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I decided to make a better review of this case because i realised i've made alot of unfair comments about it before even fully testing it. I'll try to be as impartial as i can. I did make a build in it for testing purposes without any care of the aesthetic. And i wont lie. I was very very surprised and impressed by the performances results. I will add a couple pictures later to show how good it went.
At first, i really tought it was garbage and i really lost my temper because of it quite a few times. First thing that didnt satisfied me was the cable management. Lets be honnest, theres not many places to hide cables. But, with a good planning and a couple of cable tie mounts, you can actually do it just fine. It's just a bit more time consuming.
Also, i didnt like the airflow i was getting. But it was because i didnt installed enough fans in there. Yeah, one of the bad side is, it get very expenssive because you need alot of fans if you want to acheive good airflow. But once done, it's very good. 1st test, i had 19 fans with 3 rads and the airflow was, well, i was searching for it... all the heat was building up inside the case because there was not enough fan power. I then said it was crap. That was before. Then i decided, why not go full in and build a real test rig. I added more fans. Up To 27 total. Yup! Thats alot lol. But the results were... wow! Just wow. Actually went from no airflow at all to the best temperatures i have seen in many years of customizing. Pictures will show it later. So yeah, almost 2,000$ just for air lol... oh and i almost got blind because all those fans were rgb... To much RGB can be worse than not enough. Which was the case here untill i turned it off.
Next, the motherboard positioning. Unlike the mini-me version called Level 20VT, this one cant be turned on it's side to change the way to build inside and put the the mb on vertical. ( it's a really nice option for the small form factor 20VT). So you are stuck with the vertical motherboard here. But it doesnt mean it's a bad thing. Actually having it installed that way improves temps and helps on the flow of your liquid loop. Less restriction as the fluid combs inside the block. Not alot but it is still slightly better. Also, since no heating components are heating each other, your cpu and vrm suffer less. The heat of the m.2 nvme, the gpu and the pch wont reach the processor so it's a good gain.
One thing i didnt like tho, is the number of fans and accessories coming with that case. Like hmmm, almost nothing. One single 140mm fan in the back of the case and a couple extra screws.. I wish they had added at least the 200m fans at the front for the price. But nope. The 140mm fan isn't super good either. It was good airflow but sadly it is very loud. No big deal since you probably wont be using it anyways because it would not match the rest of your fans. I never saw those type of fans anyways.
Now we have the space in it. There is definatelly alot and alot of space in there for anything you want to do.
We can easely install two pump in it along with up to 4-5 radiators at the same time. Lots of positioning options.
Second bad thing about it but not that bad, is how to position the radiator at the bottom. You can either install it horizontally or facing the side panel. If you make it face the tempered glass, toi wont like it. Yes it has a better look but you will get close to zéro fresh air. The only place for this setup to get air from is from the gap between the glass and the case. Sadly the gap is like 2mm thick so i can say you get no air from there. Basicaly, the only air it will get, is air from inside the case. No need to say you dont want this. Hot air to cool a radiator is not very effective lol... on the other side tho... if it's on the horizontal, thats where things go very well. 4 120mm fans getting air into the case really change everything. You can install up to a 480mm radiator at the bottom.
Last thing i want to talk about is the weight. Did i say it was heavy? Well, yes it is! Of course with the size it is, it will be heavy but having 4 tempered glass doesnt help. After installing all the hardwares and with the liquid in the loop, it gets really hard to move that thing alone. And thats without the glasses installed. Thanks to the fact that i had installed 3 EK Coolstream 360mm in there, i had to ask my wife to help me get this monster in my White room. Once the tempered glass were installed, i just forgot about moving it at all.
That conclude my review for the most part of it. I might add more if i think of anything else to mention.
Or course, everyone is free to ask anything about it.
Also, dont come telling me it has to much RGB on the pictures. I know it did but it was before i tweaked it in the OS. The pictures were taken before i even installed Windows. I turned everything off as soon as i could. Also, yes it is ugly. Like i said, i worked on performances and not the aesthetic for testing. This build doesnt even exist anymore. The case is back in it's box and is ready to be sold. If you are interested to know more about it, feel free to ask. I will put it on sale with other hardwares next week aproximativelly.
After all, this case ended up to be real good and if i didnt had the other case almost here, i would probably keep it and mod it myself. I hope someone will have a flash for it because it sure is a good case for the hardcore modders.
