Phanteks Enthoo Pro Computer Case
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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1,325 words · ~6 min read
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by popular demand here is my review of
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the enthu pro the second case from
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fantex the Jazz mini phone and tablet stand from Cooler Master is now
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available in a variety of cool colors from these great retailers click now to
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learn more honestly we got off to a bit of a rough start with the en Pro the
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foam packing material in the Box arrived broken and it is some of the worst that
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I've ever seen my case wasn't damaged but if you're ordering a system from
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somewhere I wouldn't even consider getting it pre-built in the enu Pro with
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the extra weight of the other components there's a very good chance it'll arrive
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damage packaging is important and fantex is in attention to it reveals their
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inexperience as a case manufacturer which leads us to the case itself the
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inexperience doesn't show here at all the en2 pro has a look about it that
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somehow manages to be subtle and elegant and yet scream perform perance this is
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of course Very subjective but I think the case looks fantastic the brushed
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finish looks metal from many angles even though it's thankfully easy to clean
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plastic and it just is really really nice and I I don't know what it is
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exactly but the case is somehow subtle and elegant but also aggressive and
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imposing and even though it's a midtower it just looks more impressive than its
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size would normally allow I feel like we're kindred spirits that way let's
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move on to the features though the front has three 5 and 1/4 in base with a
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fourth spot that appears to be one but is actually the cover for the Fairly
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standard front IO further down we've got the included mm front fan with options
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for dual 120 or 140 mm mounts covered by
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a classy looking mesh with diagonal slips on each side to help the front
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fans draw an additional Air One Quirk I noticed here is that while the mesh is
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filtered the side intakes are not so you can expect some dust to get into the
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case here speaking of dust filters though you get lots of them aside from
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the one in the front there are two on the bottom a short one at the back for
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the power supply intake and a long one at the front for the two optional bottom
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mounted fans or radiator Mount there and then a large one built into the
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classically styled top bezel behind the power button removing the top reveals
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the meat and potatoes of the radiator mounting options you can put up to a
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triple 120 or triple 140 up here to go
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along with the other available radiator mounting points that can be accessed by
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removing various internal pieces and because the rear fan uses mounting slots
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instead of holes you can make room to put your barbs in the rear to salvage
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more of your 5 and 1/4in Bay so you can put I don't know things that are more
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useful than Optical drives there praise be to gay Ben for creating steam anyway
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finishing up our external tour the rear features 8 PCI expansion slots and a
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tube Reservoir Mount for the liquid cooling folks and the sides feature well
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nothing on the right and an unusual dual window design on the left that I find
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quite attractive I do have an issue with the window though this case is brand new
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and has only been built in once and we've been as careful with it as we can
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be but the quality of the acrylic here is so poor that it basically looks like
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it belongs to a 2-year-old case now the astute among you may have
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noticed that a while ago I said that you can remove some stuff to make more room
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for radiators well you can also remove either of the triple Bay hard drive SSD
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cages if you want but that's not all you can do the enu Pros internals are held
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together primarily with screws rather than rivets so for example let's take a
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couple of the other great features of this case like the stealth cover over
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the Drive Bay or the stealth cover with cable management over the power supply
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pull out a few screws and all that Biz comes right out this design approach is
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more expensive but gives owners who want to mod or paint their towers a ton of
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flexibility big props to fantex there
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finishing up the motherboard side of the internals um I mean wow there's not much
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to say uh the cable management HS are mostly filled with grommets and
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intelligently positioned for things like the front panel audio connector 24 pin
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connector and even common fan header locations and there's ample space
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between the radiator and the motherboard to access connectors like the eight pin
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even after the rat is installed it's surprisingly easy to work in for a mid
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tower on the back side there's actually more to talk about there's the
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reasonably well constructed Wing locking 3 and 1/2 in Drive rail system there's
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the large CPU cutout for easy cooler installation there's the ample Cable
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Management room at the bottom for stashing stuff there's the well-placed
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and numerous included velcro Cable Management straps all over the back
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there's the SSD bracket mountable here or here that maintains adequate spacing
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to not strain your connectors and has screw holes but we found actually works
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just fine as a friction mount and finally there's the six Channel fan
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controller that runs up to the CPU fan header on your board and can be used to
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power up to six fans just make sure to consult the manual for instruction
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on when to use the SATA power connector versus when to not use it actually the
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surprisingly well-written manual is part of an excellent overall accessory
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package that also includes an optional Reservoir Mount that can screw onto the
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hard drive cages some more cable management stuff and their awesome
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little toolbox that holds all the screws you need for your case in handy little
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compartments and with that I think we're done here so what can I say as a
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conclusion for the N Pro I mean I guess I could give it like an award or
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something but we don't really do that so instead I'm going to say this fantex
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it's time to update your website son because y'all make CPU coolers fans and
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cases now welcome to the big league any gamer or Enthusiast with a $100 budget
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for a new case should basically pick up an enu Pro and I'd go as far as to say
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that even if your budget is closer to 129 to 149 you should still take a long
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hard look at it it's not perfect but it's really really good and I'm excited
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to see what they do next guys like this video if you liked it dislike it if you
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