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oh wow I guess it's time for this giant thermal take case to be reviewed but first a message from our sponsor introducing the new OC CVX 500 s all state drives from Toshiba it offers great well balanced speeds build with MOC NAND flash for superior endurance and is also backed by five year advanced warranty program learn more about the VX 500 at OCC com all right people it's time to tackle the biggest case we've ever received the thermal take core w200 priced at $459 this is a super tower for commited enthusiasts it's both intimidating and exciting at the same time on the full potential what's possible inside of it and just so we're clear on the size I was able to fit on one side of the case we had an s3 40 from NZXT inside of which I had this century ITX it's a little bit of a material case and here's me next to it it's occupying half my office I needed to be gone and it's not just the case but in room for rent alright so now to address the big elephant in the room not the case but its similarities with case labs as Dena both shared the double-wide case category and I gotta say that I hear that argument and I completely sort of see why people would get upset but it's not all about just the simple end product as the experience between building and something like this versus something that the case lab produces is totally different we have reviewed the mercury case from case labs and that was a fantastic experience so let's see if the cheaper version of the W 200 here how does that reflect in the user experience and not just as a simple metal box thing bigger picture and why some people might gravitate towards something like this versus something that the case labs produce everything here for example is steel versus case labs built with aluminum which is a much better material for larger pieces so there isn't as much bending and ultimately for the end user you have more options to choose from if you're going for the super tower type of build and you know that's not necessarily a bad thing so the parts list is actually quite low for something of this size the mainframe is a few large pieces of which arrived in in addition note bends here for storage there are five Drive cages with two caddies and each plus four more caddies to install in a separate location all the bits and pieces and screws are very well labeled to responding to what you need to use in the manual and an empty toolbox is present for your convenience and the only surprise were these gross oil stains on one of the plastic bags really not cool so the most part the instructions manual is clear you have 32 pages for constructing the w200 which took me about four hours to complete and I've only made one mistake as the perspective on one of the pages in the images in the manual was very confusing but in the end I was able to put everything together and put the exterior panels on and the case was complete I like the ability to remove any of the panel's for transportation purposes so it's not as heavy and all the ventilated areas have dust filtration at the front at the top on the bottom and on the side and that's highly appreciated for what this case is designed for and all the ventilation areas have the small square format which looks pretty nice now given such large thin metal sheets of course it's quite flexible you can see it here the frame is solid though which is important the same thing we see on the windowed side panel despite the acrylic being so thick the secure mechanism is not future-proof in my opinion it's a simple hole insert that isn't very strong and because the side panels can curve one of the joints on my case already isn't sticking so as you can see the core w200 is basically two giant full towers merged together with 10 PCI slots per side with the right side having an inverted mother wood layout and a power supply installation at the bottom of each section the front intake is divided so the left side is only for firing the quarter inch drive accessories with two front iOS included as the case is designed for dual systems you can install drive cages here although it's facing the main internals not really ideal for cable management while a rotated drive cage system can be installed but it's so uncomfortable you have to remove the entire bottom piece to install the main rails and even then you're sort of left with a challenge on how to properly connect your drives that look clean the left side can also support a 360 million radiator thanks to those flexible brackets while the right side is for fans only you got four spots from 120 or 140 millimeter mounts the right side does not support radiators since the fans are placed too far away from each other and the same applies to the bottom because of the spacing between the fans it's not standard and you can only fit a 280 millimeter radiator on each side behind the main window panel we find half of the interior with appropriate mounting locations for those crazy large motherboards there are many rubber grommets and you don't really realize just how large the space is until a full sized ATX motherboard is completely lost in this space so this technically would be my second water cooling build and I'm a little bit intimidated I gotta be honest you know I've just populated the motherboard which looks absolutely tiny and I figured out the new game what's called find the mobile inside this ginormous case and I'm already finding a little bit difficulties on what to do with that space for example I have the power supply on the other sides of the motherboard looks nice and clean but then it looks a little bit ridiculous right if you don't Populi anything here with the water cooling hardware and this is where my inexperience comes into play for example I have the thermal tank reservoir pump combos the silent Edition and I really imagine it you know sitting somewhere here occupying this dead space beside the motherboard but the fact that you have no mandatory reservoir mountings on this side is a little bit ridiculous no compatibility with your own work only hardware in a water cooling main case by the same company now moving on to the rest of the hardware the radiator stuff I would 360 radiator here and just for scale comparison like you still have so much room beside the motherboard if you were to install the top the same idea if you want to involve at the bottom the same thing and I find it a little bit difficult to as a case reviewer to approach how to you know go about the system because regardless of how much hardware I put in this system if I'm not doing dual builds it's a little bit of a wasted potential so it feels like foreign territory for me and I'm going to try to do my best to showcase what this case is capable of and so checking out the second half of the Interior it looks identical since both sides share the middle wall and therefore if you're routing cables on both sides it might be a challenge however the motherboard tray on this side is removable which is awesome with some space behind it and where you can route the cables for a clean and look I kind of wish that the main half had a removable tray instead of being on this chamber but probably the best cooling feature on this case are the radiator brackets that support for fans 120 or 140 millimeter width for 85 60 and in even 600 millimeter radiator supporting per bracket in particular I find the mounting mechanism to be awesome it's to lists for that initial insert that can be secured later with a thumb screw and two of these can fit on the right side and two more at the top giving you a lot of area for airflow or radiators which is why those dust filters are important and this is one of the reasons why the top section is completely open as the bracket can also be installed in the center perhaps if your dual system are sharing the top radiator so there are a lot of options that accommodate for any scenario auto I still don't understand why the front side on the right doesn't have standard spacing between those fan mounts and therefore no radiator can fit there now the assembly process is kind of hot and cold at the same time I like the included standoff tool but with no middle standoff that catches the motherboards you need to flip the case and this way you need to make sure or make up your mind on where you have the PC since it will become incredibly heavy to move once the system is installed wheels are provided tow so you can roll it into position and so the basic overview of the core w200 is finished let's take a break and hear words from sponsor assembling your verdaguer gaming chair just got a whole lot easier with a simple insert mechanism of the back seat onto the side rails so you mount the side screws much faster a true one-man job assembly made easy by over the year and what I'd love to do now is the actual water cooling build it is how you get to learn a computer case after all but so far I gotta be honest I am not convinced water cooling is a lot of maintenance a lot of planning and especially when dealing with something of this size and this caliber you have to be full in so I hope you guys enjoyed part 1 part 2 is coming soon with the full build and the complete analysis of the entire experience with the water cooling assembly and etc a little things that I will pick up along the way as well I hope you guys enjoyed this video make sure to subscribe for part two we'll see you next video