Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsoutstanding case.. much better than expected.
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017
Kick Ass Case , don't listen any reviews that complains about it.. This case is as perfect it can be for such low price.
The acrylic window on the side ,is not real heavy crystal but this is not bad at all, is very light and very clear and looks really nice. just use soft cotton socks and glass cleaner and and light force to clean. The case looks awesome.
The things that will really caught your attention is , not only how pretty ,dam sexy it looks..
But also how Spacey it is.. The picture made it look like is tiny case but is a medium tower case that can hold even EATX size
motherboards. Because they removed internally all the trays that are supposed to hold the hard disk and moved inside the closed box at the button , you will have plenty space there , to setup a medium level water cooling with 3 fans and radiator. if you like.. Currently using a very big video card Geforce 1080 , very comfortable fit.
Cable management is very descent too. The PSU cables will be all hidden but only the cables ,it have an open side the box cover
at the button to show which PSU you are using, this is ideal for RGB psu's. You will feel in love with how much space and organized
will be all inside the case while at the same time not being a full tower . the Optical drive bay was also a must.
How could it be improved , it will be with an tempered fiber glass on the side ,that you can open and close easily like more expensive cases of phanteks like the elite. instead of using screws. It will also be nicer also if the case had I/O connectors in the front panel of the latest ports in market , like USB-C ,Thunderbolt ,DP 1.4 and HDMi 2.0. excellent case and seems to be friendly for modding. if you know how to do it.
in closing , the only other cases i was thinking in buying is Corsair 750 which is close to a full tower case ,and im glad and didn't do it ,because even though corsair one have good space is no where as pretty and confortable as the phanteks one. price played no role in buying this one. i was aiming to buy a $500 dollar case from In WIN but they did not had all the pros of this one. ie.. Poor air ventilation and no dust filters everywhere.
The front door dust filter have to be removed by removing the entire front panel. But is just a panel ,is not hard to remove it. it was easier than i though .
My only complain is that Phanteks , the company who build the case does not continues developing this amazing case design a step further.
They released more expensive models but a completely different not so nice style like this one.
for future more expensive models it will be better this same design with expanded features
1) Will be even better if there was a rotating acrylic door in the side where the acrylic glass window is ,that you can open and close easily with one finger.
2)I/O front panels with the latest ports will be nicer. like HDMI 2.0 ,USB-C , THunderbolt 3 and DP 1.4 and controls for RGB led strip headers
3) 2 or 3 , optical drive bays instead of just one.
4) a little more space in the back panel for cable management. IF you dont have a mondular powersupply it could be
painful to manage the cables to fit inside with side rear panel closed.
as a bonus but very minor , the front panel could be in acrylic glass too with RGB logo and a door to hide the optical drives bays to protect them from dust which can enter even with bay closed.
