Bitfenix Enso Mid-Tower Case Review

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Originally spotted at Computex 2017, this mid-tower ATX chassis sports a tempered glass side panel, RGB lighting functionality and a price tag that won’t break the bank.

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[Lucky_SLS]

Asus aura sync ready, vertical gpu mounting, tinted tempered glass, adequate thermals with a bottom fan but alas no USB 3.1
Almost all the smartphones now are USB type C. Make it mainstream!
I think this would be a pretty good case with an aio and a couple of fans.

 

[Olle P]

Where's the air intake to feed the front fans? Is it just a narrow slot in the bottom?

 

[riz_76]

I can understand with the appeal for RGB support and that stylish design. But they had to cut costs with flimsy HDD trays and a single SSD mount. And the really inefficient intake....

That shouldn't be the compromise. A few stylized vents or slits with mesh on the front panel would have rendered the front filters unnecessary and improved the temps drastically.

 

[PokeyDoggo]

Tbh for 90 bucks it's pretty mediocre, bitfix has made better cases then this at the same price range. It looks pretty, but that's about it.
Why isn't there a 3rd dust filter for the top fan?
The HHD trays look flimsy and coolermaster has a faster toolless mechanism fot their 50$ case.
The HDD cage and the PSU shroud are riveted into place as well.
You noted that the PSU was a tight for for 200mm, and most PSU's are rather large (evga's supernova, corsair RM 650 X) How much of a tight fit was installing the PSU?

Such as closed off front panel makes it uncanny, but I do like the design and noise reduction. I have a Fractal Design R5 (was 100 euros when I bought it) myself with two 140mm fans, and opening the door does drop CPU and GPU temperatures by 5-8 degrees but increases noise. How does this fair for the bitfix enso?

 

[desuemery]

...At least it has a tempered glass window so you can see it catch fire.

 

[Co BIY]

"Overall we have no problems recommending this chassis at this price point."

Seems like it should have at least gotten the "TH Approved" badge.

 

[Olle P]

Where's the air intake to feed the front fans? Is it just a narrow slot in the bottom?

Gamer's Nexus answered my question: YES!
This case has abyssmal airflow and requires a fan to draw air in at the top to provide some sort of useful CPU cooling.
Cooling the video card is a PITA...