Packaging

The Streacom DA6 ships in a plain brown cardboard box with a large sticker letting you know what's exactly inside & which color you will be getting. The case itself comes fully assembled and sandwiched between two black foam protective pieces. The fact that Streacom has made the extra effort for a fully built unit instead of individual parts is great, especially as the mounting bars are also pre-applied.


Streacom also sent us their RZ4-21B, which is a PCIe Gen 4.0 Riser cable specifically for the DA6. it ships vacuum packed inside an antistatic bag.


On top of that they also shipped the BMI, which is a power button replacement that also acts as a biometric scanner. This means you can do away with passwords in Windows by using your unique fingerprint instead. It ships with the required screws and a tool to swap out the existing button.


Last, but not least, we also received their TX13 thermal paste, which ships in a cardboard pouch. Each holds five portions of thermal paste in nifty little applicator pouches.

Contents

The Streacom DA6 ships with a hex tool, lots of unique screws and bits. On top of that there are are plenty of rubber fan mounting pins as well as four rubber spacers to act as feet. Streacom does not include a paper manual with the case, but instead has printed a QR code on the box. While having a digital installation guide is perfectly fine, the documentation on their site is not mobile friendly and broken up in themes instead of a step-by-step process. Streacom mentions this is due to the fact that the DA6 is such an immensely flexible chassis. While true, it would be better if they were to provide one or two core scenarios in which the case shines, in an orderly fashion. Users can then base their builds on that knowledge to add a creative spin to layouts.