WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.920 the colossus mini itx and matx borrow 00:00:03.840 --> 00:00:11.200 from a couple of other popular bitfenix products first they borrow their style 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:16.720 from bitfenix's very first case the colossus and second they borrowed their 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:24.160 interior design from the prodigy and the prodigy m 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:29.920 the cooler master glacier 240l CPU cooler delivers the convenience of an 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:33.120 all-in-one and the performance of a custom water cooler click now to learn 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:38.000 more you'll be used to this form factor if you've ever used a prodigy but of course 00:00:36.480 --> 00:00:43.120 it does like i said borrow from the colossus in terms of the styling so it 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:45.760 has a bit of an upward angled shape to 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:49.520 the top cover here and then it has a bit of an angular helmet-like shape to the 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:53.120 front that gives it a more aggressive look than something like the prodigy 00:00:51.360 --> 00:00:58.480 ventilation is handled through just these vents on the top for the front 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:02.320 giving access to fresh air to the five and a quarter inch drive bay that has 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:07.360 been turned into ventilation as well as the 140 millimeter sized vent in the 00:01:04.960 --> 00:01:12.080 front so the airflow is not going to be exceptional compared to some versions of 00:01:09.520 --> 00:01:16.640 this type of case that have larger vents but it should be adequate for what most 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:21.920 people install in an matx or mini itx system also on the front we find a piece 00:01:19.360 --> 00:01:25.840 of plastic as well as a bit phoenix logo more on the piece of plastic in just a 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:31.680 moment on the right hand side we do not find that same nice uh soft touch finish 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:36.640 that's on the top and the front but just a more standard painted steel finish two 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:40.960 usb 3.0 ports microphone headphone jack reset and power switches then on the 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:45.920 left hand side we find not a whole lot of anything on the top not only that 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:50.799 soft punish touch finish that i talked about before but also a dual 120 00:01:48.399 --> 00:01:54.880 millimeter fan mount with a removable filtered mesh right there on the bottom 00:01:53.119 --> 00:01:58.079 we find another removable fan filter this one for the power supply so you can 00:01:56.399 --> 00:02:04.479 just pop that out the back if you want to go ahead and clean it and then finally on the back we find a 120 or 140 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:07.600 millimeter fan mount two expansion slots and then a removable plate for the power 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:11.840 supply that allows you to take that out and slide it back in now there are two 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:16.640 interior layouts for this case the one we're going to be talking about mostly 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:18.319 in this video is the mini itx layout 00:02:16.640 --> 00:02:23.520 that is the one that is based on the original prodigy but we actually did a 00:02:20.239 --> 00:02:27.760 build guide not that long ago in the 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:30.080 matx version of the phenom so that'll 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:34.080 have the same layout as an matx version of this case would have now before we 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:37.840 move to the inside of the case let's go ahead and show you what's so special 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:41.360 about this little plastic what did he just do 00:02:39.519 --> 00:02:45.360 the little plastic strip has what bit phoenix is calling light track 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:50.400 technology and it's an unbroken line of light that wraps around three sides of 00:02:48.160 --> 00:02:55.840 the case it allows you to change the colors completely anything from blue to 00:02:53.440 --> 00:03:00.879 red to green and you can even add pulsating effects to give it a bit of a 00:02:58.640 --> 00:03:04.000 breathing effect in the dark or if you don't like any of that you can 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:07.440 just turn it off now because we have two of these cases we were in a pretty 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:11.200 unique position where we can show you one that has nothing installed in it and 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:14.560 another one that's been decked out and has a pretty high-end gaming system 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:17.920 installed so first of all i take off the side panel and this gives us some 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:22.080 insight into how that whole lighting effect thing works the ones on the side 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:25.120 panels don't actually need to be plugged in independently they just have like 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:29.920 little looks like fiber optic tubes that are 00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:32.560 yep