Phanteks Eclipse P400 Review
Up Close: Interior
With the doors removed we are afforded a view of the cases interior, which is quite similar to the Evolve ATX we looked at a while back. Â A large CPU cut out dominates the top left of the interior with just two grommeted management holes spaced vertically down the edge of the motherboard.
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To the right of the grommets is an area designed to accept four 3.5″ drives. Â We only know this from reviewing other Phanteks products, there’s nothing in the instructions to indicate what they are, neither are there any brackets supplied. Â you do though get the plastic sections that can be removed to enable the cables to pass through, which would indicate they are designed to be functional. Â Perhaps one of the ways Phanteks have kept the price down is to let the customer order these parts as an aftermarket purchase should they decide they need them. Â Thing is, how is the customer meant to know they even exist if Phanteks don’t tell them. Â On the plus side, you do get a single 120mm fan in the front, however should you decide to beef things up a bit there’s room here for a pair of 120s or a pair of 140s. Â Removing the floor plate, and the HDD cage below will up the ante to 3×120 or 3x140mm fans, and as we suspect up to 280mm and 360mm radiators.
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As with other Phanteks cases the P400 has a nice false floor to hide away all that cable untidiness that no one wants to see. Â The floor has a large perforated area to allow PSUs to be mounted fan upwards and thankfully does not have a cut out to enable us to see half the side of a PSU badge (why did manufacturers think they were a good idea)? Â At the back there’s a total of seven vented PCI slot covers.
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Climbing higher up the rear wall of the case we find a second 120mm fan, which is mounted on slots so as to enable its position to be adjusted. Â up in the roof we can see the mesh area designed to take both 120mm and 140mm fans, and, we hope a decent amount of radage.