WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.040 so our tip starter campaign is in full swing you guys have all contributed to 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:11.240 help us move to a new office and take our production quality to the next level 00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:13.839 but one of the reward tiers was that we 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:18.560 would take our production quality right back to the original level with a 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:24.800 classic retro unboxing here in the courtyard in front of the NC HQ it has 00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:31.240 been years since we've done an outdoor unboxing in this particular location and 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:35.360 we are going full freak retro with the 00:00:31.240 --> 00:00:38.399 video experience today guys that 00:00:35.360 --> 00:00:41.200 means yeah I I I like I haven't opened 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:46.520 this before all I have is a couple like handwritten notes on what also serves as 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:52.800 a white balance card for our camera before we start filming and uh we are 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:54.920 jumping right into the fantex enu evolve 00:00:52.800 --> 00:01:01.120 complete with cars driving around in the background planes flying 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:05.119 overhead and it turning out that I actually only opened the first box so 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:07.519 we're going to roll the intro we'll be back in a 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:18.759 minute save on select Intel CPUs kns and 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:24.200 ssds with special Black Friday rebates from select retailers click now to learn 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:29.159 more all right so here we go this isn't the first fantex case we've checked out 00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:32.200 the first one was actually the enu Pro and then we were going going to do a 00:01:30.360 --> 00:01:37.520 review of the enu Lux and then we realized kind of halfway into doing the 00:01:34.880 --> 00:01:42.960 review Luke was like is this basically the same case that you just reviewed and 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:46.159 I kind of looked at and went yeah so we 00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:47.600 emailed fantex and asked them uh yo 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:53.280 what's the deal is this the same case and they're like well um basically uh 00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:57.479 yeah but it has like more options and accessories and stuff and like a nicer 00:01:55.600 --> 00:02:03.320 finish that Luke and I subjectively don't really come on 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:09.039 think is that much nicer because oh I see it the old classic handles caught on 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:14.319 the styrofoam Luke and I don't really think like a glossy white plastic finish 00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:20.480 is really that much nicer or at all than what's on the enu Pro in the first place 00:02:16.920 --> 00:02:23.360 so I'm going to have to hurt my fingers 00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:29.680 ow or I can reach it from the inside ah yes much smarter pop that out then we 00:02:26.200 --> 00:02:31.760 will be able to get this bad boy out all 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:34.959 right so we'll all right see it's been a while since I've done this so we'll 00:02:33.040 --> 00:02:39.400 start with the box now that it's out of the box appearance okay I don't need to 00:02:37.480 --> 00:02:43.120 read about the appearance functionalities uh it's got drop and 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:47.280 lock SSD brackets toolless side panel with swing door air cooling oh yeah it's 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:51.239 supports yeah that's the one thing I did make notes about and I lost my notes 00:02:49.239 --> 00:02:56.560 this really is turning into a classic Linus Tech tips unboxing moment here 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:59.840 isn't it uh so it supports up to a 280 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:03.120 mm in the top or 240 mm supports up to a 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:05.360 240 mm in the front or 140 mm I'm 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:09.959 talking like 120 versus 140 rad sizes and up to a 120 in the back or a 140 in 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:13.920 the back there's a picture of the case on the box if you care very much about 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:19.920 that and all that radiator stuff that I had to do for memory is right there all 00:03:17.239 --> 00:03:24.040 right so let's go ahead and find out what this bad boy is all about packing 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:29.040 foam nothing special to be perfectly blunt um although it is better than what 00:03:26.760 --> 00:03:33.879 fantex was doing on the pro I always talk about this but it's worth repeating 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:37.360 until manufacturers all start listening new case manufacturers they always make 00:03:35.920 --> 00:03:42.840 this mistake they don't spend enough on the packing foam they end up with a bunch of damaged cases and shipping this 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:50.080 is quite a bit better but still a hard foam design because it is a more value 