1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,080 Inwin's been making some cool, build your own cases recently. Alex built the D. Billy in Computex. 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,240 Now we've got the POC, which apparently doesn't actually stand for anything. 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:13,720 So let's make our own naming convention. How about personally organized case? 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:19,560 Thanks, Inwin. It comes in two colors. We've got the Tropical Sweetheart or Race Blue. 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,760 I don't know why this one gets the actual color and this one just says Tropical. 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,660 I guess I could just get to pick one. If you couldn't tell, they're Flat Pack, 7 00:00:26,660 --> 00:00:30,480 which is actually really cool. It's kind of like the Ikea furniture of cases. 8 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,520 Ooh, they've got all these assembly instructions 9 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,700 on the box. There's also an app to follow in case you don't have the box for whatever reason. 10 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:40,920 Maybe you buy it secondhand or something. And everything just comes in these like 11 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,140 really flat sheets of SCCC steel, 12 00:00:45,140 --> 00:00:49,760 which is pretty cool. We're gonna supposedly fold it like origami. 13 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,920 That's what their marketing material says at least anyways. Front panel, how to fold. 14 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,880 Everything's very clearly labeled. And I like that this is just, 15 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:02,280 I don't know if it's recycled already, but it's just paper. It's just cardboard, not cardboard, 16 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,400 cardstock or something. So you can easily throw it in there recycling 17 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,080 once you're done. Although, I mean, it's got the instructions, so I don't know if you wanna get rid of it. 18 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,320 We've got our side cover. We've got our front panel, rear panel, 19 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:19,840 MB or motherboard plate. Side cover, one of two, top panel and bottom panel. 20 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,880 Hey, where's my side cover two of two? Well, okay, we'll find out, I guess. 21 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:28,200 Maybe they're together or something. It's not that heavy. It gets to be about 8.82 pounds, 22 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:34,180 and it's a mini ITX build. So we've got our RG Strix B760i gaming Wi-Fi 23 00:01:34,180 --> 00:01:37,580 that we'll throw in that later, but I wanna build this case. We'll get a few other things here. 24 00:01:37,580 --> 00:01:41,240 There's these metal rails maybe to hold it. 25 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,400 We get some cable ties and zap straps, 26 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,920 which is always nice for cable management. We also get a fan. So you get one fan with your case, 27 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:53,060 which is okay for ITX, it's not bad. We also get some of these little, 28 00:01:53,060 --> 00:01:56,760 yeah, these look like little rubber feet that you throw on on the end. We'll find that out later. 29 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,880 We also get a handy dandy accessories box, 30 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:04,880 always appreciated, as well as our PCIe Gen4 riser cable. 31 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,240 Oh, it's both the riser and the IO module in here, apparently. Or maybe they just use the same box. 32 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,480 Yeah, maybe they just use the same box because this one says IO module. 33 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,040 Now I don't know what to believe. Let's see what we get in our accessories box though. 34 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:21,240 Okay, just some foam to stick. I don't know what this little foam is for either. 35 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,120 And then our screws and what looks like our standoffs 36 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:29,400 and mounting hardware and PCIe slot screws. 37 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,920 Let's see which of these is which. Here is our, oh, this is the IO. 38 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:37,560 We get one USB-C, which is 3.2 Gen2 by 2, 39 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,360 as well as two 3.2 Gen1 USB-A ports, 40 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:46,400 along with our little headphone mic combo jack. This one must be our riser then. 41 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,920 Yeah, very nice. If you don't want to follow the instructions that come on the box, there's an app. 42 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,760 Assemble, build, part one fold. Oh, that's really cool. 43 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,480 Seven panels to bend. So you just like click on each one 44 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,840 and then it gives you a little video on how to fold it. 45 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,440 Let's follow this thing step by step. We'll start with the MB plate. 46 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:10,320 Why didn't they just say motherboard? One minor thing, this is like waxed 47 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,040 or something on the inside. So I don't know how recyclable this is anymore. 48 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:19,320 It's got this side on the bottom. And then you fold these in. 49 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:24,440 And then this flap. Okay, this is great, but it moves a little fast. 50 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,120 How do I rewind? Do I just go back and back in? Yep, okay. 51 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,640 Oh, there's this tab I forgot about. This goes here, very cool. 52 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:36,240 Okay, and then this folds out this way. So then we flip it out this way 53 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:42,760 and then we throw some screws in here. And then P1 motherboard standoff times six. 54 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,040 What's next? Handy dandy guide, front panel. 55 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,120 The F panel, my favorite panel. Looks like this one's pretty easy. 56 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,200 Pock, I build, I share, I build computer. 57 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,280 It looks like you fold it in. I just wanna make sure I'm folding them the right way. 58 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:02,280 Uh, uh, I did because look on the video 59 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,960 you can see the color on one side. So that actually makes it really easy to tell 60 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:10,520 that you're on the right side. That's what I've been looking for at least anyway is just which side is the paint on. 61 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:14,880 We need our rear panel next. Yeah, I do love how it's got like the how to fold 62 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,920 right on the box that is handy. Maybe don't throw away your box. 63 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,960 If you think you're gonna be disassembling and assembling over and over again. 