this is the brand new mod free PC case from inwin looks pretty nice huh but
maybe it's a little big well don't worry about that because the whole top just
comes off actually this comes off too
um this also just kind of comes off but we expect that and uh this comes off and
you can actually take the whole front off if you really want to because the
whole computer is modular that's right every single prism in this whole Beast
of a machine can be just totally removed completely tool-less completely simple
let's take a look over here the whole idea behind this case is that you only
have to buy what you need when you need it so you don't have to fret over being
like Oh I want to get this small case but what if I want more storage in the
future I don't have enough Drive mounts well at any point you can just get
yourself an expansion module that toollously attaches right at the top or
at the bottom or at the sides even with the base version of the case you get two
modules the motherboard module and the PSU module you would put them I don't
know I guess together and like this kind of you know a traditional
format that the bottom mounted power supply and then you would be able to put
any side panels or top panels that you want on it and you can get a 280
millimeter rad that can be mounted at the top or at the front it also comes
with a mount for your storage so you can have two 2.5 and a half inch drives or
one three and a half inch drive and the cool thing is that you can kind of put
it wherever you want you want to put it up here you can you just got to screw it
in you want to put it further back you can do that too and here at the bottom
you can even put them at the front and the storage module will hold to eight
three and a half inch drives which will allow you to basically transform this into your Nas if you want or you can put
a whole other computer in just the expansion module currently supports an
sfx power supply and as you can see an mitx motherboard so if you're a streamer
and you want to have a dedicated stream computer or if you're somebody who wants
to have network attached storage but you don't want to have to have another computer sitting somewhere else you can
literally just I don't know put this on the side put this on the front maybe not
probably on the best airflow configuration to put a whole other computer on the front of your other
computer but hey I don't make the rules you do and that's
the beauty you can just have your base computer with a bottom mounted PSU or
you can actually put the module on the top if that's what you prefer and if you
go uh oh maybe I need more cooling for that new 40 90 I'm getting well you can
add another module or two modules or
even three more modules which is this is the mod tier that inwin is also going to
be selling there's an extra expansion module in the back you can see three
fans another module down there another module in the front each of the
expansion modules can hold up to a 420 millimeter rad and you don't have to
worry about compatibility because you're not going to deal with your radiator blocking going over your motherboard and
blocking some of the ports or whatever you just have this whole extra section
one thing that's interesting is that currently all of the modules that they have here at CES are longer than the
horizontal length of the case so if you want to add something on top it's going
to look a little weird it's gonna have a bit of a pompadour but you can always
add it to the front right for that again that better rad support one thing I
would also like to see is that maybe a change to this mechanism right now it's just kind of a piece of metal I think if
they added maybe just some like rubber around the edges that would really make it nice this is pre-production and
they're looking for feedback so if this seems like something that you don't really care about then maybe they won't
change it or do a favor for me and tell them to put rubber on it that's enough
about the modules let's get back to the main case and look at some of the features that we have you have some
rubber grommets for cable management you also have a lot of options for cable
manager this is great because you don't know where your cables are going to go you can put your PSU on the front top or
the back so they have to give this kind of extra space to accommodate any
configuration which is a pretty unique design challenge because a lot of times
when you're making a case you have something in mind of how it's supposed
to go and that allows you to be like we only need these options you have about
an inch of clearance on the back end for cables uh you have some tie down points
here's some mounting points for like your RGB controller if you're going like
full RGB one thing I would like to see is maybe a mounting point for a two and
a half inch Drive in the back because this is probably going to be the core of
your system I want this part to have as much flexibility as possible so that I
don't feel like I'm forced to upgrade rather as opposed to just having the
opportunity to upgrade also this can support up to eatx motherboards you see
the mounting holes up here so you can go really big with your motherboard if
you're trying to do a crazy system like that one over there we've mostly been
showing off their frosted acrylic side panels and stuff like that but they're
actually going to be offering various different types you're going to have good old-fashioned metal tempered glass
mesh panel holes so really it's going to be whatever you prefer and they're also
interested in hearing what you guys want in terms of like materials do you want
to maybe see like some wood grain I don't I like a wood grain on my PC
personally and I wouldn't mind that okay I like the white and orange Motif it uh
oh we gotta do a d brand segue don't we so our sponsor for CES 2023 actually
dropped out but dbrand footed the bill the only catches they want me to come
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to random people for free it's I I'm not
optimistic for how this is going to go excuse me guys
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you know when you plug in a USB yeah and it won't go in all the way yeah uh don't
keep pushing because there's a reason it's not going you want to flip it over
probably okay yeah yeah did that help
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okay you know when you take the thermal paste off of the processes small is
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it's on the tall Linus okay for front i o you have two USB 3.1 ports and a USB
type-c it'll be 3.2 you also have a combo headphone microphone Jack power
button stuff like that now I don't know about you but I don't really want wires
sticking out the side of my computer case I'm more of a top or a front kind
of guy but you will you will actually be able to position this where you want in
the case so long as it's kind of with this side panel so if you want to have
it bottom mounted because it's a square motherboard module you could mount it at
the bottom what I'd like to see is probably i o that's more traditionally like at the top or at the front maybe
it's just because I'm used to it maybe I'm being close-minded who knows potential for future modules well as we
said there's a storage one coming one thing that might be cool to see would be like something with like maybe an
integrated Reservoir or just really strong water cooling support again you
can just give yourself more space so you can find a reservoir that fits in there
this isn't going to be the thing for everybody for a lot of people especially
if you're like really new to computers and you just want something to Game On You might want to go with something
that's a little bit more basic not that this is hard to use but you'll be
cheaper going with like a high volume case from I don't know you know your fan
text Corsair kind of stuff like that but for somebody who goes I know what I want
now and I have an idea of what I want in the future I think this is really
exciting because you're not going to be tied down to that case and then you also
when you do want to upgrade your computer you don't have to throw the rest of the case away or sell it you can
just add what you need inwin is going to launch this in Spring 2023 no price has
been announced but what would you pay for it do you think it's cool is it for
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