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it's quiet start to the year for cases as it turns out for this year's best cases of CES roundup we won't have anything from NZXT coarse hair fractal or Coolermaster the usual suspects because none of them had a major case presence at CES that's not to overshadow though the show of fours from several other manufacturers in this best case is roundup will go over EVGA SD g7 deep cool in when silverstone Thermaltake and Liam Lee enclosures which that one's a bit unique from CES 2017 before we get into that this coverage is brought to you by cyber power and their cyber excel gaming PC which speaking of cases uses an invertible motherboard trait layout and has an interesting injection of molded front panel check out more in the link below starting off our coverage for the cases roundup deep cool CES presents included the new arc 90 enclosure the Earle case liquid and the baron and there's also the quad stellar for a bit of an honorable mention we're mostly interested though in the arc 90 this is a full tower II ATX enclosure that's got the expected tempered glass accouterments and PSU strata the bottom and like everyone else on the planet LEDs interestingly the arc 90 includes a deep pool captain 280 exa IO liquid cooler including a flow meter in the front center of the chassis the flow meter is pretty damn cool it splits the left and right compartments of the enclosure cleanly down the middle using an LED backlight to create something of a Stark Industries effect to the meters to other LEDs are positioned on the CPU block and PSU shroud where deep pools logo shines through and the arc 90 in terms of cooling can accommodate up to a 360 millimetre radiator though it does again include the 280 millimeter a i/o unit pre-positioned for installation on the CPU the arc 90 will include a unique ventilation system on the non glass side panel a ribbon cable extender for vertical GPU installation and three 140 millimeter fans pre-installed availability should start in May of this year at a TBD pricing and are on the list review this one so check back for that review once it's live probably closer to May the article linked below has more information on all these cases by the way and specifically on deep pools entire up evj is enclosure this year is a strong departure from last year's DG 87 case which went with the odd approach of throwing every scrap of metal plastic and mirrors onto the largest body possible the new DG seven meanwhile is a much smaller case it's a simple mid-tower chassis with support for up to seven total fans but we don't know how many fans will be included just yet the enclosure is fairly simple in every aspect it's got a sort of Corsair C 70 green colored exterior almost military green grey a thin steel power supply shroud and an EVGA logo cut out of the shroud for my EVGA tells us that logo will be modified using LED backlights before the case is finalized and ships and the tent will be lightened on the tempered-glass side panel and by the way it does have tempered glass side panels like everyone else it also sounds like EVGA might be adding a much darker tempered glass side panel to the right side so they can still tick the box of having tempered glass everywhere but without actually exposing the cables and the things that you wouldn't want to see on the backside of the case for now the case should be priced around $100 which is actually pretty damn competitive with NZXT s340 elite and Corsairs 400 series cases but we'll have to check and review the case once it's more finalized and has the fans back completed enter Max's tron like showcase at CES 2017 primarily featured an updated version of the ostrog advance now the case that was on display is using brighter LEDs and it's dubbed the saber a the enter max a ray will use enter Max's new LED fans with illumination for the blades it's a bit different from some of the other LED fans that are Inlet and it's capable of mounting radiators and sizes of 360 280 and 240 millimeters this includes a compartment in the sidewall of the chassis which is a bit unique and there's also a compartment in the front panel and the top panel for radiator mounting the case is a fairly standard mid tower layout other than the side wall fans that we mentioned that we're still not sure yet if those are included in the final product in terms of actually fans that ship with the case in when in one's booth hosted several new spins on the n1 303 they seem to have been bitten a bit by their own bug and they are going crazy within one 303 remakes this n1 303 remake suite include is a a shrink-ray version of the 303 it's a shrunken down 303 units that is mini ITX form factor and then of course they've got a version that's been hit with the RGB LED bug but it actually makes some functionality differences that pattern to the latter of those two the n1 303 type C is exactly the 303 chassis but now with a USB type-c connector in the front of the case big surprise this is a good value ad moving forward in the world of cable a can damn for chipsets and other than this anyone has done what everyone else has done on the planet they've added LEDs to their case and increase the cost though there is still a TBD on the price so that said in one has asked us to ask you to leave a comment below on how much you'd be willing to pay for the in win 303 type C now that's said with the sort of snark aside on RGB LEDs and when's implementation is