64 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:26,320 One kind of minor thing to note though is that this is metal and it's gonna wear out. 65 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,520 So you probably only have so many bends in this before it just starts to snap. 66 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,160 This one's a little harder because there's no paint. My method has been foiled. 67 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:37,600 Boop, that's supposedly the rear panel. 68 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,600 Side cover, oh, that was good. Oh, this is super cool. 69 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,680 So what you can do with these is you can basically 70 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,920 do whatever pattern you want because it's for airflow. I'll get it assembled first and then I'll choose 71 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,800 which ones to like pop out. Top panel, ooh, I love this blue. 72 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,120 The tropical sweetheart, you get a bit of everything. You know, you get these yellows or oranges, 73 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,200 you get this green, you get some blue, it's nice. Whereas with the blue racer, it's just blue and black. 74 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:04,640 Which hey, that's an aesthetic in and of itself but it's not what we're looking for today. 75 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,120 I'm like terrified every time I bend these and I'm gonna break something but nope. 76 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,960 Somebody ordered a pizza bowl. This one's kind of weird. 77 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,400 We've actually, this is like the first one where I've had to actually do multiple bends. 78 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,600 I'm actually enjoying myself quite a bit. It's a lot of fun. 79 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,760 I've been doing a lot of like mini assembly and painting and stuff recently 80 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:28,400 and it's been a joy kind of just putting small things together and I don't really build ITX 81 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,000 but I might get that ATX version next time I buy a case 82 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,600 because this is really cool. All right, you hit the done step and then look, 83 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,480 it's seven pieces, one, two, three, four, five, six. 84 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:44,680 I have six. Where's my other side panel? Seven that we totally, totally forgot to fold. 85 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,680 You know, they only have one step for side panel even though you got two of them. 86 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:52,560 I just wasn't thinking about it. We're gonna take our bottom plate and we're gonna take our MB plate. 87 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,880 We're just gonna kind of squeak it in here. Everything's got a little like cut out 88 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,320 where it should go, which is nice. Oh, these go on the outside. 89 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:05,120 This is why you follow the instructions. This says that it comes with tools and accessories 90 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,160 but I don't see a screwdriver. 91 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:13,160 Ooh, do do do do, anywhere the wind blows. 92 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:15,800 Okay, that's done. 93 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,400 Whoa, careful, it's a little flimsy until it's like really all together. 94 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,440 Okay, so then I take the perforated, this guy, 95 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:29,120 and it's gonna slot in around here somehow, it looks like. 96 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,320 Line up these holes, very good. Then we're gonna take our other side panel right here 97 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,600 and we're just gonna screw this in to kind of like complete the little graphic here. 98 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:42,600 I understand why we put these two up top here. It's for the IO, so we're just gonna screw those into 99 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,600 these little standoffs here and away we go. I just realized, this is a power button. 100 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,740 Something that's not clear unless you're following the guide. Maybe it's clear when you follow the instructions 101 00:06:50,740 --> 00:06:54,360 but these panels, I don't know sometimes if they go on the inside or the outside. 102 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,920 So let's just watch this little guy here. On the inside, on the inside this time. 103 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,040 See, it's so, they have it putting the handle on first. 104 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:06,400 I think that's way harder to do. I'm just gonna put these screws through first instead. 105 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,400 As for the handles themselves, it's hard to tell, you know, without everything in here 106 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:13,000 but I like them. I don't have the smallest hands or the beefiest 107 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,520 and my fingers can fit in here. Looks like our next step is our PCIe riser. 108 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:21,880 Okay, take that out. And then this is going to go right here. 109 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,800 Feed that through and then take a couple more standoff screws. 110 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,120 We're almost done. Basically all we've got are our two side panels here. 111 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:33,720 We're just gonna slot these in and then screw them in 112 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,880 on both sides. It's pretty cool. One thing we kind of realized though 113 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,560 before we put these side panels on is that you can't really, you know, once they're in, 114 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,600 you can't get in there. And I've still got to put a computer in this thing. 115 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,760 They don't tell me anywhere on the instructions. I got so carried away in their cool POC app 116 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,660 that I completely forgot to build the computer. So we're gonna build the computer now. 117 00:07:51,660 --> 00:07:56,660 Okay, we're just gonna pump a riser cable in 118 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:05,120 now that we've got our cooler and our motherboard in here. And I gotta say, starting to look pretty good. 119 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,920 I'm not 100% sure we'll have enough clearance. Oh yeah, we're good, we're good, we're good, we're good. 120 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,640 We'll attach all our IO, we'll get our graphics card in on the other side. 121 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,240 Just screwing in our power supply here. Probably should have plugged the other stuff in first, 122 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,800 but you know, we'll get there. The nice thing is, because this thing 123 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,800 takes full size components, look at this, we don't need an SFX power supply. 