The AlMordor SilverLining 160G ITX Fails Where It Matters Most!

[@marcruijs1039]

Damn! You can definitely tell you're putting in more work to make your videos look better! The different camera angles and background lighting definitely caught my eye! Keep it up bro!

[@neur0manc217]

Thank you for the great video, exactly what people need to see if they are interested in the case. It's a great looking case, too bad it is so unpractical. I wonder why the went so slim. 1 or two centimeters would have opened the case to way more hardware and would have even improved the overall look in my opinion (it looks really tall). Include some braided extensions for the PSU and it would have been spot on.

[@ghjong001]

From Gamers Nexus' conversations with case manufacturers, it comes down to cases being designed by sales/marketing people chasing 'gamer' aesthetics. That's been changing a lot in recent years (due in no small part to feedback from GN), but this one seems to have missed the memo.

[@marksulloway5669]

For a larger air cooler I suggest the Thermalright SI100 at 100mm in height. Substantially larger cooler using a 120x25mm fan.

[@erwinkooi6669]

Nice camera work and seamless montage with the different angles. 👍

[@hedrasoliman6677]

you should try a SilverStone Technology VIDA 240 Slim

[@vladimirljubopytnov5193]

when 2 coolers cool 7600x to Tjmax, it does not mean they have the same cooling power. Something like a cinebench run will hint about which one is throttling more.

[@J_Brian]

this case looks to have potential. I would honestly be happy if the front panel was mesh or slotted like the glass slide and allow it to fit a 240 or 280 AIO. Yeah, this may limit GPU clearances with their widths, but pull the MB further down and allow the GPU to sit horizontal. Then the side back panel make it mesh/slotted as well. This then will allow fan support on top and It would basically be a NR200, but a great secondary option.

[@AtomicGoober]

What a shame! Good looking budget ITX cases are hard to come by.

[@bryans8656]

Great review, thanks. With this case form clearly did not follow function.

[@spareroomtech]

Well, in the Lord of the Rings, Mordor is a land of fire. So I guess the AlMordor lives up to that name? Ha.

[@nickthaskater]

Crazy that an ITX case this big is so thermally compromised. There are cases half this size with better ventilation, lol.

[@aisle9]

NH-C14S sits 115(ish)mm high in a low-profile configuration, and it is a damn good cooler, but any top-down cooler needs good exhaust beneath it (not telling you anything you don't know). Maybe, maaaaaaybe if you can rig a couple of Noctua 40mm fans to that grill alongside the motherboard, put the mesh fan in front and the glass panel in back-completely defeating the purpose of the case-you could get something resembling usable temperatures? I'd probably also go with a godawful