I decided to make a better review of this case because i realised i've made alot of unfair comments about it before even fully testing it. I'll try to be as impartial as i can. I did make a build in it for testing purposes without any care of the aesthetic. And i wont lie. I was very very surprised and impressed by the performances results. I will add a couple pictures later to show how good it went.
At first, i really tought it was garbage and i really lost my temper because of it quite a few times. First thing that didnt satisfied me was the cable management. Lets be honnest, theres not many places to hide cables. But, with a good planning and a couple of cable tie mounts, you can actually do it just fine. It's just a bit more time consuming.
Also, i didnt like the airflow i was getting. But it was because i didnt installed enough fans in there. Yeah, one of the bad side is, it get very expenssive because you need alot of fans if you want to acheive good airflow. But once done, it's very good. 1st test, i had 19 fans with 3 rads and the airflow was, well, i was searching for it... all the heat was building up inside the case because there was not enough fan power. I then said it was crap. That was before. Then i decided, why not go full in and build a real test rig. I added more fans. Up To 27 total. Yup! Thats alot lol. But the results were... wow! Just wow. Actually went from no airflow at all to the best temperatures i have seen in many years of customizing. Pictures will show it later. So yeah, almost 2,000$ just for air lol... oh and i almost got blind because all those fans were rgb... To much RGB can be worse than not enough. Which was the case here untill i turned it off.
Next, the motherboard positioning. Unlike the mini-me version called Level 20VT, this one cant be turned on it's side to change the way to build inside and put the the mb on vertical. ( it's a really nice option for the small form factor 20VT). So you are stuck with the vertical motherboard here. But it doesnt mean it's a bad thing. Actually having it installed that way improves temps and helps on the flow of your liquid loop. Less restriction as the fluid combs inside the block. Not alot but it is still slightly better. Also, since no heating components are heating each other, your cpu and vrm suffer less. The heat of the m.2 nvme, the gpu and the pch wont reach the processor so it's a good gain.
One thing i didnt like tho, is the number of fans and accessories coming with that case. Like hmmm, almost nothing. One single 140mm fan in the back of the case and a couple extra screws.. I wish they had added at least the 200m fans at the front for the price. But nope. The 140mm fan isn't super good either. It was good airflow but sadly it is very loud. No big deal since you probably wont be using it anyways because it would not match the rest of your fans. I never saw those type of fans anyways.
Now we have the space in it. There is definatelly alot and alot of space in there for anything you want to do.
We can easely install two pump in it along with up to 4-5 radiators at the same time. Lots of positioning options.
Second bad thing about it but not that bad, is how to position the radiator at the bottom. You can either install it horizontally or facing the side panel. If you make it face the tempered glass, toi wont like it. Yes it has a better look but you will get close to zéro fresh air. The only place for this setup to get air from is from the gap between the glass and the case. Sadly the gap is like 2mm thick so i can say you get no air from there. Basicaly, the only air it will get, is air from inside the case. No need to say you dont want this. Hot air to cool a radiator is not very effective lol... on the other side tho... if it's on the horizontal, thats where things go very well. 4 120mm fans getting air into the case really change everything. You can install up to a 480mm radiator at the bottom.
Last thing i want to talk about is the weight. Did i say it was heavy? Well, yes it is! Of course with the size it is, it will be heavy but having 4 tempered glass doesnt help. After installing all the hardwares and with the liquid in the loop, it gets really hard to move that thing alone. And thats without the glasses installed. Thanks to the fact that i had installed 3 EK Coolstream 360mm in there, i had to ask my wife to help me get this monster in my White room. Once the tempered glass were installed, i just forgot about moving it at all.
That conclude my review for the most part of it. I might add more if i think of anything else to mention.
Or course, everyone is free to ask anything about it.
Also, dont come telling me it has to much RGB on the pictures. I know it did but it was before i tweaked it in the OS. The pictures were taken before i even installed Windows. I turned everything off as soon as i could. Also, yes it is ugly. Like i said, i worked on performances and not the aesthetic for testing. This build doesnt even exist anymore. The case is back in it's box and is ready to be sold. If you are interested to know more about it, feel free to ask. I will put it on sale with other hardwares next week aproximativelly.
After all, this case ended up to be real good and if i didnt had the other case almost here, i would probably keep it and mod it myself. I hope someone will have a flash for it because it sure is a good case for the hardcore modders.
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