Alienware Aurora 7500 (Chassis)

Contacts: Reviewer: Stuart "Veridian3" Davidson
Editor/Designer: Allan "Zardon" Campbell

 

We mentioned above that the box that the product arrived in was very large, I’m guessing one of the reasons for this would be due to the large casing. The actual case used by Alienware is similar in size and design to a Chieftec Dragon; however, on top of the case, you also have the Alienware shell and front panel that makes the system taller, wider and longer than the Chieftec case.

As you can see from the pictures above, the case itself is lovely. The shell is very nicely designed and has a glossy finish throughout.

The Rear of the case is a standard design with nothing abnormal going on.

Opening the side panel reveals the system’s components. Something worth mentioning is how tidy the entire case is. All cables are routed so that they are out of sight until absolutely necessary and they are all tied into place as to not get in the way.

Another nice touch is the foam lining in the case, which runs down both sides of the case and along the base, helping to dampen the noise produced.

You can also see from the shots that the 2 PCIe and 1 PCI cards are held in place by cardkeepers, which are designed to provide some extra stability.

Additional cooling in the case is provided by one side fan (80mm) which draws in air onto the GPU and CPU areass and one rear exhaust (120mm) that extracts the air from the system. Alienware seems to have also stuck with stock heat sinks and fans for the CPU and graphics cards.

 

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