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On the Rosewill stand for 2013 we were shown a few interesting cases, plus a competitor to the Corsair AX1200i.</p>
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The main case I particularly liked was the new Rosewill Rise.&nbsp; This case uses the case philosophy of moving the storage behind the motherboard, allowing for direct airflow to the CPUs and GPUs in an attempt to improve cooling.</p>
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<span style="line-height: 21px; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: transparent;">In the display case we had an ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS dual processor motherboard, with each processor sporting a 280mm liquid cooling radiator, and a tri-Titan setup with power supply to match.&nbsp; The storage area is behind the motherboard, with an expanded rear area to fit drives and aid some cable management.&nbsp; Personally I think this may be what we see more of in the future &ndash; a &lsquo;hot&rsquo; zone of GPUs and CPUs on one part of the case and a &lsquo;cool&rsquo; zone, containing a high efficiency PSU and storage.&nbsp; The model on display is still a work in progress, I asked about a windowed version, to which the response was &lsquo;it is being discussed&rsquo;.&nbsp; Watch this space &ndash; the Rise should be on sale later this year.</span></p>
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Rosewill also have a new mini-ITX case on display.&nbsp; With various trends of personal computing moving to smaller form factors, having a mini-ITX case that stands out from the crowd can be a serious money maker for case makers and sellers; Bitfenix have showcased it can be done with the Prodigy.&nbsp; Nevertheless the new case from Rosewill, called the Neutron has a few neat design elements of its own.</p>
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While the trend is of small computing, having the larger case to fit everything in is what Rosewill are aiming for, in a similar way to the Prodigy.&nbsp; The Neutron is designed for a full ATX power supply, had a removable motherboard tray and a swivel out storage bay:</p>
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For a case in between the Rise and the Neutron, Rosewill are also launching the Stealth &ndash; a full sized ATX case.</p>
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In terms of power supplies, Rosewill are joining the digital power supply market with the Epoch, available in 850W, 1000W, and 1200W variants &ndash; that final one putting it in the path of the Corsair AX1200i.</p>
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With the advent of digital supplies, it all comes down to the monitoring tool.&nbsp; Corsair has the IP for the internal USB driven data connection, and Rosewill went with a 2.4 GHz connector and dongle for their data stream.&nbsp; The software is still in its early stages, but is designed to be big and obvious:</p>
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Rosewill are also updating their mechanical keyboard line to the RK-9200 series.&nbsp; Differences to the RK-9100 are in the switch from lights on NumLock/CapsLock/ScrollLock to a three-LED orientation on the top right, but also the keyboards have a dual lightning system.</p>
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The FN and WASD keys are in red, and the Windows key can be disabled by pressing FN+WASD such that it cannot be activated in games.&nbsp; I would expect Rosewill to release the RK-9200 with the same range of switches as the RK-9100 &ndash; I did ask about MX-Greens but they are not currently on the horizon.</p>
<div>Gallery: Computex 2013: Rosewill<div></div></div></p>

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