Wednesday, September 20th 2017
Sharkoon Announces the AI7000 Case
Sharkoon expands their range of cases and, with the AI7000 Silent, introduce for the first time a robust ATX Midi tower with pre-installed damping mats. These damping mats effectively reduce the operating noise of the PC, without affecting the airflow inside the case. The case is especially suitable for silent PCs.
The Sharkoon AI7000 Silent is equipped with damping mats on both side panels, top panel and front panel. Sufficient space inside the case allows installation of a wide range of components: Install the power supply and up to three 3.5" hard drives decoupled within the tunnel on the case bottom. The AI7000 Silent also comes with two mounts for 2.5" drives behind the mainboard. Thanks to numerous openings, the mainboard can be discreetly cabled. CPU coolers up to a height of 17.5 cm can be installed thanks to a practical mainboard tray cutout.The maximum length of graphics cards is 38 cm; power supplies up to 23 cm in length. In the front, there is enough room for a 280 mm radiator with a total height of up to 5.7 cm, plus a fan. As with all newer Sharkoon cases, the front panel is cableless and designed for easy installation, for example, of 5.25" drives. Detachable dust filters, behind the front panel and case bottom, protect the hardware from dirt. Above the front panel, the case offers two USB 3.0, USB 2.0 and audio ports. A 19-pin mainboard connector connects the USB 3.0 ports to the mainboard and can additionally offer alternative USB 2.0 ports. Two 140 mm fans are pre-installed behind the front panel; a 140 mm fan is pre-installed on the rear panel. Accents on the front air intakes are available in the colors red, green, blue and black, which determine the color version of the case.
Also presented is the Sharkoon AI7000 Glass, with a tempered glass side panel, which provides almost identical features but does not contain damping mats. Four different color versions are available, each with a visually matching LED fan on the rear panel.
The Sharkoon AI7000 Silent is available for the suggested retail price of 79.90 euros from authorized retailers. The Sharkoon AI7000 Glass is also available for the suggested retail price of 69.90 euros.
For more information, visit the product pages of the AI7000 Silent HD and AI7000 Glass HD.
The Sharkoon AI7000 Silent is equipped with damping mats on both side panels, top panel and front panel. Sufficient space inside the case allows installation of a wide range of components: Install the power supply and up to three 3.5" hard drives decoupled within the tunnel on the case bottom. The AI7000 Silent also comes with two mounts for 2.5" drives behind the mainboard. Thanks to numerous openings, the mainboard can be discreetly cabled. CPU coolers up to a height of 17.5 cm can be installed thanks to a practical mainboard tray cutout.The maximum length of graphics cards is 38 cm; power supplies up to 23 cm in length. In the front, there is enough room for a 280 mm radiator with a total height of up to 5.7 cm, plus a fan. As with all newer Sharkoon cases, the front panel is cableless and designed for easy installation, for example, of 5.25" drives. Detachable dust filters, behind the front panel and case bottom, protect the hardware from dirt. Above the front panel, the case offers two USB 3.0, USB 2.0 and audio ports. A 19-pin mainboard connector connects the USB 3.0 ports to the mainboard and can additionally offer alternative USB 2.0 ports. Two 140 mm fans are pre-installed behind the front panel; a 140 mm fan is pre-installed on the rear panel. Accents on the front air intakes are available in the colors red, green, blue and black, which determine the color version of the case.
Also presented is the Sharkoon AI7000 Glass, with a tempered glass side panel, which provides almost identical features but does not contain damping mats. Four different color versions are available, each with a visually matching LED fan on the rear panel.
The Sharkoon AI7000 Silent is available for the suggested retail price of 79.90 euros from authorized retailers. The Sharkoon AI7000 Glass is also available for the suggested retail price of 69.90 euros.
For more information, visit the product pages of the AI7000 Silent HD and AI7000 Glass HD.
17 Comments on Sharkoon Announces the AI7000 Case
Ideal is 2 or 3 intakes and 2 exhausts. Exhausts being rear and rear top.
And the reason for me ranting about it is because out of 700 trillion cases in existence, like 5 sort of have such design. I hope this puts your bitching and my bitching into perspective.
we wouldnt even be looking at 700 trillion cases in the first place, we only start with decent ones that fit enthusiast components as a base, but then probably only the silenced front panel ones, that's now a few hundred at most
did you ever contact manufacturers? how about boutique ones like DAN or that polish one that also had crowdfunding (edit: what if there's a top panel weight capacity issue, what if the sideways exhaust air is awkward, etc)
swearing, yelling, & using grossly exaggerated numbers is a tantrum, it doesnt harden an argument, it just makes it noisy at best, turns people off from reading at worst, why would you want that, dont you want to be taken seriously?
i wont forget the dx12 & linux threads, but i'm not going to just leave you in a corner, i do want you (& everyone) to improve
here, i still have a nostalgic screenshot of your 4,000th post, let's think about how what's happened in our lives during the past 5 years
The BeQuiet in particular didn't convience me with tiny grills in front and on top. Feels like a huge airflow restriction. Not to mention clumsy to clean dust.
Corsair could just convert Carbide 330R to simply have a copy of front cover, on top, exhausting air the same way front is intaking it. Or to the rear, so it improves acoustics while still allowing airflow.
I got a lot of work left to do. I only ended with these fans because I wanted the Thermal take 360mm AIO.