Case recommendation

[Hockster]

Few points on the case. Cable management is pretty good if you have a fairly simple system. With 1080's in SLI, and each card needing 2 PCIE cables, the lower chamber got full in a hurry. The velcro staps on the back side are nice, but way too short to be very useful. The 24 pin power cable pretty much maxed that out. And there are no where near enough zip tie loops, those are almost nonexistent. I really miss those from the Corsair cases. The case claims to take a 360 rad in the top but placing one up there will cover a large chunk on the motherboard. But the slide out fan bracket up top is nice, but 5 screws holding it in place? Seriously? Same thing with the 3.5 bay, you gotta remove eight screws, four from the bottom side of the case. Not fun.

Build quality is top notch, mounting for the TG panels is pretty good. Everything is foam backed, screws are rubber lined.

I still need to do some cable cleanup, and for some reason my PSU isn't showing up in Corsair Link. that's a tomorrow problem lol. Quick pic in the dark to hide my cabling:

http://imgur.com/vZpee7c

 

[Hood]

"my PSU isn't showing up in Corsair Link"
People have had that complaint since the first version that came with the AX1200i in 2012; pretty sad that it's still not working right after 6 years and many new versions. But then, the best hardware companies always have these problems with software (like Asus and their AI Suite, each new iteration as bad as the last). Congrats on the new build, it looks great, and the cables don't look that bad.

 

[Hockster]

Pretty sure it's the port on my Commander Pro. I think I killed one somehow. Moving plugs around causes anything in that port to not show up.

 

[John Naylor]

Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX ... belongs in an art museum... hard to find a site that doesn't gush over it. .... the Luxe TG is an easier build and almost as gorgeous ... 420 rad on top, 240 on bottom. We used to have 3-5 cases we'd suggest for builds from 2-4 manufacturers in each size range ... Since 2013 or so ... 75 - 80% of our users have chosen a Phanteks case.

 

[Hockster]

Overall I'm pretty happy with it. My only real wish is that is was maybe two inches taller.