Review MSI MAG Pano 100R PZ Case Review: spacious, with extra PCIe slots and back-connect support

[Admin]

MSI’s MAG Pano 100R PZ features wrap-around glass, with support for back-connect motherboards and four-slot vertical GPU installation, but does it deliver on performance?

MSI MAG Pano 100R PZ Case Review: spacious, with extra PCIe slots and back-connect support : Read more

 

[Energy96]

Do a review of Antec C8 Curve wood.
I was pleasantly surprised by it.

 

[Albert.Thomas]

Do a review of Antec C8 Curve wood.
I was pleasantly surprised by it.

Thanks for the suggestion, it's something I'll have to consider for the future!

 

[HardwiredWireless]

I don't understand where the idea came from that you can't have glass sides and good air flow. Having air coming from all directions at once does not improve the air flow it often makes it much worse. The best airflow would be a wind tunnel with all the air moving in one direction. A glass case seems very well suited for this. Having a vertically mounted GPU also helps a lot. A layout like the Silverstone fortress FTO2 is an excellent cooling setup.

 

[HardwiredWireless]

The antec is such an ugly case though.

Do a review of Antec C8 Curve wood.
I was pleasantly surprised by it.

 

[thestryker]

I don't understand where the idea came from that you can't have glass sides and good air flow.

Glass sides are totally fine it's when you get into glass front (and top too in some cases) where you run into issues. With a glass front a rotated motherboard mounting, like the FT02, would be perfect and I think the only reason this hasn't been done more is video card compatibility issues. With glass on the front and top you're limited to generally suboptimal options as there is no way to get straight through airflow. This is made worse by the fact that most don't have enough height between bottom fans and the floor to have good intake.

Personally I'd like to see some longer cases again with design language somewhat similar to the Montech HS02/HS01 (Albert's THW review of the HS02 Pro). Make it enough longer so that you could use 120mm fans on the side as well and it'd be great because it would still be relatively short and same width as a standard case. I was going to get one of the Lian-li o11 models with front mesh available, but I keep my computer under my desk and when I checked width it was too wide (this was the same problem for every other dual chamber and Thermaltake's CTE line).

 

[Mindstab Thrull]

The antec is such an ugly case though.

All I have to say to that is:
(a) Aesthetics are subjective and
(b) some people care about functionality first. If the Antec is a strong enough contender, some people won't care how it looks.