WEBVTT 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, 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. 00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:13.960 And these height X50 cases are just up my alley. 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:17.680 They come in six different colors, including this really bright candy red 00:00:17.680 --> 00:00:21.160 or this more matcha green, but that's not up my alley. 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:27.240 We're gonna build in the pink color. But just because it's cute, 00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:30.360 does that mean it's easy to build in? That's the whole point of today. 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 00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:37.480 pretty much everything that you could want in here, whether it's a full-size GPU 00:00:37.480 --> 00:00:40.040 or even up to a 360 millimeter radiator. 00:00:41.080 --> 00:00:44.360 Boop. Oh, I made the right choice. 00:00:44.360 --> 00:00:47.960 Oh, this looks so nice. I say that because some cases that have done 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 00:00:52.800 --> 00:00:55.800 and then the interior is still like black or white or something. 00:00:55.800 --> 00:01:00.520 So seeing a fully painted chassis like this is why I'm super, super excited. 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:05.360 Got the little feet on there. Actually, speaking of these feet, 00:01:05.360 --> 00:01:08.440 it's the same as the green one, but the red one are different. 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. 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 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:21.920 with the glass front here. You could get a full mesh, 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. 00:01:26.800 --> 00:01:29.960 Man, I got a big smile on my face, man. 00:01:29.960 --> 00:01:34.280 This looks so cool. Oh, that curved glass looks awesome. 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:38.160 More and more companies have been doing this lately. I mean, Lee and Lee really popularized 00:01:38.160 --> 00:01:41.280 the kind of curved aesthetic when it had the O11 dynamic, 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, 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. 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. 00:01:57.880 --> 00:02:01.560 One thing that might be controversial for you is the power supply is actually up top. 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, 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:09.880 where you plugged in here, but that would make it quite a chunky boy. 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. 00:02:14.720 --> 00:02:19.040 I think it looks okay. A lot of meshing on the back 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 00:02:24.640 --> 00:02:28.960 because on both of these sides here, you can fit up to three 120 millimeter fans. 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:32.200 So I guess six 120 millimeter fans. 00:02:32.200 --> 00:02:34.800 And this is exciting. Here they are. 00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:40.280 You can get color matched ones to fit in your case. 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. 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. 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:55.120 And then we have two USB 3.2 Gen1 type A ports. 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. 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 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 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. 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:15.800 So to each their own. And then our power button as well. It's up there. 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:19.720 Let's see how easy it is to take this bad boy. Oh, it slides up. 00:03:19.720 --> 00:03:22.360 Ah, that was very nice. No screws, completely tool-less. 00:03:23.440 --> 00:03:27.840 That gives us access to the back here, which we can see all of our accessories 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:32.120 and our cables for our front IO. For cable management, you got just some Velcro straps 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. 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:39.240 This one just pops out, okay? Still tool-less though. 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. 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, 00:03:48.160 --> 00:03:51.400 couple screws, pop it out, give it a quick dusting, whatever, 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:54.740 pop it right back in. And now how to remove the glass. 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, 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:08.400 except for this, which, oh, it looks like it can be removed. 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:12.340 Okay, that's good. Cause if you're plugging in like your CPU power cables 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 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 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, 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:29.880 it'll clearly tell you which standoffs to use. The only problem I could notice is 00:04:29.880 --> 00:04:33.400 if you're going with a small board, like the smallest, for example, 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. 00:04:37.440 --> 00:04:40.840 You'll want to use like maybe a vertical GPU to cover the labeling. 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. 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. 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. 00:04:52.420 --> 00:04:56.120 So ATX size motherboard, a pretty big size GPU. 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:59.560 We're also going to go with an air cooler. 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. 00:05:04.320 --> 00:05:08.280 And I know I mentioned we could do an AIO or some sort of radiator mounts. 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 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 00:05:17.200 --> 00:05:20.400 come out the back, I assume. 00:05:20.400 --> 00:05:23.600 And maybe it'll catch heat, but also your power supply is up here. 