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:53.480 oriented C excuse me case all right 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:56.159 let's pull the plastic off the top and 00:03:53.480 --> 00:04:00.439 wow the construction is actually really nice so it's got a full aluminum outer 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:05.799 body uh so the top here is just like a a bent 00:04:03.519 --> 00:04:12.599 here you can actually see the thickness of the aluminum here this is like really 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:14.560 spectacular even oh no those are plastic 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:17.840 okay so these bits are plastic here but the top bit is aluminum here there's a 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:22.880 couple little ventilation holes in the top um nothing spectacular I would have 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:27.800 preferred to see fantex use a more open mesh design here because based on just 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:31.440 looking at the case there's not going to be a ton of air flow although it's not 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:36.080 not like they intend for you to install you know triple R9 295 x2s in here in 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:41.840 fact you wouldn't be able to do that because this is an matx case so we'll do 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:45.440 the kind of the outside tour I guess at the front you find no Optical drives 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:51.360 this is a trend that we've started to see emerging starting with the h440 from 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:54.880 NZXT where Optical drives are just being 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:58.759 completely thrown out the window even on 00:04:54.880 --> 00:05:00.400 larger matx and ATX Towers but that's oh 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:05.840 okay you got your uh power LED presumably right here as well as a little bit of space for ventilation uh 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:10.080 more plastic pieces back here but it really isn't noticeable on the front 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:14.720 aluminum finish is absolutely beautiful I really like this um but anyway fantex 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:18.440 hasn't quite gone that route and they've still given you the optional option to 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:22.240 have a 5 and 1/4 inch drive you just put it on the back I actually really like 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:26.479 this option even though it's a little bit inconvenient to get at especially if 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:30.160 you have your Tower like kind of on a desk or on the floor right next to the 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:33.800 wall like most people would it's better than not having one at all 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:36.880 it it's more convenient than going and digging one out of a closet even though 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:43.440 it's less convenient than having it on the front so I think this is actually not a bad balance also at the back here 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:46.319 we've got that included 140 mm rear fan 00:05:43.440 --> 00:05:50.199 the four PCI slots that you get standard on an matx board you've also got some I 00:05:48.960 --> 00:05:54.280 don't know ventilation here rearm mounted bottom mounted power supply that 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:57.479 has a filtered intake on the bottom that's actually kind of hard to get at 00:05:55.600 --> 00:06:01.360 that's a bit of a design problem right there you're going to I don't know shave 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:05.280 some of your fingernail off whenever you do that uh this is aluminum too though 00:06:03.479 --> 00:06:09.400 really really nice overall construction to this case all right so let's go ahead 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:12.280 and open this bad boy up shall we I'll have to figure out how to do it it's 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:19.840 been a while since I've had to figure out how to open a case on camera I'm okay well I still don't know 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:22.639 so anyway there's a side panel window through the window you can see a little 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:26.919 bit of your power supply you can also see the shrouded basement as well as the 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:32.199 sort of business side of the motherboard so you'll be able to see your CPU area 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:34.759 as well as your graph card area and uh 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:39.800 oh hello the front panel comes off just like that so in here we find uh whatever 00:06:37.280 --> 00:06:45.160 this is oh okay so this is just like a light conduit thing for the LED that is 00:06:42.840 --> 00:06:48.960 going to illuminate that uh that front power uh that front power LED that's 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:53.680 that's actually kind of creative all right and then here we'll find the just 00:06:50.919 --> 00:06:56.919 kind of like janky mounted LED in the middle of nowhere that's going to go 00:06:55.120 --> 00:07:03.319 ahead and illuminate that we've also got an included what looks like a 200 mm fan 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:09.680 with an easy to pop off and clean filter right there and then access to the rest 00:07:06.919 --> 00:07:14.440 of