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good people I'm Dimitri welcome to the case awards of 2018 you know I feel

like the case market has redeemed itself this year based on the disappointment

that was 2017 I feel like new trends are emerging that

I'm excited about and 2019 is looking kind of a mystery like I can see certain

things becoming more mainstream and more popular but then a large portion of that

remains a mystery so I'm excited now some 27 cases have passed through the

studio there's some good options in there my friends some good options the

new master liquid ml AI a liquid coolers from Coolermaster come in both 120 and

240 millimeter variants now with addressable RGB LEDs both the fans and

the pump that can be controlled via this hub with options to adjust the lighting

effects and speed along with the ability to control them through the respective

motherboard software check out the ML 120 and ML 240 ra iOS down below as

usual the rules are simple the cases must have been released and reviewed by

us in 2018 and I make sure to double check all the availability as well

because in our last case awards video for 2017 the define r6 won the case of

the year yet the holes not yet available until like January so none of that this

year alright I hope you enjoy the categories for this case words are my

favorite case the best overall value case the most innovative case best water

cooling enclosure The WOW collection of features the fan favorites fail

compilation and of course we got to conclude with the case of the year

oh all right let's begin all right so let's start off with something fun my

favorite case of the year came on April 1st

this tiny wooden case you construct yourself from cooler master I feel like

this should legitimately become a thing from more brands if you're the type of

person to collect unique items when it comes to PC building like the detail on

a cooler the the motherboard tray is kind of insane

and is definitely something any builder will appreciate as my real favorite case

of the year this easily goes to the new NZXT H500 so this is a replacement

for the s340 that was one of the best selling cases on Amazon and the H500

is a nice compact mid tower that usual NZXT character it's boxy it's full

metal frame a very nice tgd mount the interior layout is perfect for most

systems whether your air cooling or installing a 240 rad at the front with

actually pretty decent air flow to with that side ventilation

despite the fully solid front panel I do appreciate the plastic keel magma

channels the perforated power supply shroud the old one front IO connector

and purple USB ports and for 69 bucks you should definitely consider the NZXT

H500 and the only crappy thing is the hard drive cage as it was on the s340

there are no draft carries and therefore can only house 3.5 inch drives moving on

to the best value enclosure I feel the P350X from Phanteks

deserves the spot at 69 bucks over the NZXT H500 simply because it's likely a

longer so you can stall more fans at the top the drive cage is easily accessible

from the front with drive caddies it has built-in lighting that actually is quite