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, 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:31.800 there's actually quite a lot of ventilation. Even the PCIe slots are quite open. 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. 00:05:37.400 --> 00:05:40.480 But we need to build the PC first. So let's get building. 00:05:48.200 --> 00:05:52.000 I was just pulling out the screws here to figure out how to mount the motherboard. 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:55.080 Each little baggie is labeled. You got your power supply, you got your motherboard 00:05:55.080 --> 00:05:58.140 and 3.5 hard drive and a 2.5 SSD. 00:05:58.140 --> 00:06:00.700 That is a very nice touch. Thank you, Height. 00:06:03.400 --> 00:06:06.520 Motherboards in. Actually my concern earlier about plugging in 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 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. 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:19.680 Should we just do no exhaust and these front six? 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. 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, 00:06:29.340 --> 00:06:30.840 and then we'll have one more. 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. 00:06:36.760 --> 00:06:40.120 I've run into this a couple of times with some aesthetic cases. 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:43.660 I think this is supposed to be an intake, right? 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. 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:52.760 That's the ugly side in, right? I want the aesthetic side on the inside 00:06:52.760 --> 00:06:56.160 because that's where I'm looking. But then that means it's an exhaust. 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? 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:07.240 Just make them both look the same on either side 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:12.120 or make them reversible. It's really frustrating. Or hear me out. 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.080 Intake on the bottom. 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:20.040 That's still the wrong way. Fuck! 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:23.520 All of my fans are in now. It doesn't look as bad as I thought. 00:07:23.520 --> 00:07:26.880 I think the white cables I'm going to call aesthetic. 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? 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:35.840 Power supply or GPU next? Power supply. So we'll do the power supply. 00:07:35.840 --> 00:07:39.520 Ba da da. Well, cut that. 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? 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:47.080 The cables are not that close. 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:53.920 That is close enough for today. 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. 00:07:57.020 --> 00:07:59.760 So that's fine. Let's get it all wired up. 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:04.520 Once it's in there, it looks like a lot closer than I thought. 00:08:06.440 --> 00:08:10.280 All right, these cables actually add a lot. I think it looks really good. 00:08:10.280 --> 00:08:13.600 Time for our GPU. Of course we had to go with the pink GPU. 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:19.520 Well, white GPU with pink aesthetics, I guess. Oh, this is going to look so good. 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. 00:08:23.520 --> 00:08:27.840 It's still pretty strong, even though it's basically nothing there. 00:08:27.840 --> 00:08:32.160 Oh no, I scratched it a tiny bit. The knurling on the screwdriver. 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 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 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:45.760 using some of the Velcro ties, as well as just some of the tie down points. 00:08:45.760 --> 00:08:48.800 It's not the best, but there is still a ton of room 00:08:48.800 --> 00:08:51.920 behind the motherboard tray. So if you want it to be lazy, 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. 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. 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:07.560 You can't really see through it. All right, let's turn this bad boy on. 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:12.280 Nope, I just realized I didn't hook up any of the front panel. 00:09:12.280 --> 00:09:15.360 You. Time to turn it on. 00:09:16.560 --> 00:09:20.280 Well, it boots. That's kind of cool. The power button is okay. 00:09:21.280 --> 00:09:23.160 It's kind of just like a lighter pink. 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:29.200 Look at that. You're probably hearing the fans. 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:32.720 They're not tuned. So they're just going full burr right now 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:36.320 as the computer's kind of booting, but wow. 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:40.240 This is a very pretty PC case. It was very easy to build in. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:43.720 I think my biggest gripe is by far the fans. 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. 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:51.920 But I think the parts we chose really complimented this case. 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 00:09:56.520 --> 00:09:59.800 complimentary whites together and complimentary pinks. I don't know. 00:09:59.800 --> 00:10:04.280 I really like this case. Now the question is it worth the $160 price tag? 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. 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:13.880 You could get the full mesh version if you want, which is $30 cheaper. 00:10:13.880 --> 00:10:18.280 And then a pack of those fans, which is four fans, is $50 US dollars. 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. 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:27.960 These ones are kind of just plain matching of the color of whatever case you get. 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. 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. 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. 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.