RAM – Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32GB DDR4 2666MHz.Motherboard – Asus ROG STRIX X370-F Gaming.The rear exhaust fan is a static RGB 120mm variety, which can be connected to either the RGB controller at the rear of the motherboard tray, or directly to a motherboard RGB header. The motherboard tray is perforated at various points, for anyone wanting to mount water cooling pumps or reservoirs. Inside the main chamber we find a solid PSU shroud, with access towards the front, should you wish to fit a fan in the lowest position. For addressable RGB functionality, you will need a 3-pin header however. Upon removing the rear panel, we find the RGB controller mounted to the rear of the motherboard tray, with additional connectors should you wish to connect it directly to an ASUS AURA motherboard. However, only two thirds of the front aspect is covered by filters, and there are gaps all around the ones that are there, so I don’t see how dust isn’t going to flood straight into the main chamber. The front dust filters are a little out of the ordinary, being accessible from the front side of the case, without the need to remove the front panel. The cable that powers the front lighting didn’t seem to want to be removed, so I didn’t force it and it remained tethered to the chassis.
Once removed, it reveals one 120mm intake fan mounted dead centre, with room for two more above and below it. Removing the front panel took a huge amount of force, so don’t be worried should you come across the same issue. The underside shows that the case feet actually lift the ENSO off the ground a fair way, which is no doubt to enable as much airflow as possible to be pulled in through the base of the front panel, being it’s only real source of airflow. A magnetic dust filter comes pre-installed, but also included in the box is a magnetic blanking cover. Left to right, the front IO consists of mic & headphone jacks, HDD & power LED’s, lighting control button, power button, reset button and finally 2 USB 3.0 ports. The marketing details state that there are “hidden” air vents situated around the front panel, but these are basically non-existent to the naked eye.Īround the back there’s little much of interest, due to the rear side panel being standard fayre, solid steel panel. A nice big tempered glass side panel dominates the front side, with the front panel inlaid with a solid piece of steel. Straight out of the box we are presented with a nice clean looking design, if not a little unremarkable. Mini-ITX, MicroATX, ATX, E-ATX up to 272mm It has been almost 6 months since we last reviewed a case from the guys over at BitFenix, but today they return with the ENSO… a case featuring Alchemy 3.0 addressable RGB lighting, developed in conjunction with ASUS.
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