Outside

Like I mentioned in the opening, the Cullinan is Rosewill's first jump into the glass case market, one that has been picking up quickly. If I had to describe the Cullinan I would say that it looks almost exactly like the older Antec P180 line, this is because of the vents that run up both sides of the case up on the front edge. The Antec case also had a special edition mirror model and the glass finish of the Cullinan looks like a mirror when taking photos. That said the vent in the front is the only thing that seems to be really similar. The case doesn’t have a door running up the front and three of the sides have glass panels that while heavily tinted, still let us look inside of the case.

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Due to the extreme reflections, there aren’t any full side profile shots of the Cullinan, but the sides are made completely of thick glass panels. Each panel is heavy and altogether the Cullinan weighs 26 pounds. Pulling the side panels off takes the majority of that off the case, though. To hold each panel on Rosewill with a slightly different approach than In Win. All four corners of the panel have a hole drilled in it and then they put rubber washers in the glass. Then the case itself has pillars the glass slides on to. Then four wide thumbscrews hold everything together. The thumbscrews are exactly the same as what In Win uses. In fact, the Tempered glass sticker is the same as well, causing me to wonder if In Win isn’t the original manufacturer, not that it matters.

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Up on top of the case is a vent that takes up almost the entire top. The vent doesn’t come with any fans in it but supports two 140mm fans or three 120mm fans for a radiator setup. To keep things clean the top also has a fan filter that is attached by magnets. Normally I would be a little concerned with this being up top that it might get bumped off, but I had a hard time getting my fingers in to pull the filter off, I doubt it comes off accidentally. 

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Also up on top, along the front edge of the case is the I/O panel. In the center is the power button with and next to it is the smaller and harder to bump reset button. To the left are the microphone and headphone ports, both with small icons embossed in the plastic above them to label them. Then on the far left is a multi-speed fan controller. This lets you control the speed of the three front fans. Then over on the right, you get four USB plugs. Two are USB 3.0 and the other two are USB 2.0. They are all flipped vertical to fit more connections in the space of two but keep in mind if you use these for a thumb drive, especially a thicker drive, it might cover up a few ports.

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Even though both sides and the front of the Cullinan are all tinted glass, the rear of the case is standard case. It is sheet metal and has a traditional layout. The power supply opening is down at the bottom. There is a 120 or 140mm exhaust fan next to the rear I/O and there are two punch outs up top for water cooling. The case has 7 PCI slots and to help with airflow each of the slot covers is made out of mesh. The screws for the PCI slots are on the outside of the case but there is a slide up panel that holds all of the covers in place and fills in the gap that would be above the PCI slots. The sheet metal construction is all powder-coated in a satin black finish to match the rest of the case as well.

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The bottom of the case is simple and to the point as well. We can see that the front panel can be pulled off using the grip on the bottom. Beyond that, there are four raised feet with rubber pads on them to keep the glass case from sliding off a table. The feet being raised should help the power supply get airflow, even if you have the case sitting on the carpet. The PSU intake also has a removable fan grill, something that will also come in handy if you use the case down on the floor.

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #38219 19 Oct 2016 21:41
Today I check out Rosewill's new glass case, check it out

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