Phanteks Mid Tower PH EC400ATG_BK01 Tempered Controller Review

The cover is very beautiful. The cables remain largely invisible. However, cables are still difficult to manage. Aside from the case being good, here are a few things I've found to be aware of. Your power cables probably won't be long enough once they're routed to the back of the case, so make sure you have extension cords available for maybe an 8-pin ATX cable and a PCI power cable. If you have a card like GTX 1080 it will fry inside as there is not enough airflow for that card. Requires side…

Not a bad case. It's very easy to manage cables, lots of space, and to be honest I love its design. But that's the norm, nothing more, nothing less. Maybe the air quality has improved and I like the mesh grille in the front and the magnetic one on top, but other than that it's average. I had two problems with this case. One is just a small problem and the other is a pretty big one. The first issue is that the metal grille front panel is not fully attached so sometimes when your fans are running

The motherboard tray is thin after all. The side panels are archaic in their attachment. The pre-installed fans assume you are using the onboard fan controller and not the motherboard. However, cable management is pretty good and the tempered glass panel is well cut and installed. Airflow is great and the fans are quiet, but if you want real traction you'll need to fit multiple fans since you have one intake and one exhaust and that front intake panel feels pretty lonely when just one of the…

Great airflow, very easy to work with (most cases are bolted not riveted; removing the top made it much easier) and great value Value for money for the features and quality assemblies. The standard fans seem to produce a decent airflow and are relatively quiet. I added two 140mm intake fans in the front and found I could still fit a 120 underneath (although this required drilling two holes to mount it securely) - without the HDD cage this is pretty efficient, to bring air to the GPU; At full…

Very well designed with an emphasis on cable management. I bought a case without three RGB fans for $71. It came with 2 high quality fans which I installed in the top and rear exhaust position and then bought 3 InWin Sirius Loop RGB fans for about $27 entry. A total of 5 great fans and a $97 case instead of a $90 case with 3 fans. The case itself is quite large, even for a full-size ATX MB. There was enough space in the basement to lay and organize the cables. Definitely recommend this case for

The best case I've ever built. And that's saying a lot, because I've built at least a few dozen PCs over the last few years. Plenty of cable management, an integrated fan controller, a couple of included fans (which I haven't used but they seem to be of decent quality) and a quality glass side panel. One feature I really like is the location of the reset button. It sits under the front edge of the case so your friend's six-year-old doesn't lean on it and restart the computer while you play…

Aside from the weird plastic ripples in the top left corner of the case and the useless fan controls (LEDs letting you know what stage you're in would be great in this age of technology, and I'm not talking fancy, just the one that turns green, yellow, red) but was nice to incorporate. If you plan to use a front mounted heatsink, max 240 to use lower disks and that's the max. They close the extra hard drive slots next to the motherboard. And good luck getting a 140mm fan to mount on the top…

I really liked the case. But the glass exploded in my hand when I unpacked it. I read a review where a guy says he crashed for no reason. There is then a bright yellow warning sticker on the glass that says "Fragile" when unpacked. but I couldn't be more careful if I wanted to. Most likely shipping damage or broken glass. In any case, be extremely careful. I emailed phanteks on Sunday and they replied on Thursday and I received my new glass 10 days after I contacted them. No problem with that…

Built 2 water cooled AIO computers with this and td500. This incident left me a bit annoyed after all the performances and place in the competition. Of course he masters his task, but only by installing a radiator does he seem to be the 3rd generation of the old people. 2 things I liked: The SSD bays (2.5" drives) on the back of the motherboard bay had rubber isolators that doubled as bays for easy connection. Attach the drive to the tray, slide it into place and attach the cables. Second, I…

great airflow, very easy to work with (most of the case is held together with screws not rivets; removing the top made it a lot easier) and a great value for money features and build quality. The standard fans seem to produce a decent airflow and are relatively quiet. I added two 140mm intake fans in the front and found I could still fit a 120 underneath (although this required drilling two holes to mount it securely) - without the hard drive bay this is pretty efficient, to bring air to the…