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Sharkhan X500

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You may not have heard of Sharkhan before, but the brand is currently establishing itself in the US market, and we get to put the X500, their first case, through our review process to see how it holds up against the fairly crowded mainstream market.

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Best to leave the front off...
 
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eidairaman1 said:
Best to leave the front off...
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I think it will be OK - Fractal Design have used the same sort of design on their Define cases for a loooooong time and I never had any serious overheating issues with my Define XL. the smaller Define series of cases have always gotten good reviews too.

While not groundbreaking because Fractal do like to add a lot of noise isolation padding, its nothing to worry about.

The front fans on this case also seem to be pressure orientated so that's also a good thing.

Unfortunately since there is no temperature data - i can only speak from personal experience and guestimates from similar cases based off the same or similar design.
 
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FreedomEclipse said:
I think it will be OK - Fractal Design have used the same sort of design on their Define cases for a loooooong time and I never had any serious overheating issues with my Define XL. the smaller Define series of cases have always gotten good reviews too.

While not groundbreaking because Fractal do like to add a lot of noise isolation padding, its nothing to worry about.

The front fans on this case also seem to be pressure orientated so that's also a good thing.

Unfortunately since there is no temperature data - i can only speak from personal experience and guestimates from similar cases based off the same or similar design.
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it all really depends on how stuffed the case is, experienced builders may make adjustments for the low flow intake front panel.

I will give props to this case having bottom mounts for fans while still keeping the PSU separated, Bottom intakes make the front intakes less of a issue for air flow.
What i dont like about the top is that there is no bezel to hide externally mounted fans such that a 240 radiator mounted with push-pull fan style.
 
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DeathtoGnomes said:
it all really depends on how stuffed the case is, experienced builders may make adjustments for the low flow intake front panel.

I will give props to this case having bottom mounts for fans while still keeping the PSU separated, Bottom intakes make the front intakes less of a issue for air flow.
What i dont like about the top is that there is no bezel to hide externally mounted fans such that a 240 radiator mounted with push-pull fan style.
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I dont quite understand what you mean. It looks like quite a neat build to me.



It might be a bit of a squeeze for dual GPU setups but I still think it can make for a pretty neat build.

What else are you going to put in the case? If you want more hard drives then what its capable of handling then go buy a different case that suits your needs/wants better.
 
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not saying it wont be a neat build, I'm mostly referring to air flow.
 
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DeathtoGnomes said:
not saying it wont be a neat build, I'm mostly referring to air flow.
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I think it will be okay providing the fans are half decent. The way you put it across was like as if there were gonna be a lot of cabling and other chunky things like HDD cages that get in the way and obstruct the flow of air like in packed M-ITX. Airflow will be fine. Otherwise Fractal cases would of sucked pretty hard
 
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