all right good people so welcome to this very interesting comparison between what
I would consider to be two best full towers of 2019 the reason why I want to
compare these two cases is because they basically cater to the same audience
they are large enough to accommodate ambitious water cooling systems they're
also priced in the same bracket with a Phanteks slightly cheaper at 189 versus
199 and actually available to buy versus the o11 XL that's been out of stock
everywhere one interesting timbre about the Enthoo Luxe 2 is that it's been renamed
to Enthoo 719 because thermal take out of all brands had suggested it was too
similar to their sister company Luksa - that makes like mobile stuff so Enthoo 719
it is may I remind you thermaltake has an H200 enclosure
how interesting so let's do the feature breakdown so you can decide which one
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cover the size difference as the O11 XL is significantly smaller but with
a slightly wider frame despite the dual chamber design on both cases I was also
quite surprised to find that they weighed the same - about 14 kilograms
431 pounds and that is because of material differences so the exterior
frame on the nine one seven is actually mainly plastic which is how they're able
to achieve all these smooth curves and style complications without skyrocketing
in the price point the only non plastic pieces on the outside are centered which
are sandblasted aluminum and look awesome while on the O11 XL if there
isn't even a single drop of plaster anywhere the exterior panels are all
brushed aluminum with strong metal frame and that's probably why it's slightly
more expensive the TG panel on seven one nine is humongous and swivels to open it
can be locked at the front with a thumb screw and has a long peg for support to
eliminate any sag while the rear side panel also has so much going on for it
first we have another TG window that partially reveals all three SSD caddies
secondly I love the ventilation pattern on here that matches the character of
the case and lastly the fine dust filters are magnetic with a special
frame design that lets you easily place them in the correct spot on the panel to
eliminate any potential dust gaps the O11 XL also has a unique panel approach
where the top panel secures the rest of them in place and you pull them out
individually this means no thumb screws and the exterior remains beautiful the
dust filtration on here is not as fancy as those Phanteks with just this regular
magnetic strip that are quite restrictive that is why I preferred the
dust filtration on the 719 because the fine mesh used here is very
effective against particles without choking off the airflow and they are
magnetic with a pullout type for the bottom the same on the XL by the way as
this is the only fine mesh filter present on the linee case let's continue
with many other similarities between the two like the exterior ambient lighting
strip I love the integration on the fan text
enclosure that spans all the way from the bottom across the top with this
good-looking cohesion and in the interior strip too right below the
motherboard to separate the bottom chamber while the O11 XL has a strip
running across the front only looking good without too much bling on fanfics
you can sync the lighting with your motherboard and even add accessories to
the male connector or if you have any other fan text lighting gear just plug
them in into this port while on the O11 XL it only has the motherboard sync 5
volt a RGB connector the i/o is pretty much the same as well on fantex it's
hidden behind the front cover which for USB 3 ports type C gen 2 separate audio
jacks with lighting buttons on the O11 XL it has the same way of the front but
2 USB 3 ports are located in the front foot to break it up a little bit and
that means that you'll need 2 motherboard connectors for the USB 3
cables as there are 4 ports total now the interior of each case is
quite different but notice no fans are included out of the box both support up
to EB motherboards so your preference will most likely depend on what's
radiators you plan to use for your system and if a second system is
something you care about so for example with the seven one nine you can install
an ITX motherboard in the bottom chamber this ITX panel is included and but I
will say the metal is quite thin so careful not to show off your finger
strength but you will need to buy a riser cable and the revolt X power
supply that's capable of powering two systems at once and you can reroute the
reset connection from the front IO to power the second system this area can
also be used for an extra power supply or for storage when you stack any of
these four drive cages here or if you're mounting a radiator at the bottom this
is the only bracket that's actually removable from the case as mounting
anything in the front or top means working inside the case as usual all the
mounting is on strips for most flexibility but I am just a little bit
surprised at how soft all these parts of the frame are especially for the price
point while everything on the O11 XL is properly rigid the main interior
highlight of the Ilia knee case is how the motherboard tray is almost layered
opening up a lot of the room at the front for the side radiator mount that
is also just built into the frame with mounting strips the bottom fan bracket
however is removable as that is the least accessible area when installing
radiators or fans and so here's the entire breakdown for radiator support
inside the O11 XL you could do triple 360s with a beefy 65 millimeter at the
bottom and the top but with my 45 millimeter thick rod and the set of fans
we are right underneath that motherboard 280 mils are compatible to 4 top and
bottom and because the case is now wider versus the original 11 you have a 120mm
fan mount for the rear exhaust and up to 169 millimeters for GPU height what's
really cool is you could install the radiator on the side with the fans
outside in the frame as you have 65 millimeters until you hit the bottom fan
bracket and 50 millimeters on the other side until the panel now the fan --tx
case has larger radiator support because it is taller up to 480 on the front or
the side with up to 364 the top and bottom the bottom is
limited to 120 mil wide radiators nothing wider will fit while the front
and side radiator relationship is almost binary you either have a front rad or
side one as they're so close together only slim radiators will fit when you
occupy them both important to note that fans can be installed on the other side
of the frame with these SSD plates covering whatever side you're not using
so the fan takes case has basically more options but also more limitations
including if you install these drive caddies on the side plate you can no
longer mount and radiator to the front also only the Phanteks case has a drain
and fill ports I'm surprised there isn't one on the end Lee also the vertical PCI
slots are available by default on seven one nine you just need a riser cable
while on the accel you need to buy a full bracket that rotates all your PCI
slots separately I also find it super interesting that we have hot swappable
Drive cages with Lian Li for caddies in total to avoid any cable mess you
could further install three SSDs on the rear side bracket but this will be a
painter out and we also have these individual covers with SSD mounts that
go instead of the side radiator while with fan tags the back layout is more
traditional with dual channel velcro cable passed through a fan hub with
seven headers and a large cover and from the power supply for visual organization
and I do prefer the motherboard tray layout on the leonie case as it just
gives me a cleaner outcome when it comes to cable management versus the flat tray
on the fan Tech's enclosure and so the thing is my standard case system does
not represent what these two are designed for the m27 1:9 is way too
large for air cooling only so you have to fill it with radiators especially
that whole area beside the motherboard and because of that there's no height
and the bottom chamber either an ITX motherboard and/or a bunch of water
cooling hardware and the same goes for the O11 XL also that case I feel it
covers a larger audience because it is just a slightly larger O11 dynamic and
that's a really popular enclosure to accommodate taller GPU blocks and extra
radiator spacing in the bottom and the top while the seven one nine is really
pushing that whole duel system agenda forward which I appreciate because this
case is affordable for what it can do and it's
orientation and I appreciate that the target audience between these two cases
overlaps it's the enthusiasts water-cooling
community but either of these cases is doing something uniquely different in
their own right all right guys let me know which one you would pick thanks so
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