1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 I'm kind of a sucker for unique PC cases, whether it's my open frame case that I stole from LTX23, 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,920 my server chassis that I'm currently in now, or that Tower 300 that I built in about a year ago. 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,960 And these height X50 cases are just up my alley. 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:17,680 They come in six different colors, including this really bright candy red 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,160 or this more matcha green, but that's not up my alley. 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:27,240 We're gonna build in the pink color. But just because it's cute, 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,360 does that mean it's easy to build in? That's the whole point of today. 8 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:34,160 We're gonna find out. It's an ATX style case, meaning it's gonna be able to fit 9 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:37,480 pretty much everything that you could want in here, whether it's a full-size GPU 10 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:40,040 or even up to a 360 millimeter radiator. 11 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,360 Boop. Oh, I made the right choice. 12 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,960 Oh, this looks so nice. I say that because some cases that have done 13 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:52,800 fun colors like this in the past, maybe only paint the front panel or maybe they only paint the outside 14 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,800 and then the interior is still like black or white or something. 15 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:00,520 So seeing a fully painted chassis like this is why I'm super, super excited. 16 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,360 Got the little feet on there. Actually, speaking of these feet, 17 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,440 it's the same as the green one, but the red one are different. 18 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,640 I don't know if that's a style choice or if that's a customization you get to make. 19 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,920 Got our X50 and X50 Air Manual. That's because you don't actually have to get it 20 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,920 with the glass front here. You could get a full mesh, 21 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,880 but come on, if you're buying a pretty case, you wanna see the parts inside. So we got the glass. 22 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,960 Man, I got a big smile on my face, man. 23 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:34,280 This looks so cool. Oh, that curved glass looks awesome. 24 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,160 More and more companies have been doing this lately. I mean, Lee and Lee really popularized 25 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,280 the kind of curved aesthetic when it had the O11 dynamic, 26 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:46,800 except it wasn't curved, it was a 90 degree angle. And then as case manufacturers have been adopting that style, 27 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,760 they've been modifying it. Height actually did one that had kind of a 45 degree angle at one point. 28 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:57,880 And now I guess they're just embracing the curve and going full curve this way versus this way. 29 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,560 One thing that might be controversial for you is the power supply is actually up top. 30 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:06,420 Again, referencing the O11, for example, the power supply was actually kind of in the back here, 31 00:02:06,420 --> 00:02:09,880 where you plugged in here, but that would make it quite a chunky boy. 32 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:14,720 So instead of putting it at the bottom, decided to put it up the top, and then a color matched power supply shield here. 33 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:19,040 I think it looks okay. A lot of meshing on the back 34 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:24,640 and even more meshing on the front. So hopefully it means you'll get plenty of cooling 35 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:28,960 because on both of these sides here, you can fit up to three 120 millimeter fans. 36 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,200 So I guess six 120 millimeter fans. 37 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,800 And this is exciting. Here they are. 38 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,280 You can get color matched ones to fit in your case. 39 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,080 We're definitely gonna be putting these ones in. As for our front IO, it's actually at the top here. 40 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:50,680 We have a 3.5 millimeter combo jack. We have one USB-C port, which is USB 3.2 Gen2. 41 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:55,120 And then we have two USB 3.2 Gen1 type A ports. 42 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,960 It's not a ton. And I find it kind of weird that it's up top here. 43 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,120 I mean, if you're going for an aesthetic build and you plug anything in, it's now gonna be like cables 44 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:08,640 or these big USB sticks pointing out the top. But if you're not plugging anything in 45 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:12,120 and you just kind of want a nice glam shot at the front, keeps the front nice and clean. 46 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,800 So to each their own. And then our power button as well. It's up there. 47 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,720 Let's see how easy it is to take this bad boy. Oh, it slides up. 48 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,360 Ah, that was very nice. No screws, completely tool-less. 49 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,840 That gives us access to the back here, which we can see all of our accessories 50 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:32,120 and our cables for our front IO. For cable management, you got just some Velcro straps 51 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,840 as well as these little rubber grommets to pass things through. This one does not slide up. 52 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,240 This one just pops out, okay? Still tool-less though. 