Wow look at this we just arrived to aria and look at this backdrop it's like a
little water fountain through the roof through the wall wow it's pretty it's
just water falling us going down the crevices and it's creating this little
homey texture Wow very cool very cool now let's go seek
manta and thanks here we go alright so last year when we were at CES here
visiting Compton coffee thanks alright so last year when
we were visiting Phanteks here the CES they have impeccable lighting they
replaced all the bulbs and the problem most years is the fact that absolutely
nobody has proper lighting in their Suites or on the show for so we will
have to see what Phanteks does this year I see someone I know
alright so the moment of truth beautiful view let's see if they have changed
their light bulbs this time around and looks looks like they have wow this is
the best suite the entire CES to get the best even lighting everything is great
love it now you probably already have watched our P600 preview make sure to
check the router over here but we have the Black Edition which is like all
matte black but it is awesome to see the metallic gray version which has the same
interior which is super cool so not just on the exterior but on the interior for
a little extra accent stuff and all the light will bounce to the interior - and
there's the white edition which is a slightly more glossy so matte black gray
white but the main star of the show for Phanteks at CES this year is this new
Phanteks Luxe 2- but first big thanks to our
sponsors Thermaltake Razer Phanteks corsair and msi for making our CES
possible so what Phanteks wanted to do with the Luxe 2 is basically just
redesign the full Tower and kind of focus on the features so the luxe 2 is
premium but it is like the less expensive than the evolv X so this
one's gonna go for 189 dollars and the target the release date is around q2 so
it is cheaper than the evolv X because the lux 2 reduces the aluminum enclosure
for the exterior so there's some different
materials and focus on internal features so it's a super efficient design we're
told in this price segment so it has some primo and elite elements so at the
original bottom design for example like putting the power supply on the side for
more airflow from the bottom we have that L design soft illumination that
spans the top the front the bottom and now it's actually enters on to the
interior to highlight the PSU shroud and this is actually the first time that
they're adding lighting to the interior that's tasteful and addressable to match
the exterior design theme and as with the P600s they've gone with this
fabric material on the exterior I really like it on the sides because it Slim's
down the frame and gives you the perception that was likely you know not
as gigantic of a tower it is a pressure fed fabric material both for airflow
channels and aesthetics to the backside panel has a small TG window to reveal
three SSDs so if they are RGB they look awesome and they might add a tiny LED
strip at the bottom of this window to illuminate this area if you are using
non RGB SSDs which would be sweet there's that big side mount because of
the available ventilation on the rear panel so you can install either fans
here a radiator and you can install them on either side of the frame because
there is enough clearance between the frame and the side panel and as for the
interior there are four covers that kind of like basically block this area so you
can either use it for SSD mounting or remove those four fan installation the
i/o will be located in its usual position behind the front cover wood
type C and a reset switch that you can reroute for the second system to be for
power and the interior let's get into that now it is completely open basically
so all the sort of you know four corners of the enclosure are within easy reach
and it's not designed for your traditional systems really as the
basement section is quite tall below the main motherboard tray for example you
can install a second power supply for stacked HDD caddies which are included
so you know if you want to go with storage focus system you can install an
ITX system in here which is what you see now or fill it with a really thick
radiator for push pools so they had an 8 even more radiator
here and it still has plenty of clearance until you're you know your
main ATX motherboard area now no optional kits are required for any of
this mounting so you don't need to purchase an additional ITX mounting kit
because everything is kind of built into the frame by default which is awesome
and so this whole thing is very much water cooling ready and simultaneously
at the same time you can do two 480 millimeter radiators so one at the front
and one on the side and two 360 moving radiators one at the top and one at the
bottom the motherboard tray is flat and wide for eb motherboard support those
are those really gigantic dual socket int'l motherboards so a standard ATX
motherboard looks kind of you know small inside this enclosure and what Phanteks is
trying to do is develop an ecosystem where deluxe two is fully ready for dual
systems where the revolt X power supply might come in handy
and you know it's kind of your really enthusiast full tower where you either
go with the dual system configuration or just go crazy water cooling and you know
knowing and the user assembly that you get with a Phanteks of this type of
caliber it is definitely going to be an enjoyable experience and in $189 I would
say it is highly competitive and almost competes with fan tanks themselves and
now the metallic gear series so it's powered by Phanteks if you guys recall
with it the original sort of overview of the Neo line at Computex
but now they've expanded that selection into a lower price territory so the
Nevis island which has closed off side panel with noise dampening material
applied on it $49 then we're moving on to the new air so it's a high airflow
style case with a mesh front panel so you can see the the kind of the fans in
on the interior $59 price point and the finally Neo G so it's more of a tempered
glass Edition still has a little bit of spacing on the front so the airflow is
not completely choked and they're going to modify the front panel for better
airflow and I'm really excited to check out the Nira series Neo air near-silent
and Neo G and this guy is 69 bucks alright good people so that is the
Phanteks Luxe 2 I'm really liking the direction that they're taking you know
incorporating elements from the original locks and the end - primo
and really focusing on a feature set and you know it is not really competing with
you evolv X because the evolv X is so premium it's got design elements and
feature set whereas this is more towards the feature set so let us know what you
think about this whole dual configuration for systems power supplies
water cooling and what would you do with the luxe 2 if you are you know planning
on doing something like that and do you guys like this whole fabric approach I
love the texture and this new different direction but what do you think let us
know in the comments thanks for watching we'll see you guys