WEBVTT 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:12.200 the fractal designed toine R4 case gets featured on the wow build logs of the 00:00:10.040 --> 00:00:16.440 week section more than any other case click now to learn more about it I am 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:21.480 going to spare you guys the unboxing portion of this unboxing because we have 00:00:18.520 --> 00:00:27.320 a lot to do it comes in a pretty decent dual layered box and has hard foam 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:31.920 inside which normally bothers me more particularly with larger cases but with 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:36.239 smaller cases it bothers me less because there's less concern that they're going 00:00:33.559 --> 00:00:41.200 to be extremely heavy and cause breakage when in shipping so this my friends is 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:46.280 the bit Phoenix Phenom or Phenom or however you prefer to pronounce that 00:00:43.239 --> 00:00:49.640 word like the older AMD processors but 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:52.640 these are all new sort of they're based 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:54.760 very closely on the original bit Phoenix 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:59.120 Prodigy but with a couple of upgrades that I personally think are very very 00:00:57.239 --> 00:01:02.000 nice so let's take the white one it's available in a variety colors just like 00:01:00.760 --> 00:01:05.600 The Prodigy and we're going to have black and white here in the Showcase and 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:08.520 we've got a nice little bit Phoenix logo that to me is a lot more subtle than the 00:01:07.080 --> 00:01:12.439 one that was on the original Prodigy that really popped out of the front 00:01:10.320 --> 00:01:17.040 ventilation Wise It's also taken a bit of a Middle Road the original Prodigy 00:01:14.240 --> 00:01:22.920 had either like little tiny vents along the sides or it had a full mesh front 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:27.360 well the Phenom or Phenom has reasonable size vents on the sides here and then it 00:01:25.240 --> 00:01:31.960 has a closed front just like the white version of The Prodigy that I think 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:33.840 gives it a very sleek very classic look 00:01:31.960 --> 00:01:38.840 but doesn't compromise on cooling to nearly the same extent the white Prodigy 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:40.320 did IO is still on the side wouldn't 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:44.520 have minded seeing this move to the front or the top but every position has 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:49.119 disadvantages like even on the top you know your cat can step under or whatever 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:52.840 else I have had that happen so there you go uh neither of them are windowed 00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:56.719 variants you've got the same kinds of accents up here on the top that you've 00:01:54.360 --> 00:02:01.360 got on the side with little grills and then on the top of the case you've got 00:01:58.759 --> 00:02:06.640 that same removable fan girl that we saw on the Prodigy that gives you access to 00:02:03.759 --> 00:02:12.840 ah yes radiator support so you can check a dual 120 millimeter Radiator in there 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:15.120 no problem which leads us to the back of 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:20.239 the case so this is where not all phenoms are created equally there are 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:25.720 two versions just like The Prodigy now where there's one that supports many ITX 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:30.840 motherboards at most so that's the one right here on your left and there's one 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:32.599 that supports microatx so that is four 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:37.400 expansion slot motherboards as opposed to just one but compromises some of the 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:41.720 other expandability with respect to drives and water cooling radiators and 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:45.280 other stuff like that so let's break these babies open and compare them 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:49.239 internally so I've loosened all the screws and it's time for the big reveal 00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:53.959 much like the original Prodigy the build quality is very solid nice strong side 00:02:51.480 --> 00:02:57.159 panels almost no flex to them whatsoever they've got some nice weight to them 00:02:55.599 --> 00:03:00.920 which unfortunately does make the cases a little bit heavier but what do you 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:04.080 want you want it to be light you want it to be strong you want it to be cheap you 00:03:02.640 --> 00:03:07.480 know you got to make compromises somewhere all right so removing these 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:11.599 side panels we are going to