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hello everyone I'm Dimitri with hurricane axe welcome to another video based on the many many comments I've received and also wanted to do this myself is to compare the SV for the elite from ends XP with a p400s tempered glass Edition from fan bags but in order to make this a little bit more interesting for the Battle of the best mid tower I decided to include two more cases the defense fee from fractal design and the be quiet pure base 600 so let the battle the best mid tower be again raster message my sponsor of course Coolermaster master keys keyboard lineup is now available in three sizes to fit within your space with large medium and small boards with either beautiful RGB or pure white LED illumination a little something for everyone make it yours with the master keys Pro by Cooler Master alright so I chose these four towers because they share a similar price points which is define see being the cheapest of the bunch but without a tempered glass so take that into account while the p400 STG is very old priced to be competitive 89 bucks and yesterday for the elite alongside the pure bass 600 TG are both $99 only two of the cases have value-added accessories so the NZXT puck is included on the s3 for the elite I love this thing as the headphone stand its magnetic it's awesome or if you think of creative ways to handle your cables while the p400 STG comes with a magnetic RGB strip that connects directly to the case lighting and matches the illuminated text at the front either the fractal no the be quiet case offer any goodies but the pure bass 600 is the only case in this round up with five and a quarter inch drive bass rest in peace it is a mobile tow and needs to be off to make room for a 2-14 or radiator the glass melt does not vary they all use a similar for thumb screw method with rubber protectors the perimeter of the glass on fantex and NZXT cases are blacked out to hide the frame and help to conceal fingerprints which is a major positive while the glass on the be quiet case is fully transparent throughout so you can see the frame underneath however the be quite glass panel is the only one backwards compatible with non TG Edition cases I would consider that a positive however you know they don't sell the panel by themselves so yeah it's a shame that fractal design hasn't released anything with glass yet as the fine see is still one of my favorite mid towers but design wise there's something for everyone from this pure boxy frame on the s340 with the matte surface on the metal panels that look super clean to this Iron Man mask look on the p400s with some character with those accents and ventilation ports while both the pure bass 600 and fine C are basically derivatives of their predecessors with brushed plastic texture on the front on both cases with a staple blue LED on the defined C and orange outlines on a PB 600 when it comes to color ends exp is leading the pack to offer diverse interior and exterior styles fantex is catching up with a slightly different approach with accident pieces like DCI brackets and Drive covers while be quiet sticks to their orange brand color with the rubber pieces standing out also available in black and grey while fractal design is limited to black only size wise there is some variance as 340 being tallest your base 600 being the longest and defined C is the smallest case which is super impressive as it can do as much as the others a simple trick here what they've done are to create shorter K speeds that allows the main frame to be slightly extended in height there are seven PCI slots per case and neither of them are too large and should comfortably fit for on desk use the IO also varies they all cover the basics of 2 USB 3 ports and audio jacks but the s 340 is superior with 4 years D ports and an HDMI pass-through for VR and other things and you route that cable through the opening in the back nice and simple the p400s has a fan controller in the front for three fans alongside a color switch button for case lighting still this is one of the best implementations we've seen spork' sliding the be quiet case also has a fan controller with three speed settings but nothing special on defined C aside from those blackouts USB 3 ports now let's start cooling each of these cases comes with two fans only the be quiet case has a 140 member fan all others are 120 millimeter the front intake is almost identical so by default each case supports dual 120 and 140 ml fans with their respective radiators and the framed here very open with flexible mounting strips and only recently we start seeing the removable front piece on a shroud for installation of larger radiators at the front so both the p400s and the define see have this feature to support 360 level radiators with this option to slide the drive cage on define see away from the front to create that clearance without compromising on the drive cage itself while you can only remove the drive cage on a p400 if you go this route the front desk folders are also set up quite differently so both the SP 40 elite and define see have large dust filters right against the fans but with side ventilation openings on define C and top to bottom of things on the s 340 while the big wise and fantex cases have filters on the ventilation force themselves and we'll see if that makes a difference in cooling