This case showed up online while I was looking at buying a new case. It was an instant buy, it ticked all the boxes and was a price I was happy to pay. I'm very happy with it, blows me away that it's so cheap but so well constructed. I would recommend this to anyone making a budget build that is conscious about looks.
Maybe I'm getting old, but I utterly appreciate your cut&dry review. There's a few other reviews I watched that made me wonder if the young gent had drank too much caffine.
I'd swap my Enthoo Pro M Acrylic for this if it had a Fractal Meshify front panel. I love the smaller window and built in PSU shroud but not enough to sacrifice airflow.
@@NOTCMF At the time of that comment it didn't exist. Thankfully there's a lot of options now from Phanteks for cases with good airflow and their usual aesthetic.
On this P300, what is the best place for the All In One Water cooled CPU fan(s)? Single fan attached to roof facing outward? OR Double Fan attached to front facing outward?
Spent the first five minutes complaining why the budget case didn't have LEDs then continued to add LEDs. This review is a bit off. A little too critical of a $60 case.
"We now have Disco Fandango" ... I'm gonna steal that to use for my own nefarious purposes. I have a noctua fan that I like a lot, it's nice and quiet.. I wonder if you could take them apart and spray paint the blades and outer ring black, then put it back together?
Stalewind Farto1078 A couple of coats of paint wouldn't do that. I've painted Gentle Typhoons without issue, which are also very good fans. It's more that the Noctua SSO sealed bearing does not take well to being disassembled.
You might be right, I just remember a Gamers Nexus Noctua discussion on the low clearance from blade to shroud. It was the new black/grey model in the discussion.
Leo, this is an excellent and informative piece. I've chosen to buy this along with the phanteks LEDS. The explanation of the lighting options was particularly helpful helpful and I'm going to be transplanting my GA-Z270X-ULTRA Gaming across from a far too big Thermaltake X31 RGB TG. I found it impossible to integrate the Riing fans with the motherboard on the Thermaltake. So helpful, thanks again.
The leds on the case arent going for me is there something i haven't connected? this is a 12v led connect for led strips but I haven't got any strips so thats not connected to anything should it be or is there another wire Im missing.
Hi, how are you? Congratulations on your videos, i have a question...I plug the front panel IO and the reset cables to my motherboard and i just have the White color on that little case light...If i touch the reset buton it will in fact reset the PC and not change the colors...Do you know what i have to do to have the reset buton changing colors? Thanks
After seeing this video I bought 2 x 140mm and 1 x 120mm Phanteks Halos fan frames, however the diameter of the RGB rings on the frames are actually smaller than the fans themselves therefore reducing airflow. I now have an increase of 3 - 6°C on the CPU thermals.
Hi Leo, so I have purchased a Phanteks Eclipse P300 Case and a Corsair RM 750X Power supply. The power supply's cable is just too bold to go through those little holes ( like the 24 Pin plug, where I try to make it cross through the same place as shown in your video, it's the conjoint point is just TOOOO BOLD !). Meanwhile, I still have a 2 TB HDD that needs to be installed, that I cannot really remove those shelves that are next to the power supply. I wonder if there can be any solution for me to resolve such embarrassing circumstance :(
P300A is more efficient with airflow! The P400A is slightly bigger with 3 non-PWM aRGB fans but costs $30-$40 more. You should buy the P300A with $10 rebate ($49.99 total before fees), then buy a value pack of aRGB PWM fans for $30-40. Same price as P400A with more airflow (according to GamersNexus (with 2 extra fans) and more fans to spare).
The front cover is fully reversible, I have this case and had to flip it so that I had more clearance for sata cables. Love this case and I'm here to look at the lighting strips. Also I do have two sata ssd's but one is in the drive bay with my hdd as ebay lost the drop and lock caddy in the post!
I didnt get a manual with this just a quick installation guide. also no labels for screws, for a complete newbie this aint great atm... can someone help me how to install front fan do you screw in and then mount or mount and then screw in? does it matter, tahnk you i ahve a ph140sp 140mm. should i mount in the middle or in the top?> cheers all
How will my i5 8600K, WD Blue 1TB, Samsung 850-Series EVO 250GB, Geforce GTX 1070 FE, be quiet! Pure Rock CPU-Cooler, Seasonic FOCUS Plus 750W Platinum, ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-F Gaming, S1151, Fractal Design R3 140mm Silent Fan x 3 and Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200mhz 2x8GB work with this case?
