Ikonik Ra X10 Liquid review

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Features

The RA X10 series is next to being a efficient and aesthetically pleasing chassis, also very hip in terms of innovation. See, the X10 series has what Ikonik calls a SIM module. The "SIM" version offers the System Intelligent Management PCB and functionality along with a full compliment of case fans. I didn't realize back then that they also fitted this chassis with liquid cooling pre-installed. And that makes it even more interesting. That largest version being called "LIQUID" offers a pre-installed water cooling, and in combo with the SIM module you can regulate fans and pumps and monitor temperatures within Windows itself.

Radical as it is, the Ra X10 features an amazing 13 fans and if that's not enough cooling, you can also get the Ra X10 LIQUID which features a liquid cooling kit. The chassis measures 220mm x 572mm x 606mm (W x H x D) and features six 5.25" drive bays (incl. converter kit for 3.5" external devices), ten 3.5" drive bays and eight PCI expansion slots.

Inside the case are dual 120mm front fans, one 140mm rear fan, 80mm rear bottom fan and a two 80mm quad side fan sets.

Hopefully these fans aren't too loud but the specifications indicate IKONIK thought about noise as the HDD bays and PSU railing have rubber strips to reduce vibration noise. The Ra X10 has tool-free features for the HDDs and optical drives and features washable dust filters. The top I/O panel has two e-SATA ports, four USB 2.0 ports, one IEEE 1394 port and audio & mic ports.

The Ikonik Ra X10 is available in two colors: black or silver. We received the black edition, the LIQUID version, so we will cool down our processor with the help of water today. With a RA for Radical.

Model Ra X10 LIQUID Ra X10 SIM Ra X10 Smooth
Type Big tower Big tower Big tower
Color Black/silver Black/silver Black/silver
Dimension 220 x 572 x 606 220 x 572 x 606 220 x 572 x 606
Material Aluminum Aluminum Aluminum
Drive bays      
5.25 inch 6 6 6
3.5 inch external 1 1 1
3.5 inch internal 8 10 8
Cooling      
Front 2 2 1
Rear 1 1 1
Lower rear 2 2 2
Side 2 x 4 2 x 4 -
Liquid cooling Yes Optional Optional
I/O ports      
USB 2.0 4 4 4
FireWire 1 1 1
Audio 1 1 1
e-SATA 2 2 2
Expansion slots 8 8 8
SIM Yes Yes -
Mainboard support ATX / µATX / E-ATX / mini-ITX / CEB ATX / µATX / E-ATX / mini-ITX / CEB ATX / µATX / E-ATX / mini-ITX / CEB

The Ra X10-Series is available right now. Prices start from $250 for Ra X10 Smooth, $379 (excl. VAT) for Ra X10 SIM and $539 (excl. VAT) for Ra X10 LIQUID.  But let's dive into a photo shoot guided article. As words can only say so much.

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