124 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:30,400 Oh, it's so big. Now they say you can fit a 346 millimeter long card 125 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,600 up to three and a half slots, which is pretty beefy. 126 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,320 Pretty beefy. We got a 4070 Ti. 127 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,240 Here we go, now it's clicked. Something I got really worried about real quick 128 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,640 was how I'm gonna actually screw this down into the plate that's way down here. 129 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,240 They give you a little slot, so the stubby's not gonna work. 130 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,760 That's for sure, but big boy long screw will totally fit. 131 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,040 That's in there pretty good. You know, we got our handles to move it around. 132 00:08:56,040 --> 00:09:00,400 Actually I really do like these handles quite a bit. Now that I've got them, cable management could use some work. 133 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,960 I am not gonna spend a ton of time cable managing, but there's plenty of room because it's got two chambers. 134 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:09,240 So the GPU is on the other side, nice and tidy just like this. 135 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,800 Do whatever you want, you got lots of space. As for like overall feel and quality, 136 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:17,200 I don't have the side panels on yet admittedly, but it does feel a tad flimsy. 137 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:22,320 I mean, let's be real here, it's 0.8 millimeters thick SCCC steel. 138 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:27,760 It's just kind of held in by screws in a few places with some bends, but let's put the side panels on 139 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:32,560 before we really judge it too harshly. It does look cool, I really like it. 140 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:37,960 It's super colorful, like that's one complaint I have about building computers these days in general. 141 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,520 You either do RGB or it's all black or it's all white. 142 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:47,280 It's kind of it. There used to be a lot of colored components, whether it was cases or motherboards or graphics cards. 143 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,560 And that just doesn't really happen that much anymore. But I would like to bring back color, 144 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:56,600 a little bit of color into my life. It's why I like the fractal pop air so much, you can get it in a bunch of different fun colors. 145 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,920 And that's why I really like this guy. It's still a little flimsy, 146 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:03,240 but realistically you're not gonna move this once it's done. 147 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:07,660 You're just gonna put it down somewhere and leave it be. So yeah, it's pretty sweet. 148 00:10:07,660 --> 00:10:10,920 You've got your, all your HDMI ports, 149 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,920 whatever you're gonna put there. And then just kind of pop them out the sides here 150 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,360 or over here if you want. And then, oh, the feet. 151 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,700 Wow. 152 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:26,860 That's great. Eye build. I completely forgot to customize my cooling. 153 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:30,000 So, you know, I'm just gonna take a slot screwdriver 154 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,320 and just kind of go to get these out 155 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,520 because I cannot reach them now that the panel is on. 156 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,680 Every single one. That's what I want to do. 157 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:44,800 Don't do it this way. I'm probably scratching a little bit of paint. Actually, I really like this. 158 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:49,240 I think it's a pretty cool idea. Let's you just kind of add a little bit of flair to your, 159 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,280 maybe you just want to do the side ones. Maybe you just want to do the top. Wow. 160 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:57,240 It's pretty snazzy. You know, it is the tiniest bit flimsy, 161 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,080 but I don't think that's a real problem unless you're lugging around your PC everywhere, 162 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,520 which I mean, I guess can be kind of the point of small form factor if you want to use it 163 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,260 for land parties or something. Bell says this is more medium form factor. And I guess I kind of agree. 164 00:11:08,260 --> 00:11:13,920 It is a little tall. It's a little thick. Like, for instance, I built in the ghost 165 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,040 and that is like two thirds of this size, at least maybe. 166 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,040 Overall, I think the construction is pretty decent. 167 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:24,720 Putting it together was actually really fun. I don't know how many people are actually gonna enjoy that 168 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,160 as much as I did. I kind of like these nifty little fan things 169 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:32,120 that you can pop in and out for your airflow. Probably doesn't do a whole lot, realistically. 170 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,160 There is a ton of other ventilation on this case. 171 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:39,840 And oh my God, I forgot about our fan. Normally a fan just goes on the inside here. 172 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,800 If you forget like me, you can always just, you know, strap it to the outside and then rub the cable somehow. 173 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:48,920 If you want to buy the whole thing, it's 95 US dollars, which considering case prices keep going up and up, 174 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:52,640 that's not too bad. And if you want to, you can mix and match 175 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,620 and buy individual panels so you can kind of create your own design 176 00:11:56,620 --> 00:12:01,320 one piece at a time. Do I recommend it? Honestly, yeah, if you want to build new kind of medium 177 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,440 to small form factor PC and you want something that looks colorful 178 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:09,440 and you feel like you've done it yourself, then the POC could be for you. 179 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:15,640 Thanks for watching. If you want to watch other case short circuits, Adam built the Q500 from Cooler Master recently. 180 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,000 It's another DIY build your own case video. Check it out.