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- Build Quality Could Be Better
- No ToolLess Mechanisms
- Only 1 Preinstalled Fan
BitFenix Merc Alpha
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By Kitguru.net
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BitFenix have taken the market by storm over the previous 18 months and after a somewhat rocky launch period, we have seen their quality control and construction materials consistently improve. Today we look at their Merc Alpha Chassis, which is...
By Computing on Demand
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The rear of the Merc Alpha provides the already mentioned seven expansion slots, the rear cooling fan, two holes for water cooling, and a bottom mounted ATX power supply cutout. The rear fan cutout can accommodate 80mm, 92mm, and 120mm fans. The two...
By APH Networks
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If you have ever gone looking for a used car, typically, you don't go around looking for the cheapest car possible. However, if you are strapped for cash and need something quick and dirty, any car is usually better than no car. Of course, when I...
By Overclock3D
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So the Merc then, when I first saw it was going to be available from around £35 I have to admit I was worried this was going to be a properly basic case. Surprisingly though we have reviewed cases costing £40 - £50 that were not as good as this. It...
By Atomic MPC
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Great for budget builders, cooling...
By hardwarebbq.com
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“Judge a company's potential to make more expensive cases by the value they provide in low-cost cases…”- A very good and well-respected reviewer gave me this advice before I started reviewing cases.Bitfenix sent me one of their cases called “Merc” for...
By overclockers.com
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The quality of the case is very decent and gives you lots of options. For the price of $39.00 for the Merc Alpha from the BetFenix store…. it's a steal! You really can't go wrong with this budget case. There is lots of room for case fans, hard drives,...
By Real World Labs
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With so many successful PC Cases already the only question that remains is whether or not the people over at BitFenix have yet another winner in their hands with the Merc Alpha and the answer is yes, for the most part that is. The Merc Alpha...
By TechReaction.net
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Overall, the Bitfenix Merc Alpha is, well, optional. For a mid-tower at a very affordable price, it has several very good features, offset by only a couple of drawbacks. The wire management solution used by Bitfenix is top notch. The ease of...
By Hardware Secrets
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The Bitfenix Alpha Merc is an impressive case for its price. Compared to more expensive models, lots of features are missing, as you would expect, but compared to offerings in the same price range, the Alpha Merc simply blows the competition...
By AnandTech
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While we've had a chance to check out a few cases in the $200+ club and the majority of the enclosures we've tested have floated around the $99 price range, we haven't really put the screws (so to speak) to a truly budget case. That changes today,...
By PC-Max
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gar nicht so leicht. Obwohl die Gehäuse viele Gemeinsamkeiten aufwiesen - beispielsweise war in jedem Modell eine einigermaßen ordentliche Kabelverlegung sowie ein unkompliziertes Wechseln des CPU-Kühlers durch einen entsprechenden Ausschnitt möglich...
By TweakPC
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Nach dem ersten Blick auf das Merc Gehäuse, bei dem natürlich Kunststoff und Blech dominieren, sollte man sich nicht zu schnell ein Urteil bilden, denn gerade in der unteren Preisklasse spielen auch die Inneren Werte einen entscheidende Rolle. Hier...
By CaseUmbau
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BitFenix hat mit dem Merc ein sehr günstiges Geh?use auf den Markt gebracht, welches sich mit seinen 32,90 Euro (11/2011) sehr weit unten auf der Preisskala befindet. Somit sollte man auch nicht all zuviel vom Merc erwarten, da jedes Feature Geld...
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