Akasa Infiniti Zor Case

Introduction

Published: 1st October 2008 | Source: Akasa | Price: £76.07 | Author: Thomas Koflach

Introduction

Gamers and manufacturers' are demanding more and more everyday from the humble computer case. As components get hotter, cases have to improve their thermal management whilst also maintaining an aesthetic appeal to consumers. Akasa feel it’s their turn to have a go, and sent their latest case up to the labs.

Akasa are well known in the UK for their vast range of products, including cases, fans, power supplies and various other pieces of cooling hardware. Their latest offering is the Infiniti Zor - the Zor notating that this is the ‘gamers’ version of the Infiniti. Akasa have a fair bit to say about the Infiniti Zor and here is a small extract:

Taking the gaming experience to a completely new level, the exciting Infiniti ZOR delivers exceptional cooling performance and plenty of user friendly features.

Hard core gaming stresses PC hardware; keeping cool is crucial for system stability therefore every element of the case has been engineered to provide maximum cooling performance. CPU, GPU, memory, VRM’s, chipsets and PSU all demand cool air. The aluminum front panel allows unrestricted airflow, 10 of the bay panels are full width mesh. Two 12cm intake fans can locate in any position on the front panel to direct cool air towards the hottest system components. The 12cm exhaust fan expels hot air from the case but if you think three fans are not enough than check out the ZOR top panel. A large mesh window prevents heat build-up and is able to accommodate two additional 12cm fans. With up to five 12cm fans even the most demanding systems will stay cool.

Boasting an impressive list of specifications, we will be taking a closer look at the case and finding out how it really performs.

Specifications

Here are the specifications from Akasa’s website:

Colour: Smooth black

Material: Steel body, aluminium front, mesh

Compatible motherboard types: ATX, Micro ATX & Extended ATX

5.25'' external bays: 11

3.5'' removable HDD bays: 6 (2x 3HDD cage)

3.5'' removable FDD bays: 1

Fans included: 3 blue-LED fans (120x25mm)

Fan Speed: 1200 RPM

Fan airflow: 47.98 CFM

Fan noise: 23.1 dB(A)

Dust management: 2 washable air intake filters

USB ports: 2

IEEE1394 ports: 1

HD Audio: 1x in/out (AC’97 compatible)

eSATA ports: 1

Dimension: 523 x 205 x 540mm (H x W x L)

Weight: 10.5kg

Product code: AK-BKINF-02

Let's head over the page to have a look at how the Akasa Infiniti Zor should arrive on your doorstep...

Most Recent Comments

02-10-2008, 20:44:37

Luigi

Hmm yeah, I was a bit dissapointed myself.. It just needed a tiny bit more care, and all the shortfalls would be gone

09-10-2008, 17:01:22

Jaster

my cookers just blown...would you guys recommend it as a direct replacement....

09-10-2008, 17:13:34

Luigi

Im sure it would suit you perfectly :P

10-10-2008, 09:08:14

Jaster

a bit off topic I know...but a well known computer store is selling very strange appliances...check [URL="http://www.microdirect.co.uk/productlister.aspx?n=2,10,72&cpp=100&po=0&co=100#Paging"]here[/URL]..just goes with the cooker comment...

10-10-2008, 10:56:57

Diablo

Yeah, they have those on display in their trade counter in the warehouse. Little bit random isn't it?

10-10-2008, 10:59:07

Jaster

you recon that would fit my case :D .... I did buy a hoover from there about 7 months back...I accidentally came across it whilst searching for dust filters for my case...go figure

14-05-2009, 13:48:58

Ian Evey

I know this is an old thread now but i had to add my 2 cents.

I read the review last night and if i had read a review like this before i purchased my akasa infinti zor case i would not have bought it, as is the power of the internet nowadays.

I have had my case since december along with
asus p5ql pro motherboard /
4 gigs of kingston 1066 memory /
gtx 260 216sp /
e8400 o/c 3.6ghz with an arctic freezer 7 /
x-fi extreme gamer /
8 ( Eight ) hard drives.

I cannot fault its design at all ( although i did not take the mainboard tray out to fit my motherboard ).

The temps are in my eyes very good and cool this is all with the 3 fans you get with the case and 1 cpu cooler 'No Added Fans Or Mods'

My gtx 260 idle is 39 and does not go above 60c with crysis or farcry2 with fan using rivatuner to 40% idle and 60% for gaming and my e8400 is just 30c idle and 45c after playing games for hours. My motherboard temp is around 40c after gaming also so i do not know why my hardware differs so much to the review about the case? Unless the components used where very crap / faulty or just had a lot more heat output than my rig .. 8 hard drives generate alot of heat with 6 of them being used for raid...

My side panel does not vibrate when i jump up and down near it nor does it rattle or is in anyway noisy... the fans are suprisingly quiet for thier size.

Having got one of these cases myself and being perfectly happy with what it does i can recommend it to anyone with similiar hardware to myself and dont always believe all hardware is the same and thats what you will get if you buy one, as i said earlier if i had read this review before i bought my case i would have missed out on a great looking and performing case.

I hope this helps anyone who was/is going to buy one of these great cases.

I had a antec 900 before this case and its just as good imho and better looking.

Regards

Ian

14-05-2009, 16:14:01

Luigi

Thanks for the reply Ian, it's good to here some user feedback...

Whilst you may not have issues with the case, I certainly did when I wrote the review (it was a long time ago though), and so did a number of other review sites..

I can only think they updated the case or you got lucky, but good to here you had a good experience.

14-05-2009, 16:47:12

Ian Evey

Maybe i got a better build quality one :yumyum:

14-05-2009, 17:13:32

monkey7

Or they might even have fixed the issues after the bad reviews :)