Hiper Anubis Case Review :: Anubis Features

The Hiper Anubis case is constructed out of 6063 T5 Aluminum alloys. This is a military spec alloy which was used by Lockheed Martin in the wings of some of their jets. Aluminum is lighter weight than standard steel for the same size and stronger. The case is designed for up to 100KG of weight to be put on it, so stepping on the case. The weight of this case is 10.7KG which seems to be heavier than the Silverstone Kublai case I reviewed a few weeks ago, but that case had an aluminum door and had smaller dimensions so is not totally comparable to that case.

The case is an ATX Mid Tower case. Most computer cases except for server cases and the Full Tower cases are this variety. The dimensions of the case are 20.6" by 8" by 18.7". One good thing about the length of the case is that a long video card such as the 9800GX2 or HD3870X2 will fit inside the case without issue as to length of the card as some cases tend to do. The case can handle ATX, MicroATX, FlexATX and ITX motherboard sizes.

The front drive door is a mesh design. It is deep, making room for the 120mm fan installation easy inside the door. The door is held to the front by a magnet, meaning that moving the case around won't cause the door to open without a lot of force. The left side of the case is a windowed mesh design which some people will love and others will not like. I like the mesh window as it is easy to see inside the case while not easy to break or scratch as a glass or plastic window might have a tendency to do.

The Anubis has 6 5.25" Drive bays and 4 3.25" drive bays in a Modular Rack for hard drives. Ten drive bays should be enough for any user that doesn't want a Full Tower ATX case and in any event most users don't have a need for ten drives. But it's nice to have a case that has that many drive bays in case you need it. There are 6 external drive bays which allow you to install six CD drives or other drives with a rack. There is also a Floppy drive rack to install on two 5.25" bays for your FDDs.

The Osiris case has two external SATA connectors on the I/O area. The Anubis does not have this feature, but has 2 USB ports and three Audio jacks on the top of the case. This is also where the Power and Reset buttons lie on the case. The positioning of the IO on the top makes a lot of sense as you don't need to reach to turn on the computer or reset the computer.

The Hiper Anubis case comes with a single fan to cool the case components on the top of the case. There are two mounting areas for additional fans on the case one on the HDD mounting rack, one on the rear of the case above where the motherboard sits. One might ask why Hiper didn't install all three fans, well, everyone has different opinions of what looks good. The installation of a case fan that lights up may be great to some but may bother others. Hiper gives the user the choice of what case fan to use with their new case.

Seven openings for expansion are available on the rear of the case. ATX motherboards generally have one two or three PCI Express x16 slots for video cards, and up to four slots for other expansion devices, meaning that seven slots are normal. If you need more expansion a Full Tower ATX case is required as those are likely to be Full ATX motherboards that require it.

The Anubis has a nearly tool less installation in every facet of the case. The drives are held in place by thumb screws which makes insertion/removal of a drive easy, just use your thumb to install the screw and you are done. The rear expansion slots also use thumb screws to hold the back plates or devices in place. One area where Hiper could have improved is in using back plates that can be reinstalled.

Hiper gives you enough accessories to fit anyone's needs for this case. They include no less than 6 baggies with accessories for the case and a carrying case for extra accessories. Each baggie is labeled so even the most inexperienced system builder will not get confused as to what does what. The baggies contain: Rear case fan mounting screws, Floppy optical drive and PCI bezel thumb screws (24 pieces), fan of HDD rack mounting screws (4 pieces), Motherboard mounting screws (1), Motherboard mounting screws (15 pieces), Motherboard standoffs (15 pieces), and HDD PSU mounts (24 pieces) The Anubis does not have a removable motherboard tray which is a disappointment to myself as a high-end case like this should have in my opinion. One thing the Anubis does have that is excellent is a diagram of each form factor motherboard that it supports. In other words, if you have a micro-ATX motherboard, you would insert the mounting screws on the indicated holes, same with the other form factors. No need for guessing which hole needs which screw as it is clearly labeled.

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