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if you thought CES was a big show for PC hardware Computex is even bigger we saw dozens of new components across all areas of the industry with just as many prototypes as soon to be shipping parts cases get a lot of love here at Computex and this year saw some new trends developed within the industry LEDs have already embedded themselves with in almost every PC component at this point but they've made a resurgence within cases and there's also a new trend with the theme of tempered glass side panels on most of these enclosures before getting to our best cases of 2016 coverage at least the Computex edition this video content is brought to you by Rose Wells new arcade 9000 v2 RGB LED keyboard with cherry switches to get this started and in no particular order we start off with Leon Lee who debuted their PC 0/10 compartmentalized enclosure complete with aluminum paneling and edge-to-edge tempered glass Leon Lee has somewhat of a thing for aluminum and almost all of its enclosures and drives the price up as a result but the look is suitable for the company's designer approach to case manufacturing the PC 0/10 has a full tempered glass side panel on the left side a half panel on the front and a tucked away PSU and cabling compartment on the rear side this case requires sfx form factor PS use but Leon Lee tells us that this is in conjunction with their new development on the side of s of XPS use so there's making 550 watt and 750 watt power supplies in the near future that will fit this case of course Silverstone and Corsair also have fairly high-end SFX PSU is on the market and Silverstone has traditionally been among the first to develop high-end sfx PS use but the pc 0/10 let's get back to that it's got USB type-c connectors for 3.5 inch hard drive slots and 2 2.5 inch SSD slots in the rear compartment ATX motherboards will fit the case and the pc 0/10 is a prototype so that means it may not ship but if it does it will likely be shipping in the second half of 2016 as an honorable mention Leon Lee also featured a yacht shaped case similar in some ways to the Train case they Devon they designed a few years ago but the only real similarity is that they're both ridiculous they're shaped like expensive vehicles and they are expensive cases anyone has updated its D frame to a nickel-plated look and will likely only sell the D frame version two and a limited quantity run as they did with the first one the D frame too has large tempered glass side panels with a slight mirror finish and is going to sell north of 350 400 dollars somewhere in there more reasonably in one's got the 509 case that we saw heavily modded for the Computex mod contest or modders only had 24 hours to submit their creations and this case uses aluminum and steel and will be available for a more mid-range targeted market so it's something that most users will actually be able to buy rather than the D frame which is really a bit of a luxury type case we'll have more info on the 509 as it nears shipping and if we get a review sample in hand Corsair of course was also at Computex we already reviewed the Corsair 400 C earlier this year and gave it mostly positive reviews Mark's feedback all that and we marked it as a firm competitor in the PSU shroud intensive market particularly against the s 340 Corsair has now begun shipping a white version of the 400 C which we're only including here because the white actually looks good on this case the case itself is not new but the white does look good few case manufacturers are able to pull off a white paint without mixing and matching shades across panels but Corsair has done it well with the 400 C you can check out our 400 C review for more info on this case along with thermal benchmarks and objective reviews and then there's be quiet be quiet has established its marketing language as quote quiet and quality as seen in our case vendor battle video the dark bass 900 is one of the best built cases we saw the show while still remaining semi affordable for the enthusiast market the DB 900 is priced at $200 to the non-pro model or $250 for the model with tempered glass a quick charger and a PWM enabled fan hub either way it's a full tower enclosure that mostly uses steel supporting multiple 420 millimeter radiators and including three 140 millimeter fans stock be quiet we'll use the new silent wings fans for this enclosure which will be available three months ahead the official launch of the case and most importantly the DB 900 is incredibly modular the entire inside of the case can be switched around including the motherboard tray and this allows users of both pro and non pro models to invert their motherboard layout which is really mostly a personal preference thing and completely change the drive cage configuration remove five and a quarter bays and so on very unique interesting and well executed overall and we hope to review this one soon as well Roswell's Cullinan is the best case the company has made in years ever since there are five enclosure rows well has been up and down in our reviews and the company is finally making efforts to make a bit of a comeback and get to the front of the industry's design curve rather than follow it it's doing so primarily by introducing tempered glass side panels on three sides of rows wells new Cullinan case the Cullinan is priced at $150 and serves the mid tower market a total of three front fans can be installed all 120 millimetres and rows well is hoping to ship the case with four to five stock fans to front one rear and one or two on the top three rear mounted 2.5 inch SSDs can be fitted to the Cullinan with HDD is installed in the front bottom of the case the biggest feature is the high quality tempered glass paneling though and is the main way that rose was keeping with the industry's trend Thermaltake is sticking with its enthusiasts targeted modern friendly PC case design the new p3 is a shrunken version of previous thermaltake cases and is ready for wall mount including a vase amount support or for a more traditional desktop deployment the p3 uses a somewhat bare-bones semi open-air layout with a clear glass panel acting as the side and the core p3 is fully modular has invested a tremendous amount of its effort into supporting various liquid cooling setups though they're not required for using the case the case has a built-in PCIe riser cable for users who want to showcase the faceplate of their video cards offering a unique layout for one of the flashiest components silverstone makes a big showing at Computex every year this year we've narrowed down the selection to focus on Silverstone's new primary case the PM 0 1 which might please NZXT phantom lovers as a newly styled updated version of an old design the PMO one uses an almost alien looking top panel design retained Silverstone's usual focus on function with careful airflow pathing and host three 140 millimeter front intake fans one 140 millimeter rear exhaust fan and supports up to a three sixty millimeter radiator in the top there's an eight plug fan hub on the rear side of the motherboard tray which uses a pwm header so that fans can still be controlled by the motherboard two 2.5 inch SSDs are supported natively with an extra three 2.5 inch SSDs supported in other locations throughout the case mainly by stealing from the three 3.5 HDD cages in the bottom the case also uses velcro cable ties one of the few things we liked about the fantex p400 making kale management easy and more reusable and there's an RGB LED switch on the white model or just red LEDs on the black model the price is $110 for this case as for honorable mentions Silverstone's finally bringing their our l0 5b to market which we saw at CES it's a $60 mid-tower budget case and it's positioned as a fierce competitor in the mid tower with PSU shroud market including the fight against the 400 C and s 340 we'll discuss these developments further in our review once we've gotten one and finally Silverstone's also got an updated ml 0 7 VR present which is something I really only wanted to show because it's weird and kind of unique it's an MIT X case that fits an ATX PSU includes a PCIe riser and uses 15 millimeter slim fans it's also got a handle built in and this is the interesting part hosts a 1080p IPS panel on the side of the case so basically they've strapped a panel to the case and they're saying that it's for VR demonstration and enthusiasts who want a completely portable rig to showcase VR to their customers or their family it's weird it's a very niche market if that's really a market at all but it is sort of interesting so keep an eye out for the PM 0 1 and ro 5 and all these other cases as we begin looking at them throughout the rest of the year as always thanks for watching patreon the postal video I'll see you all next time