I understand it's a display model, but how do those radiators get fresh air when they are sucking in air from the window, which is, inconveniently, blocked by a pane of glass.
Yes, there is that. I think all these fans behind the glass are mainly supposed to suck in customers who don't notice such engineering hiccups. AS P.T. Barnum said: there is one born every minute..
Having fans near a window (or a solid case wall) is not necessarily a bad design. It can be similar to having a PC in a small room, with a relatively quiet airflow solution feeding the room, while other fans direct air inside the room. Outside the room you primarily notice only the quiet feeder solution, but inside the room you get the benefits of better directed airflow.
Now if the case actually does that is another question entirely, but it's not necessarily a bad design, and is the basic reason why open air GPU cooler designs are generally quieter than blower designs.
Excessive though in both cases (pun intended). My last gaming desktop had one 120mm intake and one 80mm exhaust fan. Other fans that contributed to airflow included the GPU cooler fan and the PSU fan. Hardware was crammed in a $30 USD mATX case, temps of all components stayed well below anything listed by the manufacturer, there was very little nose, and it ran whatever I asked it to run. Plus the money saved is sitting in an interest-bearing investment account where it will compound over time rather than eroding away as soon-to-be-obsolete computer hardware.
The design is awesome if you're a 6yo. Clean up that whole front, move those fans against something that can actually breathe then maybe you can get folks to drop 1k , otherwise their target market is rich 6yo.
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meacupla - Friday, June 22, 2018 - link
I understand it's a display model, but how do those radiators get fresh air when they are sucking in air from the window, which is, inconveniently, blocked by a pane of glass.eastcoast_pete - Friday, June 22, 2018 - link
Yes, there is that. I think all these fans behind the glass are mainly supposed to suck in customers who don't notice such engineering hiccups. AS P.T. Barnum said: there is one born every minute..peevee - Friday, June 22, 2018 - link
It's for show.Apparently people in their mom's basements save enough on rent to pay for that crp.
GeorgeH - Friday, June 22, 2018 - link
Having fans near a window (or a solid case wall) is not necessarily a bad design. It can be similar to having a PC in a small room, with a relatively quiet airflow solution feeding the room, while other fans direct air inside the room. Outside the room you primarily notice only the quiet feeder solution, but inside the room you get the benefits of better directed airflow.Now if the case actually does that is another question entirely, but it's not necessarily a bad design, and is the basic reason why open air GPU cooler designs are generally quieter than blower designs.
RaistlinZ - Friday, June 22, 2018 - link
The "X" stands for eXtra ugly.GreenReaper - Friday, June 22, 2018 - link
It actually *also* stands for eXtended, which makes the whole acronym a little silly:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX
Railgun - Saturday, June 23, 2018 - link
14? Psha. Try 23. And still whisper quiet.PeachNCream - Monday, June 25, 2018 - link
Excessive though in both cases (pun intended). My last gaming desktop had one 120mm intake and one 80mm exhaust fan. Other fans that contributed to airflow included the GPU cooler fan and the PSU fan. Hardware was crammed in a $30 USD mATX case, temps of all components stayed well below anything listed by the manufacturer, there was very little nose, and it ran whatever I asked it to run. Plus the money saved is sitting in an interest-bearing investment account where it will compound over time rather than eroding away as soon-to-be-obsolete computer hardware.Hxx - Sunday, June 24, 2018 - link
The design is awesome if you're a 6yo. Clean up that whole front, move those fans against something that can actually breathe then maybe you can get folks to drop 1k , otherwise their target market is rich 6yo.eva02langley - Sunday, June 24, 2018 - link
The case makers are honestly designing horrible products. It should be illegal to sell such a monumental ugly product.