Review on Phanteks Enthoo Chassis Window PH ES614P_BK by Aditya ᠌

Name: Phanteks Enthoo Chassis Window PH ES614P_BK
Item: Phanteks Enthoo Chassis Window PH ES614P_BK
Rating: 5

October 21, 2022

Beyond praise! The product definitely deserves your attention.

This is my first experience with the Full-tower format, before that there was a regular Midi-tower Cooler Master K280 and with the advent of Noctua NH-D15S I realized that everything is too compact and it will be very difficult to service it in the future. I decided that it was time to replace the 2022 case with a new and difficult choice fell on Phanteks Enthoo Pro Tempered Glass Black.
I chose it for the following reasons:
- obligatory presence of a compartment 5.25 (yes, I am one of those who still use DVD drives as needed);
- full-tower;
- strict rectangular design without external highlights;
- acceptable price.
If you can still argue with the latter (I didn’t find it cheaper), then the corps coped with the rest with a bang. It is a pleasure to assemble a powerful computer into it, although everything was not very smooth with the cabling at the back.
The main complaint is not a deep niche for wires, I would like it more for the sake of reducing the space for the processor cooler, for me 193 mm for a cooler is too much, 180 mm would be just right for most.
This case is rarely suitable for tables with niches for system units, and I personally had to remove the top cover of this very niche.
In general, I am satisfied with the purchase and do not regret the money spent.
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Pros

Strict style; ease of assembly; good ventilation; fit any tower cooler on the processor; the ability to install more smaller fans, both front and rear; removable dust filters (everywhere except for the back wall of course); fasteners SSD; a bunch of removable sleds for HDD; two fans included (front and rear); box with fasteners divided among themselves; rubberized legs (but this is sometimes a minus, it will not always be easy to move such a colossus, especially if you have a special niche in the table for the system unit); steel; ease of removal of the main glass cover; conclusions in front under a cover; common hub for fans (and for highlighting); smooth (there are no bulging and angular design elements, it is easier to wipe the dust off it); in general, it is possible to conduct wires well (which cannot be said about the rear niche); the motherboard stands are already firmly screwed into the ATX format; the front panel can be easily removed.

Cons

The right steel cover, when unscrewed, immediately falls and does not adhere to anything; heavy (in some way this is a plus, but still); there is not enough space for wires in the back (those who have wires in the PSU are too tight will face this problem); complete fans are not 4-pin, however, through the BIOS, you can manually adjust their speed, otherwise they make full noise; I would like a manual in 2022 (not everyone needs it, but it would be a very good advantage); could be limited to two external compartments 5.25; could provide a magnetic plug on the top in the absence of fans, so that dust does not fall inside from above (pure nit-picking has already gone). In general, all my shortcomings will be doubtful for many (and I myself think so in some way), but the higher the price of the product, the more attention to it.

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Adam Bronisz ᠌

July 10, 2023

Good case with thoughtful ergonomics for wires, quite heavy, but for me this is not a problem

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