53 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,480 And that's the front IO, gives us access. And it looks like this whole chunk here is removable. 54 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:48,160 So if you had a radiator installed, you could install it on here. And when you want to do your maintenance and clean it, 55 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,400 couple screws, pop it out, give it a quick dusting, whatever, 56 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,740 pop it right back in. And now how to remove the glass. 57 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,840 Oh, that scared the hell out of me. Wow, that gives you quite a lot of room to build in, 58 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,400 except for this, which, oh, it looks like it can be removed. 59 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,340 Okay, that's good. Cause if you're plugging in like your CPU power cables 60 00:04:12,340 --> 00:04:16,880 right near the top here, that might get in the way. But if this could also just be thrown out of the way 61 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,600 while you're plugging it in, it's good to me. One more thing I'm noticing in here is the labeling 62 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,600 on all of the motherboard standoffs. That's really nice, depending on which size motherboard you're going with, 63 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,880 it'll clearly tell you which standoffs to use. The only problem I could notice is 64 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,400 if you're going with a small board, like the smallest, for example, 65 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,440 you're going to notice all the labeling's just being left out here. You can't really cover them. 66 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,840 You'll want to use like maybe a vertical GPU to cover the labeling. 67 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:45,440 I don't know, if you're using a case this big, you should just use the whole case though, get a full size ATX board. 68 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:49,400 Oh, I guess it's time to get building. But not before we tell you about our sponsor. 69 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,420 We're going to be doing a full size build because like I said, I want to take full advantage. 70 00:04:52,420 --> 00:04:56,120 So ATX size motherboard, a pretty big size GPU. 71 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,560 We're also going to go with an air cooler. 72 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:04,320 It's not the biggest air cooler that we could probably fit in here, but it matches our theme of white and pink. 73 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,280 And I know I mentioned we could do an AIO or some sort of radiator mounts. 74 00:05:08,280 --> 00:05:13,080 I didn't actually clock it until we started building. There's no top mounted radiator support 75 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:17,200 or fan support at all. So it means all of your exhaust is going to have to probably 76 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,400 come out the back, I assume. 77 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,600 And maybe it'll catch heat, but also your power supply is up here. 78 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,840 It will help exhaust heat as well. So, and since it has to exhaust all the heat out the back, 79 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:31,800 there's actually quite a lot of ventilation. Even the PCIe slots are quite open. 80 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:37,400 So even though we're only putting one fan here, it should hopefully get all of the heat out with ease. 81 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,480 But we need to build the PC first. So let's get building. 82 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,000 I was just pulling out the screws here to figure out how to mount the motherboard. 83 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,080 Each little baggie is labeled. You got your power supply, you got your motherboard 84 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,140 and 3.5 hard drive and a 2.5 SSD. 85 00:05:58,140 --> 00:06:00,700 That is a very nice touch. Thank you, Height. 86 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,520 Motherboards in. Actually my concern earlier about plugging in 87 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,320 these CPU powers might not be valid. It seems like there's actually a decent amount of room 88 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:15,560 to get in there. I think I'm going to install my fans next. We have six of the pink ones. 89 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,680 Should we just do no exhaust and these front six? 90 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:24,920 What do you think, audience? I'll take that as a yes. Oh, it's a four pack. 91 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:29,340 Oh, okay nevermind, we can put one in the back. So we'll still put three, three, one in the back, 92 00:06:29,340 --> 00:06:30,840 and then we'll have one more. 93 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,760 We're not going to do one more because it's going to look really asymmetrical at the bottom and I don't like that. 94 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:40,120 I've run into this a couple of times with some aesthetic cases. 95 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,660 I think this is supposed to be an intake, right? 96 00:06:43,660 --> 00:06:48,600 Maybe you can tell me I'm wrong. Which means I would need to put the fan this way. 97 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,760 That's the ugly side in, right? I want the aesthetic side on the inside 98 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,160 because that's where I'm looking. But then that means it's an exhaust. 99 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:02,240 So if I make this one an intake, or they're both exhaust now, so where's my intake? 