it's been a long time since I did a personal rig update and the last one
kind of fell flat anyways it was a rushed plan you guys didn't really like
it and admittedly I wasn't really into it either ever since moving away from
the mineral oil build the choice of case has been a difficult one I even opted
for trying to go with just a test bench because I was so unsatisfied with what
was currently available on the case Market I didn't want a big Gody case I
did want something that could fit an ATX motherboard however because I like
expansion slots I wanted it to be clean but not happy go-lucky Martha Stewart
clean more like that looks nice but also scares the absolute out of me Adam
Jensen style clean I wanted angles I wanted tempered glass and I wanted
Quality Construction I think I may have finally found the platform that I was
looking for and because of that I'm going to be hard on it it's time to
review the enthu Evolve ATX TG
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devices check it out at the link below the front face features the beginning of
the angular design my case came in anthracite gray but is available in
silver and black variants as well somewhat near the bottom of the indented
section of the face plate is an LED bar and at the top there's a flip cover
which reveals dual USB 3.0 ports a headphone and microphone Jack and an RGB
LED changing button which allows you to cycle through the 10 available colors
for the integrated LEDs and additional LEDs added on later in the form of a
fantex LED strip but this is where I'm going to get quite nitpicky for an ATX
case I would have liked to see more USB ports up front two more USB type A ports
as either USB 2.0 or 3.0 alongside a
little bit of modernization with the inclusion of a USB 3.1 type-c connector
would have been ideal it also looks like it would have been entirely possible
with a denser configuration of ports the front plate is removable by simply
leveraging the bottom and then the revealed fan filter is able to be
removed by the handle at the top or by The Squeeze mounts on the inside of the
case it does start a little too tight but after you remove it a few times it
gets a bit easier to use just the handle the side panels are both made of
tempered glass meaning your right side panel which is normally hiding your
cable management is now quite naked the
fantex mounting solution for their tempered glass is admittedly the best I
have personally used because they relentlessly built buffers of foam or
rubber between contact points that could scratch the glass this includes foam
padded thumb screws rubber wrapped female threed points and a foam lined
interior that the glass squeezes against it would have been wonderful if they
could have used the same mounting method they had used for the non-tempered glass
version of the Evolve because the screwless swivel Mount was fantastic but
I understand going this direction because you don't want to mess around
with tempered glass if this stuff shatters it's one hell of a job getting
it all cleaned up the top of the case features your power button and some
speed hole and spired venting along the angled sides with some great looking
mesh underneath the whole panel can be done away with by removing two screws at
the back and two screws at the front panel and then simply popping it off
moving inside the case you have a nicely rail mountable radiator and fan install
area up in the top but it's kind of unfortunate how far down that radiator
and fan setup would go covering up the top of your motherboard because of this
I would go with what I usually consider the less visually optimal position of
the front which by the way has a removable panel so you can extend
radiators down into the basement of the case putting a triple radiator up here
and removing that panel will also remove your ability to use any of the modular
Drive mounts and the Dual 3 and 1/2 in Drive Bay mounting area in the bottom so
essentially you're stuck with three 2.5
in positions two of which are on the back of the motherboard tray and one of
which is beautifully displayed in the main compartment on the side of the
basement the back of the motherboard tray features a fan controller which is
a nice addition but due to it being exposed through the glass I would have
appreciated some type of cover to make it more aesthetically pleasing the three
velcro Cable Management straps are a wonderful touch but I would have
appreciated them being just a little bit longer as they seem to just barely be
able to hold on with some of the more populated runs and I don't even have
that much stuff installed and adding on to that some form of Zap strap or
something would have been appreciated for managing the 8 Pin CPU cable along
the right hand side cuz right now there's nothing inside the main area of
the case you have the snugly fit ATX motherboard a cool angled panel where
your cables can commod of through the rubber grommets and some unfortunately
not somehow covered or grommeted cable management holes for the bottom of your
M motherboard add-on slots and SSD Mount
you can fit three 120 or 140 mm fans in
the front and top of the case and one 120 or 140 mm fan in the back that
removable panel up near the front for the tall radiators can also facilitate a
panel that will Aid in installing pumps or reservoirs if that's your thing as
well then there is a cutout that reveals the side of your power supply speaking
of which I would have preferred that fantex had a different mounting solution
for this that enabled you to slide the power supply in through the back of the
case using something like a removable will bracket okay so conclusion time I
was hard on it I nitpicked things that I would have never even mentioned on other
cases and this was out of love from titanium grade sandblasted anodized
Coatings which look absolutely stunning while allowing you to touch it without
having a heart attack to the refreshing ease of the entirety of the build
process down to the little things like including a surprisingly nice spare
screw box it's great gold star that's
why I'm going to use it for my personal rig the video of which will come at some
point I'm still working on getting the internals so uh yeah I wouldn't uh hold
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