Jeantech Phong II

a1ex2001 · 24 Apr 2006 at 16:52

I wasn't a huge fan of the look of the Origional Phong but for the money it wasn't too offensive now is it just me or did they get it seriosuly wrong with the update? Same great value features but nasty tacky look?

Origional Phong
http://www.jeantech.com/phong.htm

New Phong
http://www.jeantech.com/phong1.htm

Yewen · 24 Apr 2006 at 17:07

Its more of a gaming case hybrid.

Not to bad from my point of view as unless the price is a lot more they are quite good value for money.

WJA96 · 24 Apr 2006 at 20:55

Yeah - you can get one on the high street, with 2 quiet 120mm fans for about £25 at the moment.

The new one looks like they've loaded it with features though - the temperature readouts and digital fan controller are naff and unnecessary. The old rheostats worked really well and were cheap, smooth and reliable.

I bet it's now £50+, like the G-Max.

Raikiri · 24 Apr 2006 at 21:02

they are about £45 now but look far worse IMO

Yewen · 24 Apr 2006 at 21:05

For that money they are not a good buy, the originals were for the low price end a cracking buy.

These sadly if they are £45 are a gaming case, featured packed but with huge flaws and cheap build.

£25 is a great buy, £50 is not.

Noni · 24 Apr 2006 at 21:16

The original phong is great! 2x120mm for £25! A little modding (just cutting) and you got a really really nice case.

The v2 is just plain crap.

RandomTom · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:03

Noni said:
The original phong is great! 2x120mm for £25! A little modding (just cutting) and you got a really really nice case.

The v2 is just plain crap.

I definitely agree with that, the newer revision just looks carp tbh.

Yewen · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:04

Do not insult fish Tom, that could be taken as a personal attack

Ice_9 · 25 Apr 2006 at 22:26

no talking about competitors or their pricing please

whoops, my bad, apolgies, had a n00b moment there.

pastymuncher · 26 Apr 2006 at 14:30

Not sure about the new one. I got the old one a couple of years ago on special offer for £19. Good case it is too. I still have it with another pc inside it.

Ice_9 · 26 Apr 2006 at 15:57

its one of those cases that you will hope grows on you over time

pastymuncher · 27 Apr 2006 at 09:21

There's a review of it in this months Custom PC mag. They like it and gave it an award. Inside looks identical to me. Still not sure about it. Still has rheostats for controlling the fans, just that they are built in to the front lcd panel this time. I like the idea of the stealthed drives but not the design of the covers.

a1ex2001 · 27 Apr 2006 at 13:20

I'm not sure how they got it so right first time and so wrong second, with a few minor revisions the Origional Phong could have become one of the best cases ever, especially if they had kept the great low price. The re-design is so ugly and the new price point pushes it in amongst some serious competition that it just can't match up too!

Ice_9 · 27 Apr 2006 at 16:30

a1ex2001 said:
....... the new price point pushes it in amongst some serious competition that it just can't match up too!

defo agree with that

WJA96 · 27 Apr 2006 at 20:11

It didn't really need a redesign - but I like the tool-free insides from the G-Max, that would have been an upgrade worth paying for.