INWIN 805 Review
Introduction and Technical Specification
Published: 17th September 2015 | Source: Inwin | Price: £129.99 |
Introduction
It's fair to say that the Inwin 805 is a bit different. Not so much in that it's predominantly Aluminium as opposed to Steel, more that instead of traditional metal panels and plastic trim sections, it has 3mm thick tempered glass. Yes, you read that right, tempered glass. And we're not just talking the left hand side window panel here, we're talking left and right sides as well as the front. The roof, just in case your wondering is brushed Aluminium. All of which makes for one elegantly translucent case design. We're guess there are going to be some out there that don't like it, or who say it reminds them too much of the acrylic cases of old, but believe us when we say it's been a while since we unboxed a case and just stared at the beauty of it for a while. So we like the outside, but what of the inside? best we have a look at the Technical Specification to get us started.
Technical Specification
| Type | Mid Tower |
| Dimensions | 476x205x455mm (HxWxD) |
| Materials | Aluminium and 3mm Tempered Glass |
| Motherboard Support | ATX, M-ATX, M-ITX, Max 12"x10.5" |
| 3.5" | 2 |
| 2.5" | 4 + 2 shared with 3.5" |
| Expansion Slots | 8 |
| Front I/O | USB3.0x1, USB2.0x2, USB 3.1 (type-C)x1 HD Audio |
| Air Cooling | Front: 2x140/120mm Base: 2x120mm (remove HDD cage) Rear: 1x120mm (included) |
| Water Cooling | Front: Up to 280mm (max height 60mm) Rear: Up to 120mm (max height 35mm) |
| Max PSU Length | 220mm |
| Max CPU Height | 156mm |
| Max GPU length | 320mm |
Most Recent Comments
|
Originally Posted by barnsley
Such a shame about the interior. It'd need alot of modding and (as you say) some sort of false floor to get up to scratch with the exterior. You could possibly squeeze a bigger rad upfront too with a couple of tweaks. I am still tempted by this case though, even if it would need alot of work to get close to what I need.
|
Would be interesting to see if a blank sort of like a false floor could be mounted to cover the cable mess on the back side of the case. It could be coloured (or mirrored?) 2 or 3mm plexi or brushed aluminium or something. This could act as a shroud and cover the areas that are left looking a bit messy.
I think though the glass panel would act as a mirror anyway so you probably wouldn't see that much unless you had and LED strip in there, say to highlight your SSDs. Just thinking out loud but would be nice to see a shot of the other side of the built version with the panel mounted. I wonder how noticeable it actually is when the case is all closed.
All up though - nice review Gary
QuoteThis may be a good case for my wife's next PC.Quote
CSS Valid