Rosewill Wind Ryder Mid Tower Case

Interior of the Wind Ryder:

To get inside the case all you have to do is removed two thumbscrews and slide the side panel off. The right side panel also uses thumbscrews. To mount the optical drives if you want screws on both sides you need to remove both side panels. The left side panel has a fan duct to bring air to your CPU. If you have are large heatsink you may need remove this. Once inside the case it should like pretty familiar like most ATX cases out there. The rear of the case has a 120 mm 3-pin fan. This fan is quieter than the front fan even at full speed.

Mounting for the expansion cards is done through a tool free piece of plastic. The plastic seemed flimsy and felt like if used too much it could break. The PCI slot covers are the non-reusable punch out type so if you removed one and then got rid of the expansion card you’d be left with a hole.

Optical drive mounting is as simple as popping out the plastic cover, sliding the drive into place and screwing it in. The hard drive is advertised as being tool free. This is not the case however. You still need put screws in the drive and then side it into place and it will clip into the black plastic tabs. The external 3.5” drives mount just like the optical drives do. In front of the hard drive bays is the front 120mm intake fan. This fan is louder and seems to move more air than the rear. It is powered via molex while the rear fan connects via 3pin. Rosewill also looked like they tried to help with cable management, there is one hook near the bottom of the motherboard tray for you to run cables through, but it’s fairly sharp on the edges and I wouldn’t want my cords getting cut by it.