Phanteks Eclipse G400A Review

Phantels gathered a powerful mighty proposition at Phanteks Eclipse G400a. It is inexpensive, simple to build and, what is vital, it is equipped with four huge fans for many air flows.

To give Eclipse G400A the right test, I decided to build an inexpensive computer in it. It’s easier to say than to do in today’s economy, but I almost managed to do it for reasonable budget. You can read about it in our budget guide, but I took from this experience a very positive perspective for everything Phanteks G400A has to offer.

The G400A frame is well processed with several edged edges and tidy corners. The case I received had no apparent signs on any of the panels that one could think about a completely modern matter, but scratches can happen in transit with bad packaging. There is only a tiny box of accessories in the G400A, although Phanteks was extremely generous, putting 30 skein of zippers there-binding, 30! It also has required bolts for the motherboard, dog, HDD and several additives.

It is a unit with a similar price, for 110 USD/85 £, to Corsair Frame 4000D with fans. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. In my opinion, Corsair is a better -looking case, although it also has a Flex panel (which, as I was told, may leave soon when Corsair moves to thicker metal). Phanteks is built like a tank and has another fan than Corsair and they are all a larger 140 mm variety.

Where this matter really shines as an inexpensive, almost budget, the chassis is in the choice of fans. On the G400A there are four M25-140 GEN2 D-RGB fans. These are not your basic fans of cases. An example, a single fan would cost about 10 pounds if you bought it separately. These are some of the latest phantles, with mighty statistics and illuminated nine with RGB illuminated blades and the effect of infinity mirror at the central fan center.

These fans are connected using a reserved connector that combines PWM fan control and RGB control together. Connecting the Daisy chain more of these fans is together, finishing the standard PWM and A-RGB headers with an adapter cable, although you don’t have to worry about it. The housing is pre -connected and ready to work, and four fans fill the matter with sufficient cooling, which you should not worry about installing.

The dust filter includes the front of the box for all three fans. It has a relatively low impact on the air flow through the front of the housing after installation, but after connecting to the front panel with the mesh it becomes a bit more an obstacle. With the facilitate of the anemometer, I measured the air flow to about 1.9 m/grated with the front and front panel filter, 2.2 m/s only with a dust filter and 2.3 m/s without. This is more than some that I tested, but I am not worried about the air flow in this case with these three 140 mm fans loaded at the front.

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I decided on the air cooler for my test compilation, the Arctic 36 freezer, although it is equally simple to adapt to the 360 ​​mm radiator in the upper part of Phanteks G400a and without moving around any fans. The upper mesh panel jumps off the box to get easier access and there is enough space for a standard thickness cooler between it and the upper part of the motherboard. Phanteks is quite generously in the amount of 495 lx 230 in x 522 h mm. It didn’t seem as broad as silence! Shadow Base 800 FX, but it is equally simple to build.

Along the bottom of the housing there is a power supply cover with a lot of space for cables. The dog is on the back, and in front of it is a storage bracket for any 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives. I didn’t have any, which means that I could completely remove this storage bracket if I wanted to, but rising under the bulbs under the shroud in which I left it.

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The Shrub of the Dog is a place where Phantek tried to apply the only a little talents for the entire compilation, the ban on RGB fans. There is a lithe belt that runs the length of the dog cover. It is dispersed, which looks much better than a belt with obvious LEDs, and can be easily controlled in the line with fans through the motherboard. In my case, via RGB ASROCK.

Cable management at the back is also the real benefit of G400A. It is an smart system that abandons ordinary channels and ties for the rapeseed loop system. It sounds nice on foot, but the way in which the Velcro loops greatly make it easier to transfer modern cables or their removal and replace them, without reversing the entire management of difficult work cable. It is great for beginners, especially if you are willing to run a few additional cables or rewriting the system to improve it.

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My only fear related to rear management is that the popular chassis page, traditionally where the CPU power cables go, offers only a few tabs to loop the zipper to secure the cables in this way. But these are times when it is vital not to forget about 30 castle attacks contained in a box in a box so that you can cut and connect many times without escape.

G400A is certainly not the most brilliant case on the market. You can spend a similar amount only on the case, without fans, on such as Phanteks Evolv X2 or Lian Li O11 Vision Compact. Both are one of the best -looking glass boxes. But you will not receive the price of four 140 mm fans contained in the box, and it is Phanteks that is absolutely right with G400A. This is a wonderfully simple option for buyers for the first time.

This is really the strongest argument for G400A: if you want to dare your first compilation of your computer (don’t worry, it’s not so bad), it’s a great choice. You already have all the cooling of the housing that you already need connected and ready for work, there is a lot of space for power supply and no tight connections or turns to work in a sporadic event that you need to solve.