Novatech Brawler Pro Full System Review

Posted by: David Mitchelson (Mishima) on: 06/25/2009 10:58 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A Closer Look
The Brawler Pro comes packaged in a well padded box. Inside is the tower itself, keyboard, mouse, wireless transceiver and batteries along with two boxes containing all the documentation for components, software and additional accessories such as crossfire adaptor, molex to pci-e, vga to dvi, and drivers discs.

The Brawler Pro as stated in the specifications comes sitting in a Hiper designed case exclusively for Novatech. This case comes in a nice air brushed alloy finish, and just from first impressions it’s quite evident this case is high quality. All parts to this case on the exterior – even the front fascia are constructed of alloy.

The left panel of the Osiris case features a large mesh Perspex window. Both side panels are fixed in place by two tension clips on either side. All you do to remove is push the clips in a downward motion and remove the side panel. It’s really that easy – no screws, no messing about. Taking a closer look at the mesh side panel, it appears as a strange combination to have a Perspex window and mesh. It disturbs the view somewhat.

In typical fashion there is a front intake fan (Hiper 120mm) and a rear exhaust fan. There is also some additional cooling at the very top of the case which I am sure will assist in getting the CPU temperatures down. On the underside of the case there is an area that hosts an outlet to allow the PSU some additional cooling, along with a dust filter for this gap. The base of the case can pickup dirt and this is a good method of reducing this from happening whilst giving that PSU a little more chance of shedding heat. On the base we also have 4 removable rubber feet.