BitFenix Colossus Venom Edition Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅25-12-10
Interior

With the side panels removed, the interior of the Colossus Venom Edition has a top quality finish. The motherboard CPU cooler backplate is especially large to cater for multiple socket types and there are rubber grommets for cable management along the top and sides of the motherboard tray to ensure the inside is kept neat and tidy.


Lots of room inside


Yet again we have the same features throughout the inside of the Colossus Venom too. The bundle however, has a new addition. We now have an instructions manual to assist with the operation of certain features within the Colossus Venom. The absence of this manual left many puzzled as to how to operate certain features. Its good to see that BitFenix have listened to criticism here and included this, however small or insignificant it may appear.


Bundle now includes an instructions manual


Installing devices within the Colossus Venom are very easy. Tool-less mechanisms are featured throughout. So for the expansion cards, a level is moved back and forth to lock the device into place. The HDD cage features 7 frames which allow you to fix into place 3.5" and 2.5" drives. These frames are quite thing and weightless, so if you have a number of them without drives within the cage its worthwhile removing them to avoid any rattling. Behind the HDD cage is a 230mm fan that can be controlled from the front panel. For optical drives we have another tool-less mechanism, to secure a drive in place a button just needs to be pressed in order to secure pins into the holes on the drive. Simple and easy.


8 expansion levels allow easy installation/removal



HDD frames all fit inside a cage



The touch of a button secures optical drives


Finally, looking at the rear and top of the Colossus Venom we can see an opening for the rear exhaust fan. BitFenix as with the original Colossus, do not include a fan here but you can choose to install one yourself. This particular position can host a 120mm or 140mm fan. Above the rear exhaust spacing there is a 230mm fan that has a 3-pin motherboard header cable. This can be removed, in place you can slot in one of your favourite fans or even fit in a water-cooling reservoir there is enough space. As with the other 230mm fan behind the HDD cage, this top mounted 230mm fan can be managed via the fan control located at the front panel.


Cooling options at the rear and top of the Colossus Venom


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