In Win Maelstrom Review

Conclusion & Video

Published: 30th March 2010 | Source: http://www.caseking.de | Price: £86.99 | Author: Tom Logan

Conclusion

The Maelstrom first arrived with us a good few weeks ago, it got built pretty much straight away and found its way to the office desk for testing. That's where the story of the Maelstrom stalled. I paused.... and I forgot about it.
That might sound bad but there is a very good reason.

Its very quiet but still keeps everything as cool as some of the more mainstream cases. It even out-performs a few of them too.

The powder coated internals add to the cases quality feel and it's also one of the features that help you think you should have paid a lot more. This coupled with the room inside, the great temperatures, low noise and packed full of the small details that make a big difference like the rubber fan grommets and sound deadening foam.

So for £86.99 the case actually comes in at quite the bargain as long as you are not looking for internal watercooling support. It ticks all the boxes and a few other besides as well.

I would happily recomend the In Win Maelstrom over the mainstream easy choices in the £70 to £100 bracket, and a fair few more expensive ones as well.

Video

We would like to thanks Case King for the sample today, discuss your thoughts in our forums.

Most Recent Comments

30-03-2010, 13:11:42

ToeJam

looks like a decent case to me, though it has to be for the price if it wants to be competing with the bigboys ;-)

30-03-2010, 14:27:56

killablade

I really don't like the looks of this thing :p

30-03-2010, 14:37:51

|Classified

I really don't like the looks of this thing :p

²nd that.. its just too strange imho :p

30-03-2010, 14:43:07

tinytomlogan

Its a real nice case actualy. It grows on you.

30-03-2010, 16:02:08

alexhull24

Not love at first sight for me either. It seems to deliver a lot of nice features for the money though, however garish.

30-03-2010, 17:44:20

Ghosthud1

the case is not ugly......its just different, not a case i would buy but its cooling is impressive and it has black internals soo not all bad!
hopefully they will do a nice flat front with no goofy handles etc.

30-03-2010, 18:22:37

cl0ck_ed

A 240 rad would fit in the top easy. Really nice to see that they have taken noise into account when designing a high airflow case. Its just the front of the case that may not be to everyone likings. Nice review Tom. +++

30-03-2010, 21:43:20

hindmann

those handles are a bit on the funky side, i agree. my guess is if u could remove them easily it would improve its overall reception...
me i dont mind them too much.

30-03-2010, 23:19:29

ppuff

I saw this case not too long ago and forgot the name. All I could remember was it had green handles on the front. Thanks for the reminder and the review. :)

30-03-2010, 23:20:51

cl0ck_ed

I saw this case not too long ago and forgot the name. All I could remember was it had green handles on the front. Thanks for the reminder and the review. :)

Haha, I LIKE!!