later on as for airflow at the top the s 340 has a single mount no dust filter here while the p400s has the standard dual 120 140 mounts with either plastic covers or dust filters the same that is found and defined si but with a single piece spanning this area with dust filter included while the be quiet case has a different approach altogether with that top panel letting users raise it without removal so you don't need a dust filter here and airflow can exit freely giving you used low rpm fans and although all these the top fan mounts are really meant for fans only as height restrictions on these mid towers with limit radiator clearance especially if you using tall Ram Kim's I do appreciate the captive some screws of all the metal side panels but the define see is the first case in a really long time where all the thumb screws were tightened just right without me needing to you know take out my screwdriver unlike the impossible to remove by hand some screws on pretty much all other cases power supplies s daughters are all here removal from the back except for the defined see that conveniently removes from the front on the inside we've got some similarities with regards to the power supply shroud except for a more traditional layout on the be quiet case and they sure need to add a shroud on their neck case the most functional shroud lives on the s340 because cable cutouts are all in the right places including the ones for the GPU cables there are three SSD caddies to show a few drives with a side mount that is oriented properly with good spacing for SATA cables while the shroud and define C is a bit more simple with a bit of this angular frame near the top with just ventilation openings from the bottom chamber the lack of cutouts for the GPU cables might have been on purpose but in some instances it might look cool and we find the same thing on the p400s with just ventilation holes no additional cutouts except on the ones underneath the motherboard the s340 is the only case that doesn't have any rubber grommets because the frame is supposed to hide your cables and these plastic clips are fine to hold small cables but they surely are not good for tightening your 24-pin for example or just bundling up a mess in there the p400 is better as it comes with velcro straps that are easier to use and let you tighten things as much as you want be quiet case is less fun because you need to do more work with King bowtie hoops and define C by far handles cable management the best because of these dual loop velcro straps and a clever angled frame on the side of the motherboard that creates this additional space where all your cables can fit no problem for storage the p400s is okay we have dual SSDs and dual hard drive brackets on the back with optional drive bracket to the front where those white plates are I love the spread of SSDs on the s340 but the cage underneath is for hard drives only let sit directly on metal so it's metal and metal contact kind of disappointing the pure bass 600 with a more traditional layout fits more three and a half inch drives that are removable but they do block the front intake and the defined C for the size is amazing with the clever drive gauge and triple SSD bracket to avoid storage compromises so the assembly process between all four is pretty similar all have the extended moderate standoffs in the center it's easier to work when there is power supply shroud in the case just to hide those cables but there is one major oversight on a pure base 600 with rubber gram as my standard ATX board covers up the main catalyst so I had to route the 24 pin through a different hole but even worse that SATA area is not even accessible unless you pull the cables through the rectangular cutout on the right and it seems like these rubber grommets are tailored for slightly smaller motherboards where they align perfectly fine so for temperatures I use my workstation system with a 980ti 6800 K at 4.2 gigahertz cooled by the coarser h100 I be - with maglev fans in the front for intake and I kept the two default fans for rear exhaust so the GPU remains at 83 C about 52 % speed we just slight fluctuations around 1,100 megahertz while CPU temperatures remain basically the same on a faint extract all and in the xt cases but with a pretty significant spike on the big quiet case most likely due to a more restricted front intake oh hey there NC XCOM is Canada's leading etrailer for anything your mind desires just keep within those categories which are plenty and be attempted by the weekly deals visit ncx dot-com for all them sweet deals and so there you have each case their own unique strengths and weaknesses in the relatively close price bubble so that if there are sales going on it might not you is the right direction on what makes our to choose you know for your next system make sure it's checkout individual reviews for all these cases alongside our case trends video for 2017 on what we want to see from the case industry moving forward all that is linked in description below and also I'm curious to know what you guys feel would be the winner from this roundup and I particularly didn't want to label anything because I would like to see what you guys want to from a mid tower so yeah let me know in the comments down below I'm going to beat you in our connects I hope this has been helpful and we'll see you in the next video