the of the inside so okay now I have to oh okay this is another Trend I'm 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:19.199 really not sure how I feel about this one these uh these push pins in order to 00:07:16.960 --> 00:07:24.199 open up side panels so the first time we saw this was on the bit Phoenix uh oh 00:07:22.599 --> 00:07:27.440 balls now I forget what it's called well whatever on that bit Phoenix Pandora 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:31.800 that's right on the bit Phoenix Pandora and on that case it didn't work very 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:35.800 well well because the balls and sockets were not of high enough quality to 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:39.800 really close especially given the cable management options in that case that 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:44.440 didn't allow um the cables to be laid flat enough in here I think it should be 00:07:42.479 --> 00:07:47.720 okay on this side but we'll have to have a look at the other side to see how I 00:07:45.919 --> 00:07:52.319 feel about it over there it worked really well on that lean Lee like 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:55.840 console killery media Sentry type tower that I looked at a little while ago 00:07:54.240 --> 00:08:00.000 fantex does a great job of their accessory boxes so you've got a manual 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:06.039 that is probably actually wow wow not bad not bad at 00:08:03.400 --> 00:08:09.720 all they've improved okay and then you've got this handy dandy little 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:14.879 toolbox that has all your screws sorted according to their type size utility 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:19.639 however else you want to interpret that you've also got some included brackets 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:22.759 this looks like a 5 and 1/4 in Drive 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:25.800 bracket or not I don't know and then 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:28.360 you've got uh a couple wow a couple 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:33.839 velcro Cable Management ties some zip ties as well as some oh that's awesome 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:37.640 look at that that's why they have that janky mount on the LED in the front 00:08:36.479 --> 00:08:43.519 because you can change it out for whatever color you want so I'm assuming that's blue up there right now but 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:46.480 they've also got white green and red LEDs included oh no that's white in 00:08:45.160 --> 00:08:50.920 there by default this one is clearly labeled blue derp all right then we've 00:08:48.680 --> 00:08:55.720 also got what appears to be an SSD mounting bracket in 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:59.200 here it's rubberized so I don't know why it would need to be uh okay well someone 00:08:57.800 --> 00:09:05.800 will tell me in the comments what this is all 00:09:01.160 --> 00:09:07.640 right so screws to take out the uh the 00:09:05.800 --> 00:09:11.880 drive mounts here so this is cool so you can actually Mount Your 3 and 1/2 in 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:15.160 drives on these rubber grommets here and then it looks like a variety of other 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:18.839 drives along the rest of it and I'm going to have to just kind of cheat here 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:23.839 and go ahead and find out exactly how many drives fit in here so internal 3 00:09:21.040 --> 00:09:30.279 and 1/2 you can do three internal 2 and 1/2 you can do five and it's one slot 00:09:27.040 --> 00:09:32.200 for upgrade whatever the heck that means 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:36.560 all right rest of the internal layout you can see the power supply down here 00:09:33.839 --> 00:09:39.079 is mounted on these foam bits right here so you're not going to have to deal with 00:09:37.680 --> 00:09:43.920 any vibration that's passed from the power supply to the case unless it's at 00:09:41.160 --> 00:09:46.320 the back right here cable management is taken care of you're just going to have 00:09:44.959 --> 00:09:51.720 to come around to the other side here I think cuz that's the only way we're going to get a look at this all right so 00:09:49.160 --> 00:09:56.600 Cable Management uh okay power reset and then front audio is over on the right 00:09:53.800 --> 00:10:00.600 really not a huge fan of side panel mounted front uh front connectors but I 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:04.959 guess it's not the end of the world I'm also really not sure how I feel about 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:07.839 these Swinging outd Doors it's uh you can really wow you can really see the 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:11.560 quality of the aluminum here it's so nice and thick love this but it's kind 00:10:10.160 --> 00:10:15.399 of a pain to take them off you got to undo four screws to get them off if you 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:18.839 want to lay your system down while you're building it and you don't have 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:22.160 and you want to be able to move this the case around what is nice about it is 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:26.480 that you can see the way they've designed the hinge would allow the case 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:30.519 to be laid flat and the panels just kind of open up against each other here if 00:10:28.800 --> 00:10:33.880 you don't mind that what I'd recommend doing is probably chucking a piece of 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:37.560 