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the deep cool matrix 55 is a case I've been looking forward to since we first saw it at Computex 2018 it comes in several SKUs and can range in price from 40 bucks to get this all the way up to $75 so is it worth your cash for starters I highly recommend the addressable RGB version of this case but not for the reason you might think LEDs aside this case looks substantially better with a dedicated PSU shroud or basement which everyone will call it something you'll for go in the cheaper non addressable version for some reason and currently new I guess selling both for the same price so it's kind of a no-brainer to pick the one with the basement in my opinion the option to stock the re RGB fans with the case is a nice touch though you will pay an extra thirty or so US dollars I do wish though that more manufacturers would give the buyer the option to include generic case fans in this case the fans themselves aren't the most premium in terms of performance or sound but they're not crap and they look super cool in this chassis thanks to the tempered glass front panel there are also pwm fans so you'll have full control over RPMs and your BIOS meaning you can run them super quiet when things aren't under load and if I'm not mistaken these are the same fans you'll find included with other addressable products from beef cool including the castle and captain pro 240 a iOS but my impressions of this case straight out of the box were a bit mixed to be honest you can tell that the company simply added to the very cheap chassis it's a bit like stashing a beefy stereo system into a Ford Pinto I mean it might sound great while driving but deep down you still know it's a forward Pinto take these rear slot covers for example they are very cheap not the kind that you can reinsert after removal you kind of have to keep twisting them until they detach from the frame this is what you would normally expect in a $40.00 enclosure and this is also in the $40.00 enclosure though the $75 case also includes these if you want the addressable RGB and the basement included so it's it's kind of frustrating because you have no choice but to spend 75 bucks on a case that has this garbage at the rear and this again just comes down to the design choice and the way that the pool decided to stack their SKUs for this particular product there also aren't rubber grommets anywhere in this case meaning things will look a little less clean when it's all set and built check it out right here I cram tons of expensive hardware into this thing just to test the theory and even with custom cables the lack of grommets just it becomes pretty obvious cable routing holes are oddly shaped more like squares and oddly placed as well I also noticed quite a bit of dust in my sample not sure if this is standard or just leftover from the production process but it was very annoying to clean nothing I would expect in say a $75 enclosure but not all is bad with this one I feel like I'm just pointing down all the negatives at one time but there are quite a number of pros and I think they do outweigh the cons with this case you get the dedicated basement a cutout big enough for a 360 mile combo USB and HD audio cut out to cut out in front of the PSU if you're into that sort of thing sufficient cable routing space behind the motherboard tray and two tempered glass panels to top things off the front panel is slightly more tinted than the left panel which I really don't mind here one thing that is missing is a black trim around the Left panel however as is you can see straight through the case underneath black trim would have looked pretty clean in my opinion should have been included with the especially the $75 version there's also only one Deepu logo that I can find and it rests toward the bottom of the front glass it's subtle and appreciated I like it a lot the case stands tall on for rigid feet and an included dust filter underneath keeps power supplies nice and clean though it's a relatively cheap dust filter at that speaking of power supply is one thing I noticed when building was that space back here was fairly limited I couldn't fit my EVGA P to unit since it was too long and my g3 unit barely fit the included hard drive cage is riveted and thus not removable unless you plan on drilling thing so use PS use with dimensions equal to or smaller than the typical ebj and g3 unit by the way the matrix 55 did include all necessary mounting screws but no zip ties were included with my sample which is a shame because they're very cheap to include for one and the case is littered with tie points for two which is a good thing but that said I was pleasantly surprised about how easy it was to cable manage here there's plenty of space about an inch or just over that so maybe three centimeters or so and you know sliding that right panel on was a breeze top IO is pretty straightforward loaded power and reset switches feel pretty good to press along with a dedicated LED toggle headphone and audio jacks to USB to ports and a single USB 3 don't expect type-c ports and $40.00 enclosures that just that's ridiculous the LED toggle is fitted with around 20 presets you won't have full control here but you can switch between several different colors and effects I'm not sure if you can integrate this with motherboard software to control it all at one time although there is an extra cable hanging from this little bunch here so if you want to connect additional hardware that does support the addressable function you could certainly do that additional support in the case includes various mounting positions of top for fan and radiator mounting flexibility I was able to mount a 240 ml a IO up top by utilizing the rails positioned closest to the left panel so as to avoid any conflicts with my 8 pin EPS cables and BRM heat sinks you can even slide the cooler forward or backward assuming you have sufficient tube length I love this kind of flexibility especially in chief cases like these I'm glad deep cool one on board with this the company also includes a rear cover next to these phony PCI slot covers that we talked about earlier for additional isolation they aren't needed but they are a nice touch included thumb screws here and holding the right panel aren't captive and are comprised of plastic but they're there nonetheless I'm not going to complain two hard drives can be mounted under new basement and two additional SSD mounting points are positioned to the right of the motherboard standoffs one problem I have here however is that the cutouts for these drives which again are oddly shaped you'll have to share by the way with the 24 pin USB 3 and SATA interface are not perfectly sized for SSD ports meaning that your cables will look a bit you know crunched when funneled through these openings they just don't line up perfectly with the SATA power and SATA data cable ports on the SSDs instead I would have liked to have seen SSD mounts on let's say the top of the basement or behind the motherboard tray instead and we'll close this one out with airflow nothing to stellar here you've probably expected that the tempered front panel blocks airflow perpendicular to fan blades and we're left instead with these filtered grills running down the left and right side of the front panel when air has to make a 90-degree turn into any chamber pressure drops accordingly and we're seeing that our thermal tests airflow is slightly reduced and the graphics card in our case ran approximately six degrees hotter with the front panel installed versus removed and the cpu which is being cooled by a top mounted a i/o mind you ran a five degrees hotter with this same arrangement all in all these aren't devastating numbers by any means but heavy overclockers should keep this in mind in summary though I don't think this is a bad case I am just a bit confused by deep cool skew tactics here the bare-bones matrix 55 costs only 40 bucks pricing itself into a league of its own but it comes without a basement or any decent fan the $75 version includes the basement and three solid fans but fails to upgrade other aspects of the enclosure like the rear slot covers and rubber grommets things we take for granted in other similarly priced cases so at this price point it really competes with the likes of the fractal design define and mesh if I see tge cases which run so recently for Black Friday Cyber Monday that's a problem because in my opinion fractal does it way better here than deep cool dust for the price and I think for the $40 enclosure it's just too bare-bones for anyone outside of tempered glass enthusiasts I mean if that's all you truly want in a chassis then the $40 version I'm sure is gonna be satisfactory for you but I imagine most consumers will opt for the version with the basement and RGB fans it's just the current trend we're in and I feel deep cool at this point is competing with the big players in the mid tower market so like I said definitely buy the addressable RGB version of this case I've linked it along with its other variants down below but if you're interested in saving an extra 30 or so bucks opt out of the RGB fan inclusion there like I said these and fans but 30 bucks for those I mean really all you needs an AI upfront or something similar and then a rear exhaust fan it could be just a cheap one it doesn't really matter it'll keep your costs down and you'll still get that basement down below that's my take what do you guys think let me know down below you guys something to do thumbs up if you liked it dislike it because we drops of feeling or hate everything about life click that red subscribe button if you haven't already become a member if you want to be fancy and we'll catch you in the next video this is science studio thanks for that's awkward thanks for building we built in this case we reviewed it we learn a couple things didn't we yeah thanks for doing all those things I don't know if I should refilm this now I'm not going to refill this machine illegal imma leave it as is