Anidees AI Crystal Review - Tempered Glass EVERYWHERE
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,252 words · ~6 min read
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in the wonderful world of computer cases there are certain Trends really old
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cases tended to be beige then cable space behind the motherboard trays
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expanded rubber grommets and cable management holes became common everyone
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started introducing basements and now
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tempered glass tempered glass is everywhere all three of the last cases
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that I've reviewed including this one has included some amount of tempered
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glass and the anid i crystal has even
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more glass than the others so it must be
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in the video description the front of the case when the computer is off
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appears minimal Scandinavian even once the computer is on however the three
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included an's branded 140 mm white LED
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fans shine through the front mounted tempered glass in a rather beautiful way
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although it should be noted that the brightness of the LEDs is dependent on
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the speed of the fan so it is inherently
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variable this also reveals that they are
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kept mostly clean by a magnetically mounted filter that you will need to
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remove said front panel to access the top of the case has spots for two more
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140 mm fans or three 120 mm fans
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although it is currently empty and also has a magnetically mounted filter on the
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outside of the case although tragically
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there were no holes cut in the filter where the screws could go through so it
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doesn't rest flat if you don't have completely flat mounting screws used
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here and just like the filter at the front of the case it doesn't seem fine
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enough to be all that effective at actually blocking that much dust closer
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up there's the IO which includes two USB 3.0 ports 2 USB 2.0 ports a reset button
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a large LED lit power button headphone and microphone jacks with unfortunately
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offset logos and a fan controller listed with ls and H which seems to stand for
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low stop and high respectively although
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it is yet again unfortunate that the position of the switch doesn't actually
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line up with the corresponding letters the left side of the case features a
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large all-encompassing tempered glass panel which features rubber ringed
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screws and female thread points in order to protect the glass from scratches and
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a warning sticker saying tempered glass Handle With Care which is a good thing
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because mishandling tempered glass and having it break doesn't just suck
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because you lose a case panel it's a nightmare to clean up as well the bottom
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of the case features some pretty standard feet reminiscent of something
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that you might find on say a Corsair carbide series of cases and a filtered
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intake for your power supply which does seem fine enough to be effective at
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blocking dust from getting into the case it's actually a different filter the
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right hand side has another beautiful tempered glass panel which reveals the
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back of the wait hold on a second what are those what are those are those the
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fractal fins they look like the fractal fins on the front intake fractal also
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has a large flat Scandinavian styled
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front panel and intakes exactly like these on the side of their front panels
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what are those after some research no this is not a collaboration project
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despite the outside resembling a fractal case with a tempered glass facelift some
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further looks into their website also revealed some other Oddities like a
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multi-usb port charger that looked very
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suspiciously almost exactly the same as an anchor charger even down to some of
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the fine details and the specs seems rather fishy but I don't have nearly
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enough information to make any actual accusations so I'll leave you guys to
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come to your own conclusions and moving on the back of the case features a
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sliding cover for the expansion cards and non thumb screws which is rather
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annoying and makes the screws not even that easy to remove we don't have a
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screwdriver in the shop that can easily remove these and I'm constantly afraid
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I'm going to strip them anytime I try to remove them moving up the back we have
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some metal stopped management holes for external water cooling who the hell
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would use those they look so ugly I mean okay we apparently would use them for
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like whole room water cooling but that's not a good metric to go by we're crazy
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we're not average consumers the inside of the back showing the motherboard tray
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has ample Cable Management Loops for zap straps three beautifully displayed SSD
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trays a really weird CPU heat syn cutout
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which doesn't actually properly reveal all of the screw holes for the heat sink
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and last of all an extreme lack of depth there isn't enough room back here to
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properly run your cables and have a tempered glass panel installed to count
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this you would have to Flat Mount all of your cables which is extremely tedious
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and frustrating Down Below in the basement area there are two 3.5 in hard
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drive mounts and a power supply that sits up on some extended legs to get it
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off the base of the case a nice touch moving inside the main compartment
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however things continue to be weird when I tried to remove their protective film
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from their company logo some of the letters started to come off and then
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there's this thing on the right hand side it covers up some of your cable
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management which is cool all in all this is a stunning case while I had it set up
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in the bench Den a number of people came by and commented on how fabulous it
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looked it looks mysterious and beautiful and as such things sometimes go it is
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unsurprisingly a little crazy when you look a little bit closer the choice is
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credit or $25 towards a new device all right guys thanks for watching if this
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video sucked and you're like I disagree there's no Oddities about this case
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whatsoever at all hit the dislike button if you liked it hit the like button
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subscribe button all that fun stuff and feel free to buy it on Amazon or a
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stores in the description down below you can get a cool shirt like this or the
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Forum where you can discuss the various things on this case and where they may
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have come from