If someone cares about performance and not pretending like they're in The Fast and the Furious, then a cheaper but well designed case that does what a case is actually supposed to do, housing a premium mainboard, is money spent well.
I'd be very surprised if indeed Phanteks Aura/Mystique/whatever RGB adapter was not available, as it was launched like 18 months ago and hasn't changed since. In fact, a short search at overclockers has it (PH-CB_RGB4P) listed as in stock (100+) for 4 quid, and I'm almost certain others may offer it even cheaper.
Leo here - there is no reason why the adapter would have changed so you make a good point. The instructions for this case are amazingly brief but nonetheless I should have made the connection.
KitGuruTech Yeah, what Phanteks call a manual is a bit of a joke. Plenty of white space to insert a house ad for their adapter, but no one apparently thought to type one out. 😛
A bad review if you don’t like the case don’t review it damn. I have this case and I love with some modding specially the lighting. But most people don’t have much money to spend due too the money is spent in the internals. We are not you tubers. This is awesome for the price.
Pretty good I have an air cooler for cpu. My temps ares till awesome. This is a great case. I7700k gtx 1070 temps are cpu at maxed out at 71 full load clocked at 4.5 ghz. Gpu full load 74. Going to mod the front panel to have cut outs with fan and grilled. And this case is small too for a mid tower case it’s awesome
Yeah you need to buy at least one since this only comes with one. Linustechtips did a test on how many fans you need. Once you get 1 intake and 1 outtake, any extra fans do only around 1 degrees better.
No Cooler Master cases for you anymore??? (to early review H500p online) Or does that review (bad one, sorry) will be reuploaded. Better to make a new one because the first one was bad......very bad to be honest. You do it Leo.....you do a far better job in my opinion.
Andres I love the Conspiracy theorists who love to make shit up to sound all big and important. Kitguru explained in that video they didn't go live early they were not given a time so went live at 00.01. But seriously who gives a shit it's only cooler master no one with a brain buys their plastic crap anyway.
Why would you put a expensive gaming rig in a cheap case? Well... If you can afford more powerful components and the case is ok for the parts... then why not?
I'm going to disagree to this extent; tempered glass may not be necessary on this case but if Phanteks used acrylic they would be criticised for being cheap. Case manufacturers can use solid panels to kill noise (be quiet! for example) or unlined solid panels to cut costs (many examples). With windowed panels acrylic now looks cheap while tempered glass looks better, resists damage and is a plus point on the spec sheet. Phanteks has made the logical choice here and it probably added a tiny amount to the bill of materials.
to me a lovely tempered glass panel displays a beautiful interior otherwise its wasted.......they would be better off putting in some nice looking led fans
KitGuruTech Having scratched my share of acrylic panels I couldn't agree more with Leo here. I put a nice Hardline custom WC build in an s340 non-elite, then put the panel back on and regretted my existence when dust and a single hairline scratch ruined everything.
Have the White 780T with RGB fans set to change colour with GPU temp and it looks great with its acrylic ...and my point in not to have any see through at all
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This case showed up online while I was looking at buying a new case. It was an instant buy, it ticked all the boxes and was a price I was happy to pay. I'm very happy with it, blows me away that it's so cheap but so well constructed. I would recommend this to anyone making a budget build that is conscious about looks.
Exactly the review I was looking for! Answered every question or thought I had about it. Thanks for taking the time. Subd
Wow the glass panel didn't fall off as soon as you removed the screws. Magic!
Thanks for mentioning the airflow in the front so few reviewers talk about this.
Maybe I'm getting old, but I utterly appreciate your cut&dry review. There's a few other reviews I watched that made me wonder if the young gent had drank too much caffine.
Nice case,but really don’t like the limited front airflow intake for many of these more recent cases,a nice big mesh filter would have been perfect.
I'd swap my Enthoo Pro M Acrylic for this if it had a Fractal Meshify front panel. I love the smaller window and built in PSU shroud but not enough to sacrifice airflow.
@@superliljohn91 The p300a has the mesh front.
@@NOTCMF At the time of that comment it didn't exist. Thankfully there's a lot of options now from Phanteks for cases with good airflow and their usual aesthetic.
@@superliljohn91 not expecting youll response to his reply XD
On this P300, what is the best place for the All In One Water cooled CPU fan(s)? Single fan attached to roof facing outward? OR Double Fan attached to front facing outward?
Spent the first five minutes complaining why the budget case didn't have LEDs then continued to add LEDs. This review is a bit off. A little too critical of a $60 case.