reveal a couple of things number one is the SSD 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:16.000 mounts that are built into the sides here you can put two 2 and 1/2 in drives 00:03:13.480 --> 00:03:21.080 there no problem as well as all the interior I/O that USB 3.0 Port can be 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:25.239 adapted to USB 2 there is an included adapter and there's a custom PCB here 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:29.439 that handles all the io so we find the same thing on the other one and whoa 00:03:27.959 --> 00:03:35.439 everything else that's inside these cases looks pretty darn different and 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:37.560 yet familiar so this one right here what 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:42.319 do you recognize that from well that is the interior of the original bit Phoenix 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:46.319 Prodigy so you've got fan mounts here at the front lots of room for intake 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:50.360 whether you want to mount you know dual 120s or I think you actually have to 00:03:48.760 --> 00:03:55.319 remove the 5 and a/4 inch Bay but you can do that you just remove the front bezel and pull that off you can do dual 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:59.400 12s for a radiator in there you can do you know 140s I believe it can do 160s 00:03:57.799 --> 00:04:03.879 Andor 180s there's lots of different options in there for fans in the front 00:04:01.640 --> 00:04:08.159 you've also got five expansion Bays here that are compatible with either 2 and 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:11.519 1/2 in or 3 and 1/2 in drives a 5 and 1/4 in expansion Bay that can be used 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:15.879 for something else should you so desire in fact it comes with a 3 and 1/2 in 00:04:13.640 --> 00:04:18.799 plastic adapter in it and that pretty much does it for this side a little bit 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:22.720 of cable management room here and of course that attention to detail see the 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:25.880 way that they folded over the metal here so it doesn't leave any sharp edges I'm 00:04:24.320 --> 00:04:29.080 going to go ahead and give you another angle on that that means you're not 00:04:27.320 --> 00:04:31.960 going to cut open the power supply cables that you're trying to run through 00:04:30.479 --> 00:04:36.320 here in Cable Management here which is good because it is an extremely tight 00:04:34.919 --> 00:04:41.840 fit for your power supply in this particular case they have a fan filter 00:04:38.919 --> 00:04:45.840 on the bottom of the Phenom that has the ITX layout because that is that means 00:04:44.320 --> 00:04:48.960 you are intended to install your power supply with the fan facing down so the 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:54.600 heat doesn't interfere with any other components in your system and over here on the other side you find a little bit 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:59.720 more room for cable management as well as ah yes if you were to remove and 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:04.039 check this out all screws very few rivets on this case if you were to 00:05:01.280 --> 00:05:08.400 remove all your drive cages you could actually make room for radiators here at 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:13.639 the front and you could just Mount Your 2 and 1/2 in ssds to the inside here you 00:05:11.479 --> 00:05:17.960 could Mount them to the other side of the power supply and motherboard tray 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:22.199 enclosure and you could add ssds that way so you could throw four ssds in here 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:26.360 having actually removed all of the drive cages giving you lots of room for water 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:30.759 cooling it has support for a single 120 or 140 mm Fen in the back and two 00:05:29.080 --> 00:05:34.680 expansions which might seem weird because ITX only has one but that my 00:05:32.840 --> 00:05:39.280 friends is because you can install a dual slot graphics card without having 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:45.680 to do any modding or anything like that so there you go that is the ITX Phenom 00:05:43.080 --> 00:05:50.479 or Phenom whichever you prefer now let's go through the 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:52.560 matx Phenom or Phenom whichever you 00:05:50.479 --> 00:05:58.680 prefer so you can see right here that our 5 and a/4 inch uh sled seems to have 00:05:56.400 --> 00:06:02.639 been attached to here for some reason these are engineering samples so it's 00:06:00.840 --> 00:06:08.360 possible that the packaging wasn't quite final because I know for a fact that 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:13.039 this box is supposed to be there and not this guy right here so this is a 5 and 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:16.720 1/4 to 3 and 1/2 in or 2 and 1/2 in adapter just like we found in the other 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:21.759 