Phanteks EVOLV X review - Product showcase – The Build

On this page, you’ll find a selection of photos of the finalized build inside the Phanteks Evolv X. The GPU that was used has an AIO LCS, and the CPU is cooled either with air (Thermalright True Spirit 120 Direct) or a liquid cooler (NZXT Kraken X62). The Evolv X is pointed more at the liquid cooling market, but an air cooler will still do just fine (more details on the following page). The motherboard is an ATX form factor one (and looks relatively small in this Phanteks chassis), based on the Z370 chipset, with a de-lidded i7 8700K @ 4.8 GHz inside. The GPU comes from Aorus, and it’s the Waterforce version (GeForce GTX 1080 Ti). Some shots with LEDs on. You can set up the RGB with the buttons on the I/O panel, but it’s also possible to manage it with Asus Aura or MSI Mystic Light. The effect is looking pretty!

As for the installation, there were no issues. The PSU is mounted like in quite many other cases today, using a removable bracket. There’s a lot of space for the cables. There are three cable management holes with black plastic covers on the side of the motherboard, and two rubber grommets above, and that’s more than enough. Overall – hardware installation was a breeze. My main (but a very small) complaint about the Evolv X would be the lack of a plastic cover for the front section of the PSU shroud, but this applies only to setups with typical/rather slim AIO radiators.  You have two steel covers concealing most of the cables, so the fact that the right side panel is made of tempered glass should not be a problem in terms of exposing the inside of the case to view. And now for some other RGB shots.