at least unique and this is the only thing really that matters at this point because everyone has the RGB LED strips the 303 type C's is some sort of laser etching on a side panel which is powered via a simple PCB and pin stemming from the chassis so it doesn't add extra cabling also in wins booth and more importantly this one we think is the most noteworthy out of anyone's lineup that was the in win 301 mini ITX case this is a shrunken version of the 303 and is almost entirely identical other than the fact that it's smaller the 301 looks like it could have some ventilation and breathing challenges for the front panel and so we'll rely entirely on bottom intake for the GPU and CPU cooling the 301 uses a top mounted PSU as a result of this cooling layout and should have some limited radiator support in the final product version that we're not sure again because it's not a finalized product CES often shows prototypes and sometimes the products don't even make it to market quick side note anyone also had the medieval metal case from BS mods and that is a production unit but it's $1,000 so it's not really going to land on our consumer roundup Thermaltake while on the topic of Mini ITX form factory cases we've got two more for you one is from Thermaltake and the other from Silverstone the Thermaltake core p1 TG is another use of the industry-wide shrink-ray serving the Mini ITX market as a smaller version of the core p3 case which was preceded by the larger core p5 case the Thermaltake core p1 you the TG suffix quote-unquote as an indication of its use of tempered glass though this is one of the few instances where tempered glass does actually make a lot of sense including the Lian Li and since at the end of this video the reason it makes sense is because the p1 doesn't have traditional side panels it also doesn't have a front panel or a back panel and is effectively an open-air test bench that's been pretty DUP a bit like the p3 the core p1 T G can be wall mounted using somewhat standard mount and can house an ITX system with full open-loop cooling for peak showmanship the case leverages a semi modular layout for the video card installation and uses a support bracket that can install the card to be front-facing or removed for more traditional motherboard installation of the video card price is TBD on this one Thermal takes also got the tower 900 just as a reminder which seems to be all over vendor booths at CES this year we won't spend too much time on this one as it's been out for the while and it wasn't just a CES but it's worth a note the tower 900 is sort of like a display case using tempered glass on three sides and now supporting full cooling loops for customization the tower 900 does actually have a price unlike most these others it's all at $250 getting back to the Mini ITX cases Silverstone's at new SG 14 is in full prototype phase and still has several iterations to go through the SG branding as part of Silverstone's super go series of enclosures relying on small form-factor for deployment as an HT pc gaming setup the SG 14 uses a more vertically oriented layout and relies on a single 140 millimeter air penetrator fan at the bottom of the case which pushes air up and out of the top meshing the case currently uses bowed polycarbonate side panels with tinting for front and sides and has each semi backlit by pre-installed RGB LED strips that said silverstone asked us at CES to ask our viewers and readers what they think of the LEDs silverstone noted that the price could be below $100 if there are no LEDs pre-installed but they're feeling the pressure from other manufacturers to add more flash to the enclosure that flash of course comes at a price hike regardless of the LEDs the chassis looks like a good mini ITX replacement to the old su 10 and s go8 enclosures that we previously reviewed price will be less than $100 that full-hd XPS these are supported as our GP is up to 11 inches in length though that may change to 10.5 the final enclosure isn't really a proper enclosure it's more furniture that's because it's Li omni is a dko 5 desk case that we saw at CES this is Li Omni is a standing desk case with a glass top this time the tempered glass actually has a purpose namely to put stuff on the d.ko five-can has two full systems up to e ATX and motherboard form factor and uses two separate front panel controllers on either side of the desk for separating the systems the desk uses an electric motor to drive the legs and comes with four presets for desk height each of which can be modified with incremental adjustment from plus and minus buttons we didn't measure exactly but the desk comes up to about a meter high and uses a front angle of about 60 degrees to better fit chairs under the desk than the previous models where you kind of bash your knees on the desk the desk will include something like eight to twelve fans depending on the how the final design shakes out and to the support at least some minimal level of liquid cooling a iOS but we're still waiting on final details price for the Lian Li DK o''h 5 will be about 1700 to 1800 dollars but it's a bit of a mix-up furniture that's it for this roundup as always wait for our reviews and further articles before buying or pre purchasing anything article for more information in the description below patreon link in the postal video to help us out directly if you like our type of coverage subscribe for more thank you for watching I'll see you all next time you