foam between them if you're going to lay it down in order to work on it so that 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:41.320 they don't bump up against each other conveniently it includes a forementioned 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:45.160 foam all right in here we've got what they call I think drop and lock don't 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:48.639 quote me on that but they've got what I think they call their drop and lock SSD 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:52.760 trays so you go ahead and mount your ssds in there or hard drives they do 00:10:50.920 --> 00:10:56.279 include antivibration rubber mounts even though ssds don't need those so if you 00:10:54.639 --> 00:11:01.959 want to do 2 and 1/2 in hard drives it's all good and then this is a really nice 00:10:58.560 --> 00:11:04.600 inclusion they've got a pwm Fan Hub 00:11:01.959 --> 00:11:09.160 included which is fantastic so you actually power all the fans with SATA 00:11:06.880 --> 00:11:12.600 12vt power input it does say okay this is important please consult the manual 00:11:10.760 --> 00:11:17.079 before connecting this cable that is a very very important detail because 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:21.320 depending on how you have things connected blah blah blah you may or may 00:11:19.079 --> 00:11:25.120 not need it if I recall correctly so this goes to the CPU fan header on the 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:31.720 motherboard that's important because a lot of motherboards have pwm connectors 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:35.160 on the board that don't actually support 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:37.519 pwm very correctly but the CPU one 00:11:35.160 --> 00:11:43.360 always works correctly because Intel mandates how the CPU pwm header is 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:49.160 supposed to work okay other than that cable management oh down here we've got 00:11:46.079 --> 00:11:50.800 a couple 3 and 1/2 in Drive cages so uh 00:11:49.160 --> 00:11:54.440 I I actually like this system for 3 and 1/2 in Drive mounting the thing only 00:11:52.760 --> 00:11:57.880 thing I can see that I'm not a huge fan of here is Cable Management so you're 00:11:56.360 --> 00:12:01.959 going to have to either take off that cover on the other side that keeps the 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:06.639 inside looking clean in order to plug these in or you'll have to kind of reach 00:12:03.839 --> 00:12:09.920 down here and kind of reach through here in order to get the drive plugged in 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:14.880 before you slide it all the way back cuz you're going to have to get power and data from the motherboard down there 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:18.480 there's not a ton of room for cable management which is a bit of concern 00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:24.079 given that the that the side panel mounts on with push pins but what fantex 00:12:21.680 --> 00:12:27.760 generally does a pretty good job of is Cable Management Loop points here so you 00:12:25.959 --> 00:12:31.680 can see you've got them here and they've got some nice included little velc ones 00:12:29.560 --> 00:12:35.880 as well you've got a couple more here you've got a couple more up here and 00:12:34.040 --> 00:12:38.800 then unfortunately not one up to the eight pin here but it shouldn't matter 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:44.000 because that should be about the only thing you're running up this way so 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:48.079 Cable Management grommets I'm not really sure what else to say about it this is 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:53.839 seems like a bit of a a missed opportunity though right here oh no 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:55.519 never mind actually overall Impressions 00:12:53.839 --> 00:12:58.959 pretty good now I kind of wish I'd done a full review of it but at this point 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:03.440 it's not like we're going to redo it oh this is cool check this out so there's 00:13:00.880 --> 00:13:08.320 thumb screws wow these these side panels are kind of unwieldly these thumb screws 00:13:05.560 --> 00:13:12.880 right here can be undone in order to oh I just hit Ed in the face with a side 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:16.360 panel those can be undone if you want um I don't I don't actually know what 00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:19.560 exactly oh okay so you can pull that out you could install that'll help you 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:24.720 install a radiator in the front so if you want to pull that and the 5 and 1/4 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:28.279 in mounting out or excuse me three and a half inch Drive bays out then you can go 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:31.839 ahead and do a radiator down the entire front of the case and I guess if you 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:35.720 also don't want to Cable manage through the grommets for some reason it would 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:39.160 also help you with that I do like this thoughtfully positioned Cable Management 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:43.399 hold though this will allow you to get at your front USB 2 or front USB 3 if 00:13:41.920 --> 00:13:46.480 that's on the bottom edge of the board and I like this one as well because most 00:13:45.079 --> 00:13:51.600 boards have their front panel audio connector here and most case manufacturers don't really consider 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