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the show coverage is possible thanks to Nvidia gigabyte fantex and NCIX what's up guys do meet you here with Haruka Knox and the iconic end to evolve micro ATX case from fantex gets an upgrade bringing tempered glass and a few other minor modifications to stay relevant it's been the common practice to see TG revisions and fan takes is actually introducing something really cool with this update first the original hinge on the side panel is still here giving you a convenient option to open both glass side panels easily but what they added on the rear side panel is a high temperature a silkscreen to basically cama flage all the cables on this side you still get the glass look with this interesting reflections when looking at the off angle but it's a more of a mirror finish now and you cannot complain about visible cables no more there is an opening around the two SSD caddies so they are directly visible and I would love to see this approach more often the silk screen is also scratch resistant so you don't need to worry about cables damaging this coating the IO has been relocated from the side to the front now with the added LED button as an RGB strip is included on the inside they've also removed the optional file in the quarter inch drive Bay as I'm assuming most people were not using it and they've also secured the top panel with screws improving the handling if you need to carry the case and now you can also install a 240 millimeter radiator at the front so the Evolve TG at $129 gets an awesome upgrade which is only a $10 premium over the original price tag we also saw another concept enclosure the project 217 and 2 17s which is meant to tackle the whole living room PC explosion and somewhat resemble high-end audio equipment there are two size variants with flexible orientation when standing like so and one lying down and they look pretty modern with clean lines aluminum panels and glass on both sides so you can actually see through it which is super cool and all of these side panels can be removed to leave just a frame during assembly in the larger 217 we had a full custom water loop to are getting high performance living room market that can house a 280 moment of radiator right below the motherboard on the front panel plus a 120 or a 140 moment fan at the bottom to intake air and one at the rear for exhaust which is why the case is so gracefully slim with flexible mounting pump brackets as well the shorter 217 s can only handle up to 140 mph and at the front bottom and the rear so there are some user options on which case is more suited for you and what type of system you're going for with the larger case supporting full-size ATX power supplies although limiting some water cooling options if you decide to go that route while the shorter case supports SFX only and I love the direction of such cases to combine high performance features with beautiful design that is unmistakably fantex they want to offer small footprint over small volume and I'm sure we'll see a final revision of the project 217 and also the name reveal probably at Computex but let us know how you like to design and stay tuned for more CES videos