all right real talk time the review requests that I get from viewers are
usually terrible I mean we're talking stuff no one could possibly care about
ancient products that have been reviewed to death already products that simply
aren't available in my region of the world blah blah blah the list goes on
and on but I still love getting review requests because without them I wouldn't
happen across little things like this
one right here I'm still mostly going to pick stuff myself like the long overdue
room video that I have upcoming but keep your review requests coming
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more so you guys often ask me for more affordable stuff the Zan R1 is
definitely that is is it the cheapest case on the market no that would be some
homemade affair with cardboard and packing tape something that seems cool
in theory and then you're all like oh no there's no front USB 3 which I guess
leads us pretty well into the tour of the outside of the R1 the top mounted
I/O includes a power switch to USB 2.0 ports a USB 3.0 Port audio jacks and a
reset switch that's actually not as susceptible to cat feet as it looks
since it needs to be pressed in pretty far to activate also on the top top is a
removable panel that covers one of the three included 120 mm fans and amount
for another although it's very unlikely you'd be able to fit a radiator here due
to the motherboard clearance and issues that you might run into the front of the
case features a brushed finish and a stylized Zalman Z with a very stealthy
uh seriously there does not appear to be a handle door that opens up to reveal
the junkiest noise dampening material I think I have ever seen seriously there
are round plastic stickers applied to the magnets that help the door stay
closed so it won't accidentally like stick too much and like pull it off as
far as I can tell there's 25 and a/4 inch bays in here a 3 and 1/2 in
external Bay a two fan speed controller that cleverly supports low high and off
for up to those two fans I just mentioned and a removable cover that has
Fine removable plastic mesh in place of
a normal filter that reveals another of the three included 120 mm fans this with
LED lighting as well as another spot for an extra although much like The Cooler
Master silencio that I reviewed recently I fail to understand where the front
fans are going to draw air in from there is a small gap between the front door
and the front bezel and there are small mesh vents on the side of the bezel but
that's still going to be very restrictive so I wouldn't recommend
putting your dual R9 29x config in this
case on the bottom of the case are some taller than average feet good for keep
keeping your power supply with its bottom mounted fan supplied with fresh
air and on the right is a bulged out side panel to give you some room for
cable management because there's almost none between the motherboard tray and
where the panel would normally be and even then there is not a lot even with
the Bulge on the left side is a tasteful window that will show you the CPU socket
area and graphics card and finally around the back is the final included
120 mm fan on the old only radiator
compatible fan mount in the case external water cooling grommet seven PCI
slots and a bottom mounted power supply slot so let's open this baby up we'll
start with drives there's a single 2 and 1/2 in Mount above the four 3 and 1/2 in
tooless mounts it's nice that it only requires screws on one side and keeps
your SSD up high enough that you won't have clearance issues with the cables at
the back so no complaints here but the 3 and 1/2 in mounts are frankly terrible
the left side plastic rail doesn't allow a screw Mount and the right side one
doesn't latch to the case like there's no handle on it so to reiterate no hard
Mount and one of the least secure toolless tabs that I've ever seen do not
buy a pre-built system in this case there is a good chance your drives will
slip out in shipping although it's less of an issue if you're just buying the
bare case the only exceptional thing about the tooless 5 and 1/4 in cages is
the layo cable management holes nearby for the front panel connector
everything but USB 3 fits through the one hole to be cable managed at the back
um but the USB 3 one has to go through a separate one it's not a huge deal or anything it just feels a little bit
shortsighted around the back of the motherboard trade there are lots of
cable management holes that are mostly actually pretty well positioned one in
the corner for the 8 Pin EPS connector well spaced ones on the side of the
motherboard and the bottom near the power supply and only one for the front
panel audio conspicuously absent and there are lots of cable management loops
with a CPU cutout for easier cooler installation back here as well there are
also some weird vent holes back here that I feel like probably should have
been just left solid the motherboard tray in this case is quite flimsy as it
is and punching more holes in it just feels like tickling the bear so to speak
with that said it feels fine once your motherboard is in just make sure you run
your 8 Pin power connector before mounting your board or it will not fit
through the hole and also make sure your board is no wider than standard ATX or
it'll interfere with this Bend in the tray power supply mounting is pretty bog
standard there's a filter on the bottom of the case but unfortunately it's kind
of a pain to get at unless you flip the case over but this support brace that
screws into the top and bottom of the chassis and prevents saging up to two
heavy expansion cards is actually a really nice addition the mechanism is
fairly rudimentary you just kind of unscrew it where it is and then screw it
back in where you want it to be but it really works with that said I suspect
part of the reason that it's needed is that the metal used for the rear of the
case is quite thin so heavy cards are much more likely to warp the PCI slots
and seg and while I'm complaining about those really zelman onetime use PCI
covers I hate those what if I change my card load out and I don't want to leave
a gaping hole in the back of my system but I guess it's all kind of a you get
what you pay for thing the MSRP for this case what told us enough to know that it
wasn't going to be you know super amazingly built but it's certainly
functional and surprisingly goodlooking so for a single GPU gaming rig well
looks like not a bad choice and at the prices that I've seen people on the line
of tech tips Forum saying they've gotten this case for on sale I'm willing to
forgive you know boneheaded stuff like
the pre-installed top 120 mm fan that will literally exhaust no air in the
case's default config with the top panel closed so I mean with the right promo
the R1 is a pretty killer value for a
windowed case with a black interior a stylish looking front panel and all of
the other things that it's got going for it so it wins my it might be good but it
really depends how much you'll be paying for it award speaking of depending how
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