"We now have Disco Fandango" ... I'm gonna steal that to use for my own nefarious purposes. I have a noctua fan that I like a lot, it's nice and quiet.. I wonder if you could take them apart and spray paint the blades and outer ring black, then put it back together?
I think that would change the weight and balance enough to make them no longer the best fans in the industry.
Stalewind Farto1078 A couple of coats of paint wouldn't do that. I've painted Gentle Typhoons without issue, which are also very good fans. It's more that the Noctua SSO sealed bearing does not take well to being disassembled.
You might be right, I just remember a Gamers Nexus Noctua discussion on the low clearance from blade to shroud. It was the new black/grey model in the discussion.
Bought a P300A front mesh panel and replace it with my P300, both my CPU and RTX 3080 send me a thanks you letter.
Fine review, one of my sources when researching on this case right now, might get it
Leo, this is an excellent and informative piece. I've chosen to buy this along with the phanteks LEDS. The explanation of the lighting options was particularly helpful helpful and I'm going to be transplanting my GA-Z270X-ULTRA Gaming across from a far too big Thermaltake X31 RGB TG. I found it impossible to integrate the Riing fans with the motherboard on the Thermaltake.
So helpful, thanks again.
The leds on the case arent going for me is there something i haven't connected? this is a 12v led connect for led strips but I haven't got any strips so thats not connected to anything should it be or is there another wire Im missing.
Hi, how are you? Congratulations on your videos, i have a question...I plug the front panel IO and the reset cables to my motherboard and i just have the White color on that little case light...If i touch the reset buton it will in fact reset the PC and not change the colors...Do you know what i have to do to have the reset buton changing colors? Thanks
Just got this case for my first gaming pc, I got the red and black color. Love it so far!
Me too! I added a 120mm exhaust on the ceiling spot and it helped a shit load with temps.
can you fit a 3.5" HDD in the area right above where the lower intake fan would sit if there isn't enough room against all the PSU cables?
will the NHD15 fit in it?
also i wouldn't say it's to small if anything i would like it to be smaller
After seeing this video I bought 2 x 140mm and 1 x 120mm Phanteks Halos fan frames, however the diameter of the RGB rings on the frames are actually smaller than the fans themselves therefore reducing airflow. I now have an increase of 3 - 6°C on the CPU thermals.
Hi Leo, so I have purchased a Phanteks Eclipse P300 Case and a Corsair RM 750X Power supply. The power supply's cable is just too bold to go through those little holes ( like the 24 Pin plug, where I try to make it cross through the same place as shown in your video, it's the conjoint point is just TOOOO BOLD !). Meanwhile, I still have a 2 TB HDD that needs to be installed, that I cannot really remove those shelves that are next to the power supply. I wonder if there can be any solution for me to resolve such embarrassing circumstance :(
I have the same problem, were you able to find a solution to also fit the hard drive in all that cable mess?
I have a red devil rx480 and an h115i, will I be able to fit everything in the case?
P300A is more efficient with airflow! The P400A is slightly bigger with 3 non-PWM aRGB fans but costs $30-$40 more. You should buy the P300A with $10 rebate ($49.99 total before fees), then buy a value pack of aRGB PWM fans for $30-40. Same price as P400A with more airflow (according to GamersNexus (with 2 extra fans) and more fans to spare).
The front cover is fully reversible, I have this case and had to flip it so that I had more clearance for sata cables. Love this case and I'm here to look at the lighting strips. Also I do have two sata ssd's but one is in the drive bay with my hdd as ebay lost the drop and lock caddy in the post!
How are the temps? Is the airflow good?
@@gabcomby Still running an i5 stock cooler and an r9 390 nitro and temps have been good
hey bro, can u tell me please what are your temps? I'm very interested in this case but I'm worried about airflow
this case have problem with air flow?
I didnt get a manual with this just a quick installation guide. also no labels for screws, for a complete newbie this aint great atm... can someone help me how to install front fan do you screw in and then mount or mount and then screw in? does it matter, tahnk you i ahve a ph140sp 140mm. should i mount in the middle or in the top?> cheers all
hey i just got the case too, how do you take the back cover off? I undid both screws but i cant get it off
you mean the side right? you gotta undo the 2 thumb screws then slide it out, takes a lil bit of force
Do you think the Dark rock pro 3 would be able to squeeze in there?
Winfield Konkel this question is what has brought me to this video.
Great review as always!
Nice case but for me the best budget case is the CiT Dark Star. It might not have TG but for £26 its a real bargain.
