Best PC case on the market?
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,499 words · ~7 min read
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it's been a long time since I did a personal rig update and the last one
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kind of fell flat anyways it was a rushed plan you guys didn't really like
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it and admittedly I wasn't really into it either ever since moving away from
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the mineral oil build the choice of case has been a difficult one I even opted
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for trying to go with just a test bench because I was so unsatisfied with what
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was currently available on the case Market I didn't want a big Gody case I
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did want something that could fit an ATX motherboard however because I like
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expansion slots I wanted it to be clean but not happy go-lucky Martha Stewart
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clean more like that looks nice but also scares the absolute out of me Adam
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Jensen style clean I wanted angles I wanted tempered glass and I wanted
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Quality Construction I think I may have finally found the platform that I was
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looking for and because of that I'm going to be hard on it it's time to
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review the enthu Evolve ATX TG
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the sound core sport XL from ankor is an IP67 rated Bluetooth speaker featuring
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15 hours of Play Time 16 watts of audio output and a USB charging port for your
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devices check it out at the link below the front face features the beginning of
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the angular design my case came in anthracite gray but is available in
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silver and black variants as well somewhat near the bottom of the indented
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section of the face plate is an LED bar and at the top there's a flip cover
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which reveals dual USB 3.0 ports a headphone and microphone Jack and an RGB
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LED changing button which allows you to cycle through the 10 available colors
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for the integrated LEDs and additional LEDs added on later in the form of a
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fantex LED strip but this is where I'm going to get quite nitpicky for an ATX
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case I would have liked to see more USB ports up front two more USB type A ports
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as either USB 2.0 or 3.0 alongside a
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little bit of modernization with the inclusion of a USB 3.1 type-c connector
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would have been ideal it also looks like it would have been entirely possible
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with a denser configuration of ports the front plate is removable by simply
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leveraging the bottom and then the revealed fan filter is able to be
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removed by the handle at the top or by The Squeeze mounts on the inside of the
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case it does start a little too tight but after you remove it a few times it
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gets a bit easier to use just the handle the side panels are both made of
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tempered glass meaning your right side panel which is normally hiding your
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cable management is now quite naked the
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fantex mounting solution for their tempered glass is admittedly the best I
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have personally used because they relentlessly built buffers of foam or
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rubber between contact points that could scratch the glass this includes foam
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padded thumb screws rubber wrapped female threed points and a foam lined
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interior that the glass squeezes against it would have been wonderful if they
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could have used the same mounting method they had used for the non-tempered glass
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version of the Evolve because the screwless swivel Mount was fantastic but
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I understand going this direction because you don't want to mess around
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with tempered glass if this stuff shatters it's one hell of a job getting
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it all cleaned up the top of the case features your power button and some
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speed hole and spired venting along the angled sides with some great looking
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mesh underneath the whole panel can be done away with by removing two screws at
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the back and two screws at the front panel and then simply popping it off
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moving inside the case you have a nicely rail mountable radiator and fan install
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area up in the top but it's kind of unfortunate how far down that radiator
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and fan setup would go covering up the top of your motherboard because of this
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I would go with what I usually consider the less visually optimal position of
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the front which by the way has a removable panel so you can extend
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radiators down into the basement of the case putting a triple radiator up here
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and removing that panel will also remove your ability to use any of the modular
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Drive mounts and the Dual 3 and 1/2 in Drive Bay mounting area in the bottom so
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essentially you're stuck with three 2.5
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in positions two of which are on the back of the motherboard tray and one of
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which is beautifully displayed in the main compartment on the side of the
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basement the back of the motherboard tray features a fan controller which is
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a nice addition but due to it being exposed through the glass I would have
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appreciated some type of cover to make it more aesthetically pleasing the three
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velcro Cable Management straps are a wonderful touch but I would have
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appreciated them being just a little bit longer as they seem to just barely be
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able to hold on with some of the more populated runs and I don't even have
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that much stuff installed and adding on to that some form of Zap strap or
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something would have been appreciated for managing the 8 Pin CPU cable along
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the right hand side cuz right now there's nothing inside the main area of
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the case you have the snugly fit ATX motherboard a cool angled panel where
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your cables can commod of through the rubber grommets and some unfortunately
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not somehow covered or grommeted cable management holes for the bottom of your
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M motherboard add-on slots and SSD Mount
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you can fit three 120 or 140 mm fans in
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the front and top of the case and one 120 or 140 mm fan in the back that
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removable panel up near the front for the tall radiators can also facilitate a
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panel that will Aid in installing pumps or reservoirs if that's your thing as
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well then there is a cutout that reveals the side of your power supply speaking
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of which I would have preferred that fantex had a different mounting solution
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for this that enabled you to slide the power supply in through the back of the
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case using something like a removable will bracket okay so conclusion time I
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was hard on it I nitpicked things that I would have never even mentioned on other
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cases and this was out of love from titanium grade sandblasted anodized
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Coatings which look absolutely stunning while allowing you to touch it without
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having a heart attack to the refreshing ease of the entirety of the build
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process down to the little things like including a surprisingly nice spare
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screw box it's great gold star that's
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why I'm going to use it for my personal rig the video of which will come at some
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point I'm still working on getting the internals so uh yeah I wouldn't uh hold
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man thank you guys for watching sorry it took so long for any mention at all of
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my personal rig update I know this isn't really much of one considering all of
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the internals and a lot of the other stuff is going to change cuz I'm going
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to need to mod it for it to be a really good personal rig update but anyways if
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