not carrying the light around the case and then delivering them here you 00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:37.840 go to these pieces like this just like that so the 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:39.920 whole thing illuminates very cool actually 00:03:38.959 --> 00:03:46.480 then taking off both side panels we can see that i actually removed the five and a 00:03:44.239 --> 00:03:52.319 quarter inch expansion bay in order to get an h100i in there i also have 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:56.560 removed some of the three and a half inch expansion bays of which you can 00:03:53.920 --> 00:04:00.319 normally have a maximum of five but in this case we're down to two down here on 00:03:58.799 --> 00:04:04.560 the bottom so there's an additional cage that can be installed this gave us the 00:04:02.239 --> 00:04:09.040 ability to install a long graphics card such as the Radeon hd7970 00:04:06.959 --> 00:04:12.480 that we have installed in here right now so that's how we get that dual 120 00:04:11.040 --> 00:04:17.280 millimeter rad in the front which means we don't have to worry necessarily as 00:04:14.480 --> 00:04:23.120 much about airflow in the case overall because our CPU at least will be able to 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:24.960 exhaust its heat directly out without 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:29.520 affecting the rest of the interior components although i do wish that the 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:35.440 side panel where the graphics card is located would have some perforations for 00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:37.840 airflow to come in as well you can 00:04:35.440 --> 00:04:41.520 install up to a 230 millimeter fan in the front although the only ventilation 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:46.080 holes in the front are going to be about 140 millimeters you can install up to 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:49.840 that 140 millimeter fan i talked about before in the back it's got a tool-less 00:04:48.400 --> 00:04:53.840 drive mounting system you go ahead and pop those cages out install your drives 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:57.280 into them it's tool is for three and a half inch so you just kind of flex them 00:04:55.280 --> 00:05:01.280 like this and then put the drive in or it is tooled for two and a half inch 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:06.320 which is what we were actually using for this particular little rig it's also 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:09.280 tool-less at the back for your pci express expansion you go ahead and pop 00:05:07.840 --> 00:05:13.520 this guy out pop this guy out they're all thumb screws go ahead put a graphics 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:17.919 card in and you're pretty much ready to rock and then as i mentioned before if 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:22.000 you want to see a version of the m80x system that we did a very high end air 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:25.680 cooled configuration in you should definitely check out that build guide 00:05:23.919 --> 00:05:30.560 and i've got a bit of a teaser for this video for those of you who stuck around 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:32.960 till the very end this mini itx version 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:36.960 with its fewer pci expansion slots but improved liquid cooling support and more 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:41.039 overall space inside compared to the matx one once you cram a larger 00:05:38.960 --> 00:05:45.120 motherboard in there might be featured in an upcoming water cooled 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:49.680 build guide for the colossus mini itx 00:05:48.080 --> 00:05:53.919 exciting anyway guys thank you for checking out this video like it if you liked it 00:05:52.400 --> 00:05:57.280 dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment and let me know what you thought 00:05:55.840 --> 00:06:00.880 are you looking forward to the water cooled colossus mini itx build guide i 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:04.240 actually have something i can show you guys 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:10.080 that might get you a little bit more amped up about it this box just arrived 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:12.880 from bitfenix the other day and instead 00:06:10.080 --> 00:06:15.919 of doing my typical sort of you know you could spin it a number of different ways 00:06:14.400 --> 00:06:20.560 you could call it flexible or you could call it lazy but my typical you know 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:26.240 approach of just doing straight fittings ah yes i will be using their blood red 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:27.840 fittings i'll be using 45 degree angles 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:31.280 and stuff like that going for really nice clean tubing runs this time around 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:35.440 so it's going to be a very different liquid cool build guide from before so 00:06:34.080 --> 00:06:39.120 all the fittings and right i think that's pretty much it 00:06:37.280 --> 00:06:43.840 don't forget to subscribe and guys check out the support link under the video 00:06:40.880 --> 00:06:49.840 below we have t-shirts now you can contribute directly to us you can reset 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:53.360 your amazon bookmark in your browser to include our affiliate code and all kinds 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:58.520 of good stuff that you can do to 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