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okay so about two videos ago I promised you all a video covering the fan text and though pro M acrylic and that is what you're about to see so when I first received this case in the mail I was actually a bit shocked it was larger in person than it appeared to be on Amazon and Newegg the pictures made it look much smaller than it was in person I was assuming this was supposed to be a standard you know mid sized ATX tower it's actually a bit larger than that I was afraid that it was going to fit in my little bookshelf back here I didn't think it would be you know short enough to fit underneath the top level there but as you can probably tell it does fit just barely this about an inch to give on the top and on the sides so I'd say it's a perfect fit the large acrylic side window hence the name fantex entha pro-am acrylic yes it's a very very long name was the first feature that caught my eye but that was probably because of the large piece of cardboard that was covering it and it was sticky cardboard I didn't think cardboard could be sticky but they put some kind of adhesive in between the little cardboard layer and the acrylic itself that was a pain to get off but when you think about it it's kind of cool that it was there because it basically meant that the glass wasn't going to be scratched I'm gonna say glass instead of plastic a few times in this video just ignore that I mean acrylic it's plastic it's not real glass but it looks pretty darn close to glass a plastic sheet was also covering the inside of the panel I will admit the acrylic side panel does seem like an afterthought and it was because the Mpho Pro M had already existed for much longer than this variant has but I don't mind the tedious assembly process for flat screws hold the window into place it is however much easier to assemble when it's laying outside and not when it's standing up much harder to install that acrylic window when it's standing up take my word for it just take my word for it now the front side of the case is rather bare save the large air intake grille upfront capable of supporting a 280 millimeter radiator and if you haven't noticed the optical drive bay up top yeah that's also included just for kicks and giggles I don't know if you still use that or not you still use an optical drive let me know in the comments below I'm curious how many of you actually still use one of those things staggered to the side two USB 3.0 ports a microphone jack a headphone jack and a hard disk drive LED and reset switch combo below the front IO on both sides are slits for allowing air flow though bear in mind that these are not dust proof in any fashion the top features a very large and robust power button with a very short travel distance and a top grill protected by a magnetic dust filter it's definitely a cheap route but it gets the job done the left side of course features the large crystal clear acrylic window with the right side which I'm not even going to bother showing you being completely bare of any feature whatsoever through the window is a very visible fantex logo that should have probably peeled off the protective plastic and a large basement compartment it's ventilated plenty wide and non removable the power supply rests in the back and can only be inserted from the right hand side no mounting bracket here a dust filter though is included further up we find seven PCI expansion slots a large ventilation area for who knows what probably just wasted space and of course the rear i/o and space for up to a 140 millimeter radiator onto the inside front panel we find a large mounting bracket suitable for a tight 280 millimeter radiator squeeze and one of those two included 140 millimeter fan Tech's fans the grill up front as well as the openings in the back make for ample airflow to the right of the motherboard platform our five plastic plates which can be removed to house any number of fan Tech's optional storage brackets none of these storage brackets are included so thanks fantex regardless though I don't personally care about showing off my hard disk drives nor do I have enough of them to begin with so all I did with these was paint them white to match my color scheme rubber grommets are all over the place in this case which is a lovely thing to see and the recessed right panel means you can stuff plenty of cables down there a route for your graphics card power cable is also provided as well as a CPU power cable / fan cable duo whatever you want to put up there up top speaking of which this large bracket right here is completely removable so if desired the optical drive tray up front can be removed to allow up to a 360 millimetre radiator to be stored up top technically a 420 millimeter radiator is supported but good luck with that since the top is the only filtered area these two fans were my intake fans behind the interior frame is a very delicately weaved slew of cables and thanks to fan tax included velcro straps had no problem routing the thick cables from my power supply this and the large window are my two favorite things about this case two bracketed hard disk or solid-state drive mounts come included down below and are also completely toolless you can also get the sense for how much empty cable storage space is down there that is so nice to see Hardware assembly overall was clean and efficient full-size ATX motherboards are natively supported graphics cards as big as your shoe will fit with room to spare and even the most elaborate custom water loops will fit without any issues you'll be able to show off your fancy power supply towards the bottom left of the window and your favorite solid-state drive to the bottom right your friends and family will have front row seats to your work of art thanks to the acrylic version of the fan text and though pro-am just add a few LEDs tune the fans and throw in a touch of cable management what a beaut so if the case in this video has caught your attention you want to know more check out fan Texas website regarding this case in particular in the description of this video also remember that these reviews are entirely unspun surd I don't get paid for doing anything like this and I also don't get these things free I have to order them myself out of the science studio budget so no one's telling me to say anything these are my wrong impressions about how I feel about this case in particular and all the other reviews of all the other products I've ever done I'm not paid I'm not sponsored just me just one guy and yeah bunch of Technology and science stuff it's pretty cool so if you liked what you saw give me a thumbs up but if you didn't give me a thumbs down and let me know why in the comments below be sure to leave comments and suggestions for future videos and start discussions down below let me know how you feel about this case in particular also be sure to subscribe if you haven't already for more content like this this is science studio 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