There is no mistaking Rocket’s underlying material – our eyes are met by luxurious aluminium construction with a brushed finish and anodizing. We’re also pleased to report that the exterior of this case repels fingerprints.
At the front of Rocket we have a flat, brushed aluminium panel which carries two USB 3.0 ports and a large, circular power button. The USB 3.0 ports use a standard single USB 3.0 header connection.
Around the back there is a large space for the rear IO section of the motherboard, two aluminium PCI covers with ventilation cut-outs and at the top you’ll notice we have a 3-pin PSU connection – the reason this is present is due to the fact that Kolink has used an extension cable for flexible PSU placement.
Both sides of Rocket are identical, featuring a single sheet of perforated aluminium. Both panels are secured to the chassis with four screws. While there is no support for attaching cooling fans to these panels, they do offer a degree of ventilation for both sides of the installed system components.
After detaching the side panels we are greeted by a dual-chamber internal design. The chassis within opts for steel construction. Rocket has been designed to work exclusively with Mini-ITX motherboards and there are four standoffs already attached to the motherboard tray. At the top of this tray there is a pre-installed cooling fan which is 80mm (4-pin PWM). Visible from this side we have the riser cable which marries up to the graphics card and allows it to be installed behind the motherboard tray. Kolink has matched this up with the colour of the internal design so that it won’t be as visible.
Over on the reverse we have the other chamber which features the alternate end of that riser cable. This PCI slot fully supports PCI Express 3.0 X16 and since we have twin PCI covers, we can install a dual-slot graphics card into this area.
In the lower section of Rocket there is a detachable storage tray. This is released by removing a thumbscrew. The tray allows for two SSDs to be installed and due to the nature of this item, storage can be tucked away, out of sight – which is a good use of space.
On the underside of Rocket there is more brushed aluminium and strangely enough, there are no pre-attached feet to protect the underneath and prevent the case from sliding around.
Instead, Kolink provide a selection of rubber pads which can be ‘stuck onto’ the bottom of the chassis. We’d have preferred a better quality solution than sticky pads – even if it meant attaching them ourselves, we’d have like to see rubber feet that can be screwed in, or if applying screws is out of the equation some type of rubber latch design would be far more suited.