How will my i5 8600K, WD Blue 1TB, Samsung 850-Series EVO 250GB, Geforce GTX 1070 FE, be quiet! Pure Rock CPU-Cooler, Seasonic FOCUS Plus 750W Platinum, ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-F Gaming, S1151, Fractal Design R3 140mm Silent Fan x 3 and Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200mhz 2x8GB work with this case?
why wouldnt ram work with a case
If someone cares about performance and not pretending like they're in The Fast and the Furious, then a cheaper but well designed case that does what a case is actually supposed to do, housing a premium mainboard, is money spent well.
could u fit a 650w psu into this?
Will this case fit Noctua NH-D14?
I have a i910900k oc monster build in this case. Its a great case
I'd be very surprised if indeed Phanteks Aura/Mystique/whatever RGB adapter was not available, as it was launched like 18 months ago and hasn't changed since.
In fact, a short search at overclockers has it (PH-CB_RGB4P) listed as in stock (100+) for 4 quid, and I'm almost certain others may offer it even cheaper.
Leo here - there is no reason why the adapter would have changed so you make a good point. The instructions for this case are amazingly brief but nonetheless I should have made the connection.
KitGuruTech Yeah, what Phanteks call a manual is a bit of a joke. Plenty of white space to insert a house ad for their adapter, but no one apparently thought to type one out. 😛
how do i get the solid sidepanel off
A bad review if you don’t like the case don’t review it damn. I have this case and I love with some modding specially the lighting. But most people don’t have much money to spend due too the money is spent in the internals. We are not you tubers. This is awesome for the price.
how's the cooling?
Pretty good I have an air cooler for cpu. My temps ares till awesome. This is a great case. I7700k gtx 1070 temps are cpu at maxed out at 71 full load clocked at 4.5 ghz. Gpu full load 74. Going to mod the front panel to have cut outs with fan and grilled. And this case is small too for a mid tower case it’s awesome
Is it recommend you buy 1 or more fans?
Yeah you need to buy at least one since this only comes with one. Linustechtips did a test on how many fans you need. Once you get 1 intake and 1 outtake, any extra fans do only around 1 degrees better.
@@JP-yq1el how many fans buddy? And how is it holding 8 months after?
Will it get too hot with only 1 exhaust fan
arsenalacid Probably not
depends on what youre running but it'll probably be okay, if not fans are really cheap
Put three fans on front, one exhaust and one to the top you should be fine.
No Cooler Master cases for you anymore??? (to early review H500p online)
Or does that review (bad one, sorry) will be reuploaded.
Better to make a new one because the first one was bad......very bad to be honest.
You do it Leo.....you do a far better job in my opinion.
Andres I love the Conspiracy theorists who love to make shit up to sound all big and important. Kitguru explained in that video they didn't go live early they were not given a time so went live at 00.01. But seriously who gives a shit it's only cooler master no one with a brain buys their plastic crap anyway.
Thanks for the detailed review.
great video, great mic to
Looks good just a bit small
Why would you put a expensive gaming rig in a cheap case? Well... If you can afford more powerful components and the case is ok for the parts... then why not?
Noctua fan on CPU cooler just kills any chance of looking good and tempered glass is wasted on this case
I'm going to disagree to this extent; tempered glass may not be necessary on this case but if Phanteks used acrylic they would be criticised for being cheap. Case manufacturers can use solid panels to kill noise (be quiet! for example) or unlined solid panels to cut costs (many examples). With windowed panels acrylic now looks cheap while tempered glass looks better, resists damage and is a plus point on the spec sheet. Phanteks has made the logical choice here and it probably added a tiny amount to the bill of materials.
to me a lovely tempered glass panel displays a beautiful interior otherwise its wasted.......they would be better off putting in some nice looking led fans
KitGuruTech Having scratched my share of acrylic panels I couldn't agree more with Leo here. I put a nice Hardline custom WC build in an s340 non-elite, then put the panel back on and regretted my existence when dust and a single hairline scratch ruined everything.
Have the White 780T with RGB fans set to change colour with GPU temp and it looks great with its acrylic ...and my point in not to have any see through at all
Oh, grow up. People are allowed to have different views
Enthoo pro is still the budget case.
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asus z370 prime? i think he means x370? th-cam.com/video/XqhkE7A4sWo/w-d-xo.html
disco fandango :D
snuckls - none
Checkout Sharkoon tg5
i have pc components worth 1000 USD screwed into a 2x4 board.... because i fucking can