Gold' for only 68 bones! :laugh:

 

[StevenNevets]

I'm good on the psu, was just wondering what you guys though of the case

 

[Zepper]

OP, That Rosewill case is not a really good deal unless you think the different front is worth the extra $7 or so (shipped) over the Antec SLK-3000B from provantage.com . They are identical cases other than the bezel. AFAIC, the different appearance is worth the extra. That Antec front has been around at least since the 3700AMB came out - getting tiresome. The case has the same drawbacks as the 3000B which are that the door hinges are probably fragile (so be careful with it), and it could use another inch or so of depth so long add-on cards won't impinge on the hard drives or vice-versa. Other than that, you can't beat the casitude for the money.

Vin,
. Have you ever seen me recommend an Echostar PSU? Now, I have no problem with saving money, but that's ridiculous - so I "resemble" that remark. I recommend high value stuff with functionality that one could easly pay two or three times the price and not get the equal. My current PSU recommendation for 90+% of systems is the Enhance ENP-5140GH from ewiz via Froogle (saves over $1.50 - wow).
. Oh, and you're just now popping to the ABS/Newegg connection... Newegg was once the components purchasing dept of ABS. ABS spun it off into a separate direct seller of components to reduce average parts costs for their systems. As luck would have it, now Newegg/ChiefValue is many times the size of its parent. I can't remember how long ago I posted that Rosewill was an in-house packager for newegg - I don't think much later than a month or two after the brand showed up there - I'll have to search the archived messages here. I'm thinking that XClio has become another Newegg packager (once was a division of Meridian) as Froogle can't find that brand anywhere but at Newegg/ChiefValue and ebay - and those eBay sellers probably bought from Newegg/ChiefV to sell to the dismally uninformed consumers there. But Newegg's packagers seem to pick decent and interesting products to package on occasion - lots of Rosewill stuff is AOpen, PSUs are Coolmax/ATNG. That XCLio A380 case is Kewl and lots of pimply faced fan-boys would probably hump their mutts on film for one...

.bh.

 

[emilyek]

Still only slightly above junk.

They would sell even more if they would change their name from 'Rosewill' to something more typical like 'MAXCASE' or 'POWERCOOL' 'TOPTECH'-- or some crap like that.