Phanteks (PH-ES620PTG-DBK01 Enthoo Pro 2 Full Tower – High-Performance Fabric mesh, Tempered Glass, Dual System/PSU Support, Massive Storage, Digital-RGB Lighting, Black

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The Enthoo Pro 2 however has some unique features to differentiate it from the others. For one thing, it features a ‘High-Performance Fabric’ mesh front panel. Building a powerful Gaming PC will of course generate a high thermal load. The fabric solution Phanteks offers not only looks great but enables superior airflow filtration over metal or plastic front panels. Extensive interal capacity for components To the left of the front panel are four removable SSD covers that allow 2.5-inch drives to be mounted on either side. With all the SSD covers removed it opens up another mounting point for radiators and fans at the front of the case, with support here for up to 480mm radiators or four 120mm fans.

The left-hand side panel is typical of modern cases with a full tempered glass window, while the right-hand side panel is more traditional steel construction with a large airflow vent towards the front and smaller vent for the power supply at the rear.At least in my experience, most clients buy "small" servers with 4-8 HDD/SSD, so it should be more than enough. More often, servers use 1-2 M.2/PCIe SSD, so even fewer SATA/SAS drives are in use. The top section of the case features a more traditional layout with a large motherboard tray that supports installation of up to E-ATX form factor motherboards. At the rear of this upper section is a typical I/O cutout, eight horizontal PCIe slots, three vertical PCIe slots and a mounting for single 120mm or 140mm fans or radiators.

Likewise, in the right-hand side of the case, cables are easy to manage. The main cable management channel down the centre allows almost all the front I/O panel and system power cables to be routed. The generous amount of pre-installed Velcro straps means only a few zip ties are required which makes the end product look very neat.Handling the cable management of both systems also went better than initially expected, the large cable cutout in the PSU shroud was perfect for threading all the cables through and looked quite neat. Overall, the thermal performance of the Phanteks Enthoo Pro II is impressive. A combination of high airflow due to the mesh front panel and support for multiple radiators means that even when both systems are under load, there is no sign of the CPU or GPU in both systems getting too hot, and there was only a slight increase of CPU temperature in both systems.