case and it can go up here in the 5 and 1/4 inch cage you also can install 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:27.919 either using the Vib anti vibration mounts here 2 3 and 1/2 in or two 2 and 00:06:24.880 --> 00:06:30.919 1/2 in drives using the hooks as well as 00:06:27.919 --> 00:06:32.720 the uh oh looks like three ohuh my bad 00:06:30.919 --> 00:06:37.080 sorry about that so three 2 and 1/2 in drives if you prefer to go that rate 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:40.840 using the hooks and the um screws right here you can also see that the fan 00:06:38.880 --> 00:06:46.280 layout is extremely different there's no power supply at the back so there's 120 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:50.199 or 140 here five expansion slots which is great because some mini ATX boards 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:53.599 even though they only have four slots have their full speed PCIe right on the 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:57.919 bottom so if you want to put a graphics card in there running an SLI or Crossfire you're going to have to make 00:06:56.400 --> 00:07:03.120 use of that fifth slot great a bit Phoenix to think of this your eye your 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:06.919 toolless removal of these slot hold Downs as well as oh yeah there's a power 00:07:05.039 --> 00:07:11.400 in but hold on a second where does that go okay it goes here so there's an 00:07:09.080 --> 00:07:16.199 extension cable here that actually runs to the power supply which is boom on the 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:19.039 bottom of the case so that means these feet are important you're going to be 00:07:17.479 --> 00:07:23.039 taking up air into the bottom of the case this heat shield is for use if you 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:26.879 install hard drives as opposed to fans in the bottom here although I personally 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:32.120 uh don't anticipate that that'll make much of a practical difference to the 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:36.000 performance of the uh of the you know cooling those drives or anything like 00:07:33.960 --> 00:07:40.599 that the rest of the Interior is pretty straightforward so you can find your 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:43.199 matx motherboard tray over here Cable Management should be relatively 00:07:41.960 --> 00:07:47.080 straightforward in here and you should be able to hide most of it either up 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:51.800 here in the top in the 5 and a/4 inch Bay that you're unlikely to be using 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:56.080 because whoa there is no 5 and 1/4 inch 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:58.280 FR ha so guys remember the 5 and 1/4 in 00:07:56.080 --> 00:08:01.720 Bay internally is because a lot of these components have a lot of the design has 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:05.479 been reused from The Prodigy so you're really meant to just install drives with 00:08:03.440 --> 00:08:09.639 the adapters so you can see your so you can hide all your cables over here your 00:08:07.039 --> 00:08:13.639 natx motherboard tray is reasonably strong considering that it has an 00:08:11.159 --> 00:08:17.159 extremely large CPU cutout again with that folded over metal so you're not 00:08:15.159 --> 00:08:21.520 going to accidentally cut anything on it you can also install more drives so 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:24.919 there's anti vibration mounts here as well as more fans down in the bottom of 00:08:23.520 --> 00:08:28.919 the case should you see fit so you can put dual 120s down there it should be 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:33.080 noted that the water cooling options are not near as extensive for the matx 00:08:31.400 --> 00:08:37.479 version and if you wanted to install a dual 140 mm rat in the top while you 00:08:35.760 --> 00:08:40.880 could you would be a little bit Limited in terms of which expansion slots you 00:08:39.479 --> 00:08:44.240 can use because there would be some interference there so if you really want 00:08:42.959 --> 00:08:50.760 to fill it full of water cooling radiators you might want to go with the mitx version you can of course still 00:08:47.959 --> 00:08:55.240 install a single 120 mm radiator at the back without any difficulty I think that 00:08:53.760 --> 00:09:00.560 pretty much covers it other than the accessories that are included and I can tell you what's in here before I even 00:08:57.880 --> 00:09:04.800 open it so there's a USB 3 to USB 2 adapter for the built-in IO and there's 00:09:02.839 --> 00:09:07.640 a bunch of screws and some cable ties don't forget to subscribe to L Texs from 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:12.399 unboxings reviews and other computer videos like this video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:16.600 comment if you thought it was kind of weird that I unboxed two different 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:20.200 colors of two different cases within the same video and if you're okay with it 00:09:18.640 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