Gadgetory

hello the people I'm here with the crew and we are on our way through our first complex meeting with a soos because after a decade they're launching a new case we're very excited to check it out hope you are too and huge shout out to our sponsors coolermaster fantex and Thermaltake for making this trip possible we finally made it to a soos hole okay so this thing behind me looks like an art installation of a frame with all types of motherboards inside looks freaking cool oMG I see it right there the a soos tough enclosure okay it's so beautiful beautiful texture airflow but is it any good of course it is let's check it out and as you can see that's Freddy over there not bread ready read there so fredericka renamed okay so after ten years of hiatus the tough gaming chassis the GT 501 is here the estimate price point is 149 and hopefully lower at launch but gt5 one there's been a lot of 500 serious cases am i right so this case is very much military themed it has this armored plating look that fits the tough branding so that's not an issue at all the front panel is steel and has this cool texture that spans both the top and the front and I've been asking for more textures and so this is really good to see hopefully we can even get like accident color textures for the tough branding but that of course is how far in the future the top dust filter also has this military pattern that could be used for different color accents and the tough logo is centered at the front I do like the symmetrical look but the angular design has some resemblance to Coolermaster cases but from the looks of it the ventilation is spaced out well from the fans and allows lighting to seep right through the top the case comes with fabric handles I personally love this edition so you can carry the case around during assembly and for just transportation of the case that just becomes much easier you can also tighten them so they are totally flat to the case and are pretty low profile now these fabric handles can handle the weight of a fully assembled system we've seen examples so that's not an issue they're also removable and there's a little Easter Egg on the mounting joint with a little bit of Morse code that spells tough my only point of feedback would be that this whole grey and dark color scheme lends itself well for additional color accents so the handles for example some orange to go with the top branding would actually be pretty sweet but of course going with the darker theme is a safer choice the IO is basic but for a premium case like it I want to see at least four USB ports and the type C port is not present but let me know how you feel about that because it's kind of an expectation for 2018 release but I personally never actually used a type C port on any of my cases so yeah the site PG panel is tented it's pretty standard but to continue with this military theme we have these dog tags that you can use to open the screws to unlock the panel and I do appreciate the little details that surround the whole tough branding and hopefully we'll see more in the final release coming inside we have a large interior so there's a ton of space at the front EA TX motherboards are supported that will cover the first column of rubber grommets but we have those three SSD caddies on the side with appropriate cutouts so you can use those to route the motherboard cables for larger motherboards although I do wish that the SSD mounts were covered so this space could look a bit cleaner because all these openings are a bit more exposed and they are thinking of paneling for this section so hopefully it will kind of match the whole interior design with the final release the power supply shroud is not final since it's all plastic and has no mount for the vertical GPU yet but it will be removable and properly accommodate a 360 rod with enough clearance at the front the only thing though is the hard drive cage at the bottom it sticks out a little bit it might introduce some mounting challenges and finally the cooling capacity standard you can do a 360 rather the front and the top the top bracket is unfortunately non removable but the case is pretty high for push-pull and will arrive with three 140 millimeter fans and finally the cable area behind the motherboard is fully opened with a few velcro straps and cable tie points around the perimeter I do think that cable channels would be nice here since working on a flat plain can be challenging but at least the spacing is pretty wide between the side panel and for storage we get two caddies in the drive cage and two more side caddies for SSDs and three and a half inch drives so that's a pretty common layout and it's actually pretty exciting to have a new case brand entering the market that are trying to do something a little bit different particularly with that tough branding so military-themed paneling different little Easter eggs and little cool accessories for the whole lineup and I'm really excited to see how that entire ecosystem of tough products can kind of merge together and you know complement each other down the line and so the GT 501 is not totally unique but obviously they're still taking feedback the case is set to launch in August so there's a bit of time so let us know what you think about the enclosure and their whole direction for the interior that whole expansion with the side SSD caddies and how would you like to see it changed and you know particularly for the power supply shroud because that is not yet final but yeah let me know what you think of this new tough case I'm Dimitri thanks so much for watching our Computex video check out this other relevant stuff here we'll see you Oh