Most Individual Case at Computex 2015? - IN WIN H-Tower
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2016-05-06
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985 words · ~4 min read
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Thank you to MSI for sending us here this year. We would not be at Computex
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2015 without them. And also, thank you to linda.com. All right, guys. Welcome
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to the InWin booth where we're checking out the H frame. This is a case that I
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actually saw earlier at ASUS, I think on day one or two, and I thought a modder
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had built it cuz they had a bunch of modder cases in the area, but it's actually a case that's going into
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production. This is a continuation of their concept series of cases. They This
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is the sixth one in the line, and they release about one every year. This is
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the only case that I know of that actually requires dedicated power to
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work, which is fairly insane. But that's because it's a freaking Transformer.
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This thing opens up and okay, maybe transformer isn't the best wording cuz
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it looks like something from Avengers that could hold like the Tesact or
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something. That's what Brandon said, and I completely agree. It It opens up to
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like reveal the motherboard. So, it's easy to work on, but realistically, it's
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just because it's freaking cool. There's four little laser spotlights, one on
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each side of the computer that can show you where the perimeter needs to be
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clear around the computer for it to open up and not actually hit any obstructions
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in the area. And along with those laser projected lights, there's LED strips
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that go up the four arms of the case and can be controlled by the app, which can
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also control how the case opens up and performs in other ways. If silver and
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RGB isn't your theme, they also have the ROG certified edition, which comes in
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black and red. And then those LED strips can only go to either red or white if
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that's more of your color palette taste. On the lefth hand side, you have power
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for the power supply, which the routing for that is going to change. That idea
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is not final. So, it'll probably be more elegant on the actual release version.
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You have power for the case itself, and you have switches to turn on those laser
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grid lights around the case or the LED strips within the case. On the right
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hand side, you have the controls for the mechanics of the case itself. So you can
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open it up step by step, close it step by step, or set it to automatic, which
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will fully close or fully open it depending on how open or closed it
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currently is. Right above those controls is the IO where you have three USB 3.0
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plugs, one USB 3.1 type C plug, two
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audio jacks, a reset button with a blue hard drive LED LED in the middle of it,
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and a power switch, which also has a blue LED ring around it. There's not
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much going on on top of the case other than a big red warning stop button,
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which is basically just in case you're worried about the case hitting something while it's opening up. You can slam that
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stop button and then it will stop what it's doing. Once we move inside, you'll
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see compatibility for motherboards at sizes EATX and below. You'll see that
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you can have up to 209 or 214 mm CPU
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coolers depending on the position of that CPU cooler. up to 340mm length
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graphics cards at 200 millimeters of height and a power supply of 230 mm in
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length at ATX form factor. You can fit eight add-in cards, four 2 and 1/2 in
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SSDs with two of them being below the reservoir and two of them being on the
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back of the motherboard tray and one 3 and 1/2 in drive slot which is also on
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the back of the motherboard tray. Also on the back of that motherboard tray is
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a unique serial number as they will only probably be selling about 200 or 250 of
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these cases. And by the way, they'll be around probably 1,500 bucks, although
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neither of those numbers are finalized at this moment. The vast majority of the
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case is made out of very thick aluminum. 2 mm in some places, 3 mm in other
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places. Pretty crazy. Although the supporting mechanical ARM that raises up
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the main section of the case, is made out of steel. And last but not least is
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cooling. As you'll see on here, there's pumps and reservoirs and whatnot mounted, but most of those were custom
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drilled spots. The only actual dedicated spot for cooling is up near the top
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where you can either fit just three normal fans or a radiator and three
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additional fans. Let me know what you guys think about the H frame in the
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comments down below or on Twitter at luke_lafr. It might not be the most
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practical due to the cost, but it would be pretty damn cool to like swap out a
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graphics card now and then and have your computer actually give itself to you
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when you need to do that. Anyways, let me know. Like I said, while you're down
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there, like, dislike, favorite, share, subscribe, all that fun stuff. Thank you
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to MSI for sending us here this year. We would not be at Computex 2015 without
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them. If you want to check out their bitly link in the description down below
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this video, you can check out all the products that they launched at Computex
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this year, including their laptops, which are running Broadwell processors.
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Also, thank you to linda.com/computex and you can get a
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10-day free trial there and start learning immediately.