EVGA DG-77 Review

Up Close:  Interior

Aside from the large CPU cut out, the first thing we notice about the DG-77 is that there are none of the classic individual grommeted cable management holes.  Instead there’s a full height management slot towards the right hand third of the case interior.  This is a design that we’ve seen before, and it works really well with regards to cable management, we are though a little surprised to see it being utilised in what is essentially an all glass case. 

  

 

The front of the case is very open, with accommodation for up to 3x120mm fans, and we think a pair of 140s, although EVGAs website isn’t exactly forthcoming on details, so it could maybe take a third.

  

 

As with many cases these days the DG-77 sports a false floor.  That said, we’re hard pushed to think of one that has quite so many perforations in it.  At the end of the day, the false floor is there to basically hide the crap that we want to stash underneath it, so to have one that’s so perforated is kinda missing the point.  The other thing that bugs us a little is that it only covers two thirds of the case floor, with the other being left open.  Granted, this is  so that you can get a huge 360mm rad in there. but what if you don’t want to?

  

 

 The rear of the case has a 120mm fan on extract, with no provision made for a 140mm

  

 

Up in the roof we can see that there’s an inclusive 120mm fan, but also that there are slotted mounts for both 120s and 140s.  At first view though, there doesn’t appear to be any sort of off set that will allow rads to fit up here without interfering with the motherboard, and either way, all those front I/O cables are going to create a few problems.