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this video is brought to you by NCI XCOM great technology selection and service hello everyone I'm Dimitri with Harbor Canucks and before we begin this review I want you to think of the first thing that pops into your head when I mention in win the reputation within the case market has seen many downs because they seem to focus on very niche and expensive productions like the $350 Dee frame materials and build quality is one thing but when core functionality is lacking it's hard to justify a purchase but I feel they are slowly starting to come back to their senses with regards to core functionality and today this in win 707 foot tower is going to get the full Harbor Canucks treatment it retails for $140 comes both in black red and white black versions now is this price range competitive absolutely not you can pick up the m2 Lux or the pro the defined at 5 th for 14 the silent base 800 all outstanding and accessible choices for less cash but I'm not giving up on the 707 yet I love the red black accent this unusual shaped side panel window and of course the brushed aluminum front facade that unfortunately is not fully uniform as the final quarter inch drive bay door has this different plastic finish that also feels extremely flimsy and will most definitely interfere with anything that is not completely flush in those five and a quarter inch drive base the ventilation on both sides is adequate and the panel is spaced out just fine behind which we find dual 140 member fans included sitting on these very flimsy clips one just popped out there's no dust filter here and the entire front frame is super restrictive I'm not impressed the i/o port are located up top with an activity LED dual USB 3 and USB to audio jacks and the discreet power button on the right a reset switch is nowhere to be found the top exhaust area can support triple 120 more fans only weirdly without any 140 Miller fan holes and while I do appreciate the symmetry up top we all know the convenience of having these holes offset closer to the side panel for extra clearance with any top radiators I'm disappointed not to see that also notice these rubber grommets on all the fan mounting holes but they are quite large requiring washers to be used as otherwise the standard radiator and fan screws just fall through luckily washers are provided in accessories but they don't look very neat when installed plus it has an internal mesh pre-installed it's appreciated but it is not removable making the cleaning process extremely difficult and after having the case just sit around fully closed for a few days look at how much dust had collected on the floor so those dust filters are not very effective at the back nothing unusual for grommeted water cooling holes at 140 ml exhaust fan 8 PCI slots with plenty of square ventilation on the side and then bottom out the power supply with I'm sorry to say but an embarrassing dust filter for $140 I mean come on in win also the case feet are tall but it looks like they forgot to attach any of rubber bits onto these so yeah there's a 120 140 mm fan cut out on the other side panel right behind the CPU cutout not sure this is necessary but it doesn't hurt the case either so getting inside we find a very strange color scheme on those five and a quarter inch mounting knobs whoever thought yellow or a sort of limas green had a place in a black red case is mistaken in my opinion plus it seems that color scheme has been thrown out of the window completely with entirely white front IO cables and a power SATA cable for that exhaust fan now the hard drive cage can support up to eight units to list mechanical and site SSD mount so one of the corner pegs will have to come out that's a bit annoying now look at just how blocked that drive cage is I'm surprised this actually passed through testing because there will be almost zero airflow coming in from the front and a bracket to house an additional 120 or 140 ml fan on there won't do much as the fan won't breathe at all now the drive cage is modular so you can remove the bottom portion to install dual 120 or 140 ml fans there remove the entire cage so to let the case breathe and with my reference system assembled the cutouts of ground them on the board are clearly designed to accommodate for excel on e ATX motherboards but don't fully benefit ATX or micro ATX motherboards as they are so spaced out there's nothing underneath the motherboard either aside from the very bottom cutout and routing everything just seems like hassle and doesn't look very pretty either coming it on to the back we find no SSD brackets only a few cable tie hoops plenty of room for cables though but this is not what I was expecting for a 2015 release and in this price bracket especially I couldn't even mount my x61 cooler which is a 280 millimeter cooler because the top does not support 140 Miller fans and I even had to mount our 240 millimeter all-in-one cooler in the first front two slots up top to let me route the eight pin cable in the corner there without any clearance issues and everything about the interior layout screams lack of functionality that we're not used to in this price range and I mention price range because that is important the in win seven of seven is a perfect example of where size and build quality alone won't sell if the Builder is not satisfied with the system and in my case here I was not expecting such as appointment and one clearly has more work to do so I hope you guys enjoyed this review let us know if you have a case in mind that should pass the hardware tax treatment and make sure to subscribe because we have this coming next ah so thank you so much for watching stay tuned for the full video on that little teaser and we'll see you in the next one