Phanteks Enthoo Luxe review - Product Showcase

Product Showcase

As always we begin with packaging. It's a simple yet informative thing to show as when you purchase a chassis.

You probably do not want any defects and scratches on it. The Enthoo Luxe is packaged in cardboard.

Once you take the unit out of the cardboard box you'll notice two layers of polystyrene protecting the unit, which on its end is covered in a plastic bag. 

So there it is. You'll understand where the money goes to once you lift the product out of its packaging, the chassis weighs a good 15 kg. It definitely houses a couple of pleasant surprises. The design is kept simple yet very stylish, no bright lights and screaming logos -- subtlety is a key factor. And once you power it on, LED heaven on your own color preference.

The light  design really is easy on the eyes and is key to Phantek products and their signature, albeit we like a dark chassi better. Well, you have the choice to choose the white or black version yourself.  You will spot two windows on the main left side. One will let you view the hardware installed within, while the other lets you look through the panel and onto a small Phanteks plaque screwed to the interior of the case.

What Phanteks does really well is to hide a lot in the chassis is hidden including drives, cables and the PSU. So once you install your hardware, pretty much only the motherboard is showing though the see through windows. That will look fantastic.

The chassis has some distinctive features:

• Full Tower Chassis
• Simulated Brushed Aluminum Front and Top Panels
• Ultimate Water Cooling Solution
• Removable Dust Filters
• Innovative Reservoir Bracket
• Modular HDD Cages
• Drop-N-Lock SSD Brackets

When we flip around the unit we can see the side panel and back a little better. Again, simple but stylish. The panel can be removed with two thumbscrews. The size of the chassis is a whopping 235 mm x 560 mm x 550 mm (W x H x D), yes it is a Full Tower chassis alright. The chassis has many mounting points for plenty of cooling. Three fans are already included for the top, front and rear.

The 200mm front fan is massive, and internally you can house ATX, EATX, uATX, SSI EEB motherboards. The backside itself reveals a thing or two as well. Next to the 8 card slots we see the power supply housing, this one has been hidden as well, meaning you can't really see the PSU at all. In the very top is a 140 mm exhaust fan that pushes air out the back of the chassis. It can be moved up or down a bit bringing flexibility with radiators there or the ability to line the fan up with your CPU cooler. On top we see a large mesh. Good for top side exhaust ventilation. Below the the top mesh you can house a radiator as there is room for a full 480mm radiator ! Obviously you can go nuts with other fans here as well as installing other format LCS (liquid cooling system) radiators.