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Montech King 95 Pro Review

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A Closer Look - Inside


Before we dive into the interior, Montech has also designed the steel side panel with the same diagonal vents and embedded mesh filter, which is a nice touch.


Looking at the interior of the case, the Montech King 95 Pro is essentially a classic sandwich style chassis at its core. That is a very useful and popular form factor for those who have the width on their table. And, that bent glass actually really works well with this layout as well. While the vast majority of these types of enclosures lack any fans at all, Montech once again just goes all out and fills it with six ARGB equipped fans. Yes, you read right. Six. On top of that five of them are reversed, so they look good while actually pulling air into the case with the inverted blades. On the backside, there is an internal, hinged cover panel hiding any potential cable mess, but otherwise the layout stays true to the classic sandwich style as well. A very small detail, but a nice touch is the fact that the two little lips for screws to secure that internal cover in place are lined with rubber as an anti-vibration measure.


Another very unique aspect of the Montech King 95 Pro is the fact that the side fans are also hinged. That means you can swing them out 90° so that they face the front. That is a fantastic feature, especially in combination with the provided mesh front cover. This means that you can convert the case from all glass into a airflow focused one any time you like. There is just one small caveat unfortunately: there is the fact that you would really need to replace the two 140 mm fans as the included ones would push air out the front of the chassis. However, you can reuse these and install them on the inner frame so their value is not lost even if you go for the airflow setup. While we did not secure the top of the frame in the air intake mode, the King 95 Pro has a little flip out bracket to allow for both the top and bottom to be firmly holding onto it securely.


Those three fans on the floor are also reversed so that they retain the right air flow but still look beautiful with the ARGB rings on the right side as well. As you can see, they are centered for overall looks, as there is still a bit of room towards the back end of the King 95 Pro. On the upside, Montech has pre-routed and connected all six of these fans, taking a large chunk of work off your hands in the process. On the downside, the fact that you have to remove these to add more storage makes little sense, as you will not be able to use them elsewhere within the case. Overall, it would have been fine to not include that storage bracket and pass on those savings to the end-user.


At the back the expansion slots are traditional, but have no bridges. This means, that you could go for a universal bracket that allows for vertical GPU mounting if you like. Above that is the one traditional ARGB fan set to push air out the back.


In the ceiling, there is a ton of space, so that you should have no issues installing a 360 mm AIO here. In fact, there should be enough room for a push/pull configuration as well, but you will have to take some time to pre-route all the cables that connect to the top edge of your motherboard in such a build scenario.


The inner side panel can hold two 2.5" drives using screws as well as two 120 or 140 mm fans. While that latter aspect may be a bit confusing at first, this would come in handy if you do end up going for the mesh front with an air intake. That way you could still mount the two reverse 140 mm units on this inner frame and retain that air intake aspect. Montech has also included a large, 10 port ARGB and PWM fan PCB inside the King 95 Pro. This is an excellent addition, as it means that you power and run all your fans and lighting elements from here. Thanks to the SATA power delivery, you won't have to worry about them burning your motherboard headers either.


As previously mentioned, Montech has connected the ARGB and PWM wires of the included fans. Thanks to the three pre-installed Velcro straps, they are all already in the right spots as well. The HDD cage with its two drive trays can hold either 2.5" or 3.5" drives. On top of that, Montech has made the most of the space by including a tool-less mounting location for an additional 2.5" drive on the surface of the cage. Below that is the PSU bay, with a support structure that sports a rubber lining as an anti-vibration measure.


All the wiring within the Montech King 95 Pro is black and it employs a single, unified case connector, eliminating the need to fiddle with individual wires and figuring out the positive and negative ones. Lastly, you will find two separate SATA power connectors for the embedded lighting as well as the fans.
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