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so what's up guys I'm three trees our Canucks and one of our first trips for Computex we are stopping here at fantex come along as we show you a bunch of very exciting parts that they're showing off here say hello to the fan --tx team right here waiting for you guys here so if you guys recall this is the project 2:17 back from CES and we've seen some glimpses of it from context of last year but the 2:17 project has evolved and now has a name is the evolved shift X so the slightly bigger one and the evolve shift it's like a smaller one they're really cool this has got this skyscraper look so let's talk about why they're important on this market right after this Computex 2017 is possible thanks to fan tax Coolermaster and msi alright so the concept behind the name shift is to move it anywhere or lay it flat so the shift X is costing $159 and to the shift the normal one is a hundred and nine dollars the main difference between the two aside from the size would be the aluminum top cover on the shift X so it's a little bit more premium while it's plastic on the shift and the taller body on the X allows for better water cooling support and more storage options so the focus for both enclosures is sort of minimizing the footprint and expansion of ease of use for ITX more enthusiast level or building so the taller frame saves desk space but horizontal orientation is also possible as the case feet are removable and the rubber feet are provided for this layout and then you'll have to decide if you want to show off the GPU side or the CPU side if the case is horizontal so one of the unique aspects about the shift X and the shift is its footprint so if they've expanded the case vertically and they've kept the horizontal footprint quite low it's 17 by 27 centimeters in sort of the perimeter and in comparison this is a GPU nice water block there this is a 1080i and size-wise as you can see here it's lengthwise it's practically identical as the GPU a little bit slightly wider so it's quite a cool you can have this on your desk not occupying too much space same thing with this guy if you can deal with a little bit of extra height they're taking off all the side panels gives you access to four sides you can literally just walk around and maneuver the case however you want during assembly which is super convenient plus all the panels that sit on captive thumb screws on the main side we have the motherboard area and underneath it is the power supply area and I love that middle cable management shaft that has a magnetic door to access your cables and they're also rubber grommets on the bottom I was concerned with the thick cables maybe opening the magnetic door if you have too many cables bunched up in one area but the magnet is pretty strong so I wouldn't worry the smaller shift can house s FX or s FX L power supplies and does not come with a shroud while the shift X comes with a shroud to hide the cable exit plus accommodate a full-size ATX power supply but then you'll have to remove the shroud on the opposite side we have the GPU chamber with a riser cable included so here the GPU bracket is totally flexible so you can move it left and right which gives you a little bit of maneuverability if depending on how tall your GPU is and you can also rotate the bracket so the main side of the GPU is either facing the glass for showcase and if your water cooling or you can face it on the interior for better airflow for cooling the small shift is more focused for 120mm later all in one use and you can install to 120-million radiators one at the bottom and one in the front or a single 140 million radiator and for the motherboard area we have a 140 ml exhaust fan that I feel is a little bit too close to your motherboard area and that cables so they might need to put a grille on here the front panel even has a middle divider in case one of your fans for example the bottom is taking air in and the one at the top is exhausting air so they don't mix and there are dust filters at the bottom the side and the top as for the shift X because of that expanded power supply area you can add a two eighty moment radiator at the front while still accommodating an ATX power supply or you can do like a combination of a 120 and 140 million radiators for that bottom chamber both cases have an RGB power LED at the top it's kind of hidden but you can still kind of see it too and you can also add an RGB strip for the interior and it a refreshing take on expanding the frame vertically while keeping the main footprint pretty small so the shift X is 30 liters and the small one is 22 I do like the cable management approach as they are all hidden behind the back side panels and even the i/o is kind of hidden but only dual USB 3 ports at the back with no headphone jack so that kind of sad but they do say it was an intentional omission as the motherboard area is facing up so you do have full access to those ports and all of them will be routed through the rear cut out or you can even run them through the bottom of the panel and so the ITX family is growing and the verticality is pretty unique for showcased on your desk or in the living room and having these chambers to divide your components as great and cable management seems to offer a decent building experience alright guys so that's it for our look on the shift X and the shift I'm actually super excited to build in these cases and you know this may be the shift next maybe my first water-cooling adventure in the ITX format because it seems to be very accommodating so let us know what you think about these two enclosures in the comments I'm very interested to hear your opinion about this skyscraper effect you know minimizing the footprint while still going vertically I like him what about you let us know in the comments down below I'm going to meet you with her our Canucks thanks for watching we'll see you in the next video