![]() ![]() You won’t get a finely-tuned airflow design or modularity here instead, it’s simply a huge box that can fit a lot of hardware. It’s important to manage expectations with the Enthoo Pro. But behind the dated exterior is a case that offers all the main benefits of a full-tower layout, including great cooling and storage potential, at a relatively budget-friendly price. Phanteks’ Enthoo Pro is relatively plain and somewhat old-fashioned as far as full-tower cases go. It lets you choose “silence” and “performance” modes for two sets of fans independently, mixing and matching fan speeds to find the perfect combo of noise and temperatures.ġ3.66 inches (with HDD cage) / 18.58 inches (without HDD cage) The Dark Base Pro 900 can go as low as 32.4 dBA at its quietest, literally whisper-quiet.įurther helping you fine-tune your rig’s noise performance is the Dark Base Pro 900’s dual-rail fan controller. These are silence-first fans that only output 15.5 dBA at 100% load, putting them in the ballpark of the best silent fans from companies like Noctua. It comes with three of be quiet!’s Silent Wings 3 140 mm fans as standard. Silence is, of course, the Dark Base Pro 900’s main selling point. Its great sound dampening, decent temperatures, and modularity make it a case worth checking out even as it enters its fourth year on the market. 2 has been around for a while, but it’s still one of the best silent full-tower cases available. The 7000D’s stock temperatures are safe, but nowhere near the Fractal Torrent’s 40.5 and 50-degree Celsius deltas in the same test.ġ2.7 inches (with HDD cage), 18.6 inches (without cage)īe quiet!’s Dark Base Pro 900 Rev. A good result for the CPU, but less so for the GPU. Gamers Nexus put the 7000D Airflow through its paces and recorded 45.6 and 58.5 degrees Celsius over ambient in their CPU and GPU torture tests. You’ll want a 7-inch or shorter PSU at the very least, and you might have to double-check radiator thickness too. There are PSU length compatibility issues to watch out for if you want to install all six drives, so read the manual and do your research before committing. This gives you the best of both worlds: an open internal layout for airflow or water cooling and enough drive mounts for all but the most storage-hungry setups. The 7000D’s 23.6-inch height (just under 3 inches taller than the Torrent) means that there’s room for a six-drive 3.5” drive cage under the PSU shroud. The 7000D also has the Torrent beat in one potentially important aspect: drive mounts. You miss out on the top mount’s 420 mm maximum in this setup, but we’re pretty sure the dual 480 mm radiators make up for that. You can max out the front and motherboard tray radiator mounts with 480 mm units and still have a 360 mm radiator up top. The 7000D Airflow has the room and internal layout to fit three massive radiators at once. It’s pricey, but if you want the rad space without going up to a super tower, you’ll want to check this case out. However, the 7000D packs one extra trick up its sleeve: top-notch radiator support perfect for complex water-cooled rigs. Combine all of this, and you get some of the best stock thermals you’ll get from a case:Ĭorsair’s 7000D is a massive airflow-focused case, much like Fractal’s Torrent. Secondly, the fully-open interior eliminates the issue of the PSU shroud stopping the bottom intake’s air from getting to your components. This design choice offers a couple of benefits: firstly, it opens up room for bottom intake fans to help cool your GPU directly. They can push a ton of air through your system, and the 180 mm diameter means that the fans can do so at relatively low speeds for reduced noise.Īnother interesting feature is the Torrent’s top-mounted PSU, which eliminates the now-standard PSU shroud. ![]() These are Fractal’s own Dynamic GP-18 fans, which boast a max airflow of 153.7 CFM and a max static pressure of 2.26 mm-H2O. The biggest talking point with the Fractal Torrent is those two 180 mm front intakes. The company’s kicked things to a new level with the Torrent, offering class-leading cooling and airflow with their signature combination of high-end materials and attractive design. E-ATX, ATX, SSI-EEB, SSI-CEB, Micro-ATX, Mini-ITXġ6.65 (with front fan) / 18.15 inches (without front fan)įractal Design is no stranger to airflow cases, even if the silence-focused Define line has been their signature product. ![]()
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