100 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:07,240 Just make them both look the same on either side 101 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:12,120 or make them reversible. It's really frustrating. Or hear me out. 102 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,080 Intake on the bottom. 103 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,040 That's still the wrong way. Fuck! 104 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,520 All of my fans are in now. It doesn't look as bad as I thought. 105 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,880 I think the white cables I'm going to call aesthetic. 106 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:32,240 I think I would prefer it the other way still. Now it's time for, hmm, what should we pick? 107 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,840 Power supply or GPU next? Power supply. So we'll do the power supply. 108 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,520 Ba da da. Well, cut that. 109 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:43,060 I know this is a white and pink power supply. How close of a pink is it? 110 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,080 The cables are not that close. 111 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,920 That is close enough for today. 112 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,020 Plus you don't end up really seeing it anyways. It's all tucked away in the back. 113 00:07:57,020 --> 00:07:59,760 So that's fine. Let's get it all wired up. 114 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,520 Once it's in there, it looks like a lot closer than I thought. 115 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,280 All right, these cables actually add a lot. I think it looks really good. 116 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,600 Time for our GPU. Of course we had to go with the pink GPU. 117 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:19,520 Well, white GPU with pink aesthetics, I guess. Oh, this is going to look so good. 118 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:23,520 This is definitely the strangest PCI-E covers, but again, I guess it's lots of ventilation. 119 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:27,840 It's still pretty strong, even though it's basically nothing there. 120 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:32,160 Oh no, I scratched it a tiny bit. The knurling on the screwdriver. 121 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,920 You know what? We need to get rid of these now. Go to LTCstore.com and buy them all 122 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:42,120 so I don't use it anymore. There we go. I just did some basic cable management in the back 123 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,760 using some of the Velcro ties, as well as just some of the tie down points. 124 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,800 It's not the best, but there is still a ton of room 125 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,920 behind the motherboard tray. So if you want it to be lazy, 126 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:56,040 you could just throw it all back there and then just slide this bad boy over top. 127 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,960 And because the mesh is pretty dense, you can't actually, well, don't look too close. 128 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,560 You can't really see through it. All right, let's turn this bad boy on. 129 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:12,280 Nope, I just realized I didn't hook up any of the front panel. 130 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,360 You. Time to turn it on. 131 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:20,280 Well, it boots. That's kind of cool. The power button is okay. 132 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,160 It's kind of just like a lighter pink. 133 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,200 Look at that. You're probably hearing the fans. 134 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,720 They're not tuned. So they're just going full burr right now 135 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,320 as the computer's kind of booting, but wow. 136 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:40,240 This is a very pretty PC case. It was very easy to build in. 137 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,720 I think my biggest gripe is by far the fans. 138 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:48,200 And I don't know if that's a mark against the case or the fans then because you can't flip them around. 139 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,920 But I think the parts we chose really complimented this case. 140 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:56,520 And I think you could probably pick even better parts if you spent more time looking for 141 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,800 complimentary whites together and complimentary pinks. I don't know. 142 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,280 I really like this case. Now the question is it worth the $160 price tag? 143 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:10,320 That's gonna be up to you if you really want this aesthetic or I guess any of the other colors that they offer. 144 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,880 You could get the full mesh version if you want, which is $30 cheaper. 145 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:18,280 And then a pack of those fans, which is four fans, is $50 US dollars. 146 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:23,720 You know, I've seen four fans be more expensive from someone like Corsair, but those ones are RGB. 147 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,960 These ones are kind of just plain matching of the color of whatever case you get. 148 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,920 I don't know, which color would you guys get? Let me know down below and maybe what theme you'd build in it. 149 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,600 I almost want to do an Ironman theme in that red. I think it would look really cool. 150 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:42,000 If you guys enjoyed this video, go check out the first case I built in, which was the Tower 300 by Thermaltake. 151 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,720 I think that one might still be my favorite PC case, even though this is a nicer pink.