tasteful the interior has expanded over the p300 granting EATX motherboard

support with deeper section at the front for cable management you can install

radiators up to 280 millimeters at the front cable management is easy and the

only downside is that you cannot install a 360 rather than the front because the

shroud is closed the runner-up is the very basic micro ATX frame from

Cooler Master the Q300L at $39 now the interior is fully open to support large

PSU's and GPUs it's nothing fancy there are no rubber grommets plus the side

panel is acrylic but I love the fully perforated exterior so you can have more

flexibility on where to mount your fans with these unique looking dust filters

steel and even the side that yo can be repositioned and for ITX and micro ATX

budget systems the q300L is a must consideration now let's get into the

most innovative category I want to give this one to the cooler master SL600m

because it is not at all what I was expecting and really a

appreciate the different direction with the interior layout so the PSU shroud is

relocated to the front opening up this bottom section from massive intake with

those 200 millimeter fans that's delivering the best cooling for the GPU

you can also rotate that entire PCI bracket for vertical GPUs as long as you

get additional riser cables and I feel this case is all about

experimentation and needs refinement as vertical air column mean the CPU cooler

must face up for proper exhaust or you need to install a 360 rad up top as well

I love the illuminated IO the rail system for PSU installation and the

exterior design it is kind of risky but I really want to see more like it the

runner up is not the case itself because the execution is kind of poor but the

concept of Riotoro Morpheus is what I'm more excited about so this case

comes disassembled with a few extra pieces to expand the frame height wise

in its smaller configuration you can still fit an ATX motherboard but with

only 5 PCI slots available so it's perfect for you know single GPU systems

while expanding the height is both easy and grants you extra PCI slots for

multi-gpu configurations and I want to see more designs that incorporate this

type of frame level flexibility perhaps going from smaller ITX to full sized ATX

with sliding exterior panels like we see with the Morpheus no for extra spacing

for radiators and hardware and I'm really hoping we'll see a derivative of

the Morpheus in 2019 moving on to the water cooling category the corsair 1000d

is kind of a no-brainer given its massive size and just a frame that's

built for multiple radiators thanks to these convenient sliding brackets at the

front and the top they are interchangeable so you have the

flexibility with the size of radiator so you can install the extra height and

length of the case means push-pull really thick radiators is kind of the

way to go with a ton of room available beside the motherboards for reservoirs

and pump installations so this is kind of your super tower that needs a custom

loop for dual systems and the fantastic lay out behind the tray for cable

management with these doors but a smaller run route for water cooling is

the latest define s2 from fractal design they've always delivered the fantastic

experience when it comes to user assembly and hardware support and

who doesn't love the simplicity of this exterior there are several minor changes

versus defined r6 but without the hard drive cage so the s2 is all about

radiators to the front the top and the bottom and the rear to the top bracket

has a fill port there are several mounting strips for a reservoir near the

front and everyone who has built a custom loop in the fractal enclosure

will guarantee an awesome experience this next section is my collection of

WoW features the deep good quad stellar is highly impractical difficult to work

in has bad cooling but is one of the coolest frame designs from 2018 with

this mechanized front flaps for airflow and even an app for RGB control and fan

rpm I absolutely love the curved acrylic panel on the view 37 from Thermaltake

again this departure from traditional side panels to deliver this wow element

is appreciated despite the totally choked front fans and non-existent cable

management the end when a one ITX enclosure has several wow factors like

the glass top panel with the built-in Qi charger a transparent and RGB

illuminated bottom section for extra flare support for normal CPU towers up

to 160 millimeters and an included 600 watt power supply with short cables

while the street come that too is one of the most elegant ITX enclosures with an

innovative mounting system using these universal brackets it's unconventional a

bit uncomfortable during assembly but the flexibility on what you can use them

for is appreciated who knew you could comfortably fit a second ITX system

above your main motherboard inside the Evolve X by Phanteks and then route a

riser cable behind the motherboard tray so both systems could have a graphics

card it's very cool but it does lock you into the revolt X power supply that can

power those both systems and finally the angle GPU bracket on the cosmos c700M

is all about show-off vertical alignment is kind of old news so why not try this

45-degree wallet cleanser this even lets you mount it on the side of the

motherboard perhaps for proximity to that front intake but the consequence is

an extremely ugly system that leads us to the fail compilation of 2018 you know

it's very nice to have handles on the cooler master q300P so you can easily

carry it into the garbage because those plastic panels one

to kill your hardware anyway with no airflow you know what's really nice to

have for a full glass enclosure absolutely no cable management system in

place whoever designed the level 20 VT has an even lower IQ all I'm asking for

is some effort the return of land cool as the budget lineup for Lian Li is

great with a nice front panel design but please reinforce your frame so it's not

easily bent ditch the molex connector for the RGB controller and promise we'll

have a more interesting name for the next release the Lian Li 011 Air had

everyone's expectations super high despite not having adequate dimensions

for the most popular CPU towers but a larger disappointment came with a dust

filter that eats air cooler master please have a team meeting to discuss

consistency because the H500m from a feature standpoint is amazing but the

user experience is so frustrating with a thousand different panels on the PSU

shroud and behind motherwort ray perhaps set on where to put the RGB controller

because the H500p Mesh and the H500P have them all in

different spots for no reason Corsair with a 500D wins on the word for the

most frustrating top fan bracket installation with non captive thumb

screws and access only from the interior and no 360 rad support either despite

the bracket being the same as the front bracket revert back to your old days

please just like you did with the tramp stamp logo I'm actually very happy to

fix the side panel installation on the Carbide 275R because it is absolutely

absurd to have no caching pegs and use an allen key to tighten four screws

while holding a pretty heavy tgd panel hey be quiet I love the

silent base 601 in 801 cases but please stop lying to yourself about

the front panel airflow because there is none I dropped ten degrees with a front

panel removed man I love doing the fail compilation because it's hilarious and

really reveals all the crap that's been going on the case industry you know I

bring you guys down but then we spike right back up with the case of the year

so this one's from my eyes goes to the Lian Li O11 dynamic I feel partially

because it revived Lian Li as this competitive brand with the case selling

for only $129 while delivering something beautiful and

the two side glass design is an opportunity to showcase your hardware

without sacrificing cooling as the bottom top and the side areas can all

mount triple 120mm fans or dual 140 mils the elevated motherboard tray is a

brilliant designed for cable management and this whole dual chamber separation

as the O11 dynamic is not much taller or wider than your standard mid tower but

because the PSU is rotated behind we have so much more room in this main

chamber there is a Type C port the front and do a PSU option if you remove the

drive cage and many ways to configure your airflow provided your air cooling

or stick with a CPU tower below 155 millimetres all the vents are dust

covered I love the slide and mechanism for the side panels and this is just an

exciting beginning of dual chamber cases that are not conventional for all the

right reasons in the 11 dynamic from nearly deserves our case of the year

word for 2018 whew alright so that is this for me I hope you enjoyed this case

awards for 2018 I'm excited for 2019 and let me know if you agree with my picks I

know there there's some cases that did not pass through my hands but 27 is a

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