Gadgetory

you oh hey there nc XCOM it's Canada's leading etrailer for anything your mind desires just keep within those categories which are plenty and get tempted by their weekly deals FYI Black Friday is coming visit ncx calm for all them sweet deals so tempered glass and RGB are the latest trends for PC cases and it's a clever move for companies to upgrade their most popular offerings to keep consumers happy and that is exactly how the crystal series from Corsair was born and we've got the 4 60 X RGB on the review table today priced at 139 it's a $40 premium over the 400 see that share the same frame but there are a few significant differences that may justify the price increase first of all tempered glass it's on the main side that everyone loves to see but it's also now at the front that gives this unique look to all visible angles and shows the RGB goodness of those three intake fans and I actually quite liked this approach that gives some illumination to your build but without overdoing it and lighting control is done through the top IO that cycles between color speed and mode and to achieve this we have a pre-installed hub beside the power supply and an additional lighting controller and the front it is adding a bit too many stock cables but at least they are cleaned up by default and I want to clarify that you will still need to connect the fans to your motherboard as the hub plus the lighting controller are for lighting only and by the way the i/o still only has two USB ports PR buttons and audio the lighting is very basic with breathing mode flickering or color cycle mode plus 3 speeds I'm just happy the colors are vibrant and accurate with LED concentration in the center of the fan with a little bit of spill into the blades it's a bit misleading how you see the fans on the product page but the most vibrant color is the dark blue that fills the blades to the most part but the rest are a much more muted so moving on the frame on the 460 X is slightly different from the 400 see the support angle at the bottom has been significantly reduced in size and I think this is to allow raid to fit sideways into the case easier structurally it feels the same toe without the side panels on there is a bit of flex but with the case closed it's totally fine and we see two more changes first the frame around the PCI slots is now closed off unlike on the 400 C where the frame would accommodate like a screwdriver being used without any issues which unfortunately is now changed with the holes that are less convenient to use and the second thing the rear side panel no longer has the self catching screws it's a weird omission that should not have been changed you have four thumb screws to mount the glass panel and you gotta be careful not to lose the tiny rubber pieces that stay with the glass and generally this is not a comfortable panel to work with at all there's nothing on the frame that holds the glass and I prefer tiny rods that catch the panel and we see this all the time like on dark Bass Pro 900 the fantex of OTG or the s340 elite all have some way to support the panel before the thumb screws come in as for the front panel it is spaced out and open on both sides for airflow and there are also four screws that you need to remove to access the glass or the dust filter behind it which spans the full intake area and is really fine that's great to see and here you can install a 360 radiator or dual 140 mm or fans the intake with those three fans though is fantastic but no exhaust fans are included so that definitely needs to be user populated a magnetic dust filter at the top is present I love the non intrusive design with offset mounting locations for those dual 120 or 140 Milner fans but given the low height of the case I couldn't mount anything other than low profile ram to fit with my H 100 IV - at the top they could have squeezed the fan mounting locations even closer to the panel to allow higher ram to be used with the top radiator but no luck with this upgrade also interestingly I could feel how much air was being bounced back into the case from my top exhaust and look at the power difference of the air flow with and without the top dust filter I didn't measure the temperature differences but I certainly could feel a lot of turbulent air around the radiator and so this is where the modular internals can come in hang like a removable hard drive cage if you are not using it or place it further away from the front to gain extra space for the radiator without losing that drive capacity and I love the second power supply shroud to cover up these components on the floor and you just have to make sure to connect all your cabling after the second shroud is installed coming to the back the plastic drive mountain middle is kind of bulky and limits the use of the space for cable management and thus everything has to be guided around it it's definitely not the prettiest solution and especially since the SSD cables facing up they're not easy to clean furthermore the spring mechanism on the SSDs is too strong causing all of my drives to just pop out out of their plastic clips and that's something to keep in mind but overall I like the frame it's appropriately spacious for a mid Tower you have options on how to set up your water cooling if you're going that route I particularly like the dual shroud panel for the power supply and the two-piece tempered glass that stands out from any other tempered glass cases despite the uncomfortable nature of its mount and while there are positive changes to the frame like that corner piece at the bottom I still don't understand why they had to change the rear side panel and its screws and the frame around the PCI slots for the worse the 460 X RGB is a pretty upgrade over the 400 C and it sure follows what customers are asking for and the price premium is heavily influenced not by the glass itself but those SP 120 RGB fans - because they are $20 apiece ultimately I would like to see more refinement to what Corsair is doing right and these new crystal cases should guide them in the right direction as long as they focus on fixing what's not working instead of changing things that should be left alone and that concludes the Corsair 460 x RGB review thanks so much for watching make sure to subscribe for more crystal case coverage and we'll see you in the next video