Anyone noticed this Enermax case?

Gundog48 · 31 Mar 2011 at 18:57

Enermax has released a new case:

http://www.enermax.co.uk/produkte/gehaeuse/hoplite.html

Looks interesting and is pretty big inside for a mid-tower. Reviews seem to be good to, looks like an interesting case for £85. Although it is simply asking for a windowed side panel, especially as it comes with no side fans as standard. Supposedly good quality too, but far to plasticy for me. I will be receiving one of these to review in the next week or so, so I will let you know what it's like. Features-wise it could be a good contender.

C64 · 31 Mar 2011 at 19:07

Front is only 120mm I stopped reading after that.

trigger-happy · 31 Mar 2011 at 19:13

C64 said:
Front is only 120mm I stopped reading after that.

this. People want good airflow these days.

Gundog48 · 31 Mar 2011 at 20:20

Would have been very easy for them to pop another 120mm on the front. Not a big fan of large 230mm fans though. I suppose they will market it as a negative air pressure case which could be used reasonably in practice.

KiiYzOo · 31 Mar 2011 at 20:32

yeah i noticed this on a different site from overclockers

G-Dubs · 31 Mar 2011 at 20:51

looks like the offspring of a haf and an antec darkfleet

joxang · 31 Mar 2011 at 21:47

Gundog48 said:
I suppose they will market it as a negative air pressure case which could be used reasonably in practice.

Except negative air pressure in computer cases is a big con and doesn't work

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Sayso · 31 Mar 2011 at 23:03

G-Dubs said:
looks like the offspring of a haf and an antec darkfleet

yep ugly as ****

Gundog48 · 1 Apr 2011 at 18:50

joxang said:
Except negative air pressure in computer cases is a big con and doesn't work .

Exactly

! Will be interesting to see what this is like in the flesh. When IN WIN told me they will be sending an Ironclad I was not looking forward to it as it looked absolutely awful in the pictures I saw. When I saw it in the flesh however, it looked and felt fantastic, was really impressed. Will be interesting to see how it performs though.

Kosmiche · 1 Apr 2011 at 21:20

Overall I like, I just think it would look much better with a clear window.

AMG · 2 Apr 2011 at 00:33

When I first seen it I throught it was a HAF

I dunno it depends looks a bit tacky tbh

And cooling is a bit of a concern it might be ideal for water through if you van get other the looks... Looks uglier than a HAF 932

Helios1234 · 2 Apr 2011 at 01:05

Seems good but I'm no fan of it.

LePhuronn · 3 Apr 2011 at 16:17

If I wanted a fugly HAF I'd get a fugly HAF. At least I'd know the airflow was good.

King Damager · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:29

Don't see this competing with the K62

kd

Curunen · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:31

AHGLEE!

Looks like it belongs in the deathstar.

mishima · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:43

I did a review on this at Vortez its an alright case tbh, although it is OEM... Sharkoon use the same design on their Scorpio 1000 series!

Kosmiche · 3 Apr 2011 at 19:34

Now I've seen pics of it rl, I wouldnt want that thing on my desk, definetely under the desk...but theres better cooling cases for the same price so really this case is only going to be popular with the pre pubescent crowd.