ha it's always great to visit Phanteks know we have nice little welcome over
here and well look like Eber is already here enjoying his time with what is this
what are we looking at we are looking at the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe 2 it looks like
they've made a bunch of new changes and the refinements on the locks - that we
originally saw at CES so let's check this thing out and see exactly who this
case is for but first thanks to Phanteks and SteelSeries for making our trip at
Computex post about it alright so today let's talk about the Enthoo Luxe 2 we
saw the original one at CES and now it's been refined and completed and they have
done some changes to the enclosure that are important to mention and I think the
overall direction is good and I like that there's focus with this enclosure
it's not just like a case that can accommodate everything and you know you
can buy a standard ATX motherboard and put a case put it inside the case here
of course you can but the whole point of it is to utilize the size of the
enclosure to your own advantage because if you're actually going for something a
bit smaller there are other options available and I like that Phanteks in't
afraid to give users exactly what this case is designed for so that means
gamers who want an extreme system with water cooling and massive radiators
everywhere that could be professionals who want something with more storage
that means people who want dual system configurations with either an ATX
motherboard or dual socket motherboard because the case accommodates that and a
small ITX motherboard below it that means for people who want a really
powerful system with dual power supplies so the case the interlocks do is quite
flexible in that regard so the main changes when it comes to the physical
characteristics of the case include they've removed the fabric that we saw
at CES so that high airflow fabric that we see on P600's that looks amazing now
has been removed to actually improve air flow because that was a restriction on
the front panel and the top and they found that the airflow is better without
it yet we still have this nice fine dust
filter that is superfine therefore allows a lot of the air flow to
percolate through while not allowing any dust to
the exterior is sandblasted aluminum paneling for the front and the top
panels while the actual frame itself is plastic so there is that dual material
combination it doesn't look cheap but you might
definitely feel the difference while handling the case as for the TG side
panels they are on hinges and they can be secured with a thumb screw at the
front so if your transport in case it won't simply fly open they also have
magnets and a pins so that the the panel is nicely secured and there's no wiggle
room when it is in transport so nice little thought put into making sure the
tempered glass panel gets to where it needs to be without being broken as for
the interior the whole modularity aspect is cool so aside from your standard
motherboard area you can have an ITX motherboard right below it and you just
have to pre install the motherboard standoffs and the actual ITX bracket is
already included with the enclosure that is not sold separately however you do
have to buy the riser cable separately and that whole bottom section because
it's so tall you can do a 360 rad at the bottom when push-pull and the really
thick radiators if that is your choice you can also mount hard drive cages in
that slot and mount them for stacks which is awesome if you are going
towards the hard drive route the side cover plates can be used for SSD
mounting on both sides so you can show them off and you can also hide them in
the back and the grooves allow for some cable management situations through the
back and you can also remove them to install hard drive cages in there or
remove them completely to have spacing for a 480 milna radiator so quad 120 mil
rod so the whole airflow section is pretty unique so you can do 15 fans in
total which is kind of insane if you're going for airflow or water cooling so
you can do dual 480 Newman radiators at the same time Plus duo 360 mil radiators
at the same time so that is a lot of water cooling equipment that you can fit
in the case at the same time and speaking of water cooling we saw the
glacier d1 40 which is a universal distribution plate that can be mounted
on any case that supports 140 Miller rear exhaust fans and has seven PCIe
slots which means that that vac can be occupied with more water
cooling components it gives the the entire tubing a bit of a unique
aesthetic and has multiple locations into which you can reroute the CPU area
the GPU area the fill port and the exhaust port or the drain port as well
and while I'm not really much into water cooling I feel like that whole direction
of mounting something at the back of the case instead of a traditional fan or a
radiator the back looks pretty awesome especially because it's transparent and
it is illuminated that thing is $99 definitely fits the Luxe 2 aesthetic and
what that is trying to achieve but also fits basically any other case that will
have 140 ml fans and seven PCI slots there is a fan control included behind
the case at the top nice position can support seven fans in total either of
PWM control or SATA and the cool thing is the case actually does not come with
any fans because with a enclosure that is that large and so flexible what
they're trying to achieve is give users the customization of what they're trying
to do without letting you waste any fans because normally you populate your own
fans and not use the stock ones and this allow them to reduce the cost by about
five bucks or so so the case is a hundred and eighty nine dollars which
means that it still separates itself from the evolv X or the P600's
enclosures and I would say that's a pretty competitive price point for a
really hybrid chassis like the Luxe 2 as for the dual system configuration
because of the bracket that gives you a chance to have two vertical GPU
orientations that's pretty cool to showcase both them if you go that route
and the front I of course can be split to power one system with a power button
and power the other one with the reset button if you wish to do so and those
dual USB 3s can be again split into each system and as for cable management at
the back you can see they've kept the dual velcro channels and added a plate
in front of the power supply that hides all that main cable exit and will
basically just make it appear like a cleaner system from the back and that
panel has appropriate spacings for the cables to exit and it's really awesome
to see the Luxe 2 in action outside of having a simple empty chassis
we also had a full production machine that was water-cooled with dual
quadrille cards and the insane dual socket motherboard not necessarily sure
I would water cool a system like it but it kind of shows you what is possible
with hard drive support as well of course they had the full gaming setup
with dual system configuration both the main ATX motherboard and the ITX
motherboard a water-cooled and just gives you the options to think about
what you could do I would say the Luxe 2 is not for everybody but if you're
approaching the the route of wanting to go full extreme in either direction you
can definitely have plenty of options to do so and so the case will be available
in early August of this year for $189 which I would say is a competitive price
point for a case of this caliber I'm ok and for them not including any fans
because you most likely be using your own I don't like how they removed that
high airflow fabric pieces from the front and the top I thought it looked
better when the CES enclosure even though they said that performance is
better without it and they are targeting towards the performance market what
still looks pretty decent I just thought that the high airflow fabric added some
nice unique character to the case but it still holds the true DNA of the original
and the luxe in terms of that curved led soft ambient strip throughout the in
case that is also found on the interior now to separate the power supply shroud
and I really like what they've done with the design let me know what you think of
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