Review on 💻 Unveiling the AeroCool Aero One Eclipse: The Ultimate Computer Case for Gaming and Professional use by Michal Machnicki ᠌

Name: 💻 Unveiling the AeroCool Aero One Eclipse: The Ultimate Computer Case for Gaming and Professional use
Item: 💻 Unveiling the AeroCool Aero One Eclipse: The Ultimate Computer Case for Gaming and Professional use
Rating: 3

May 02, 2023

Nothing special, there are positives and negatives.

Where there is a basket for HDD and PSU, there is catastrophically little space. By the way, I could not stick my relatively small PSU with wires there. The wires rested on the HDD basket. I had to remove the HDD basket to put the PSU through. There are very few places. Everything is close to each other. And about the HDD basket - a different story.

The HDD bin is just awful. It is screwed from below to the body through bolts between which rubber gaskets pass, which are not very good in quality. Quite soft and doesn't seem to dampen vibrations. They should be 2 times tougher. Foolishly, I read the instructions inattentively. I thought the basket is removed by unscrewing the bolts. He began to unscrew one bolt - he scrolled a little and stood up, as if rooted to the spot. I thought maybe the factory did it that way. Began to twist the second - it stands rooted to the spot. The third one came off easily. Then I thought that something was not right, for even more effort and the thread on the bolt head would start to deteriorate. It turned out that it was only necessary to loosen the bolts a little and pull towards you so that it would move out of the narrow grooves and move into looser ones, after which it should be removed. Be careful. That third bolt, which was unscrewed, is now not tightened tightly, not straight up to the stop, as it was from the factory (the thread came off at the basket itself). That's the quality. When I removed the basket from the fourth bolt on the elastic band, a small piece fell off. This is again about the quality of these rubber bands.

Rubber feet on the bottom of the case - disgusting. The same soft material, and even thin. When he collected, he strongly doubted that he could extinguish something. Firstly, Zalman's legs were 3-5 times thicker, and secondly, they didn’t push through like that, they were really hard. After assembling the aerocule and the first launch, it turned out that the vibrations from the HDD are greater than on the Zalman Z11. Feels like 1.5-2 times. Which really pissed me off. I think now to buy normal rubber pads and finish the legs, because this is PPC.

I'll finish in the comments

Pros

1. Design. With backlight looks impressive, very stylish. It will look great on the table, both in white and black. 2. 4 RGB turntables included + hub. 3. Tempered glass 4. Relatively compact 5. Excellent blowability. Temperatures after Zalman Z11 dropped by 7-10 degrees for all components, for SSDs, if it used to be 45-50, now it’s 30-35 (I screwed the ssd onto the front panel, next to the mother). That is why I took a case with a mesh and 3 valves for blowing, because Zalman Z11 had a full steam room. Only one valve 120x120 for blowing (side 80x80 has long since left). In AeroCool One, coolness reigns, like in a refrigerator. I don't know if it's a negative. But if you want to get the maximum air flow, so that it blows straight, remove the front dust filter, it dampens the air flow by 30-40%.

Cons

At the beginning of 2022, this case, like the airhawk duo/nighthawk duo, completely disappeared from store shelves. In early May, they reappeared, and then only in black and in small quantities. By the end of the month they were gone again. The corpus is in short supply. 1. I took it for ~ 4300 (this is the price with all the additional discounts in one popular store). In other stores, it costs from 5000 to 6000. Previously, it could be taken for 4000-4500. But the deficit apparently allowed the stores to raise the price to 5000-6000, which I consider extremely inadequate. Naturally, it is not worth that kind of money. Read below why. The first drawback of this case is the price. The red price for him is 4000. 2. Metal. Before buying, I was worried, I read reviews about metal at the level of a tin can, etc. Had arrived. Touched. It seems that for a price of 4000 METAL is not bad. Yes, the wall bends behind and in some places. There, only the motherboard has thicker metal. My old Zalman Z11 has 30% thicker metal, it once cost $80-100. And by the way, in a collapsible form, the Z11 is noticeably heavier than the AeroCool One Eclipse (and for a second the Aerocool body has tempered glass, but it is not light), draw your own conclusions. For 4000 metal is normal, but for 5000-6000 it is no good. 3. Turntables. At first they seemed quiet, after a day or two, in deathly silence, I began to hear some kind of crack from all 4 ex. Similar to the game of throttles, only quieter by 50%. The turntables were quieter on the Zalman Z11. Perhaps it's all to blame for the fact that the valves on the aerocules out of the box are spinning at max speed and I have not yet figured out how to lower the speed. I don't have a 5v connector. To be honest, after a close acquaintance with these valves, it seemed that they were not of very high quality. And all the development efforts went into the design, not the insides. You may ask if I want too much for a case for 4000? Yes, but this case costs 5000-6000 now. And this is a shame. 4. I didn’t like that they didn’t make the glass on the side tinted. Transparent is better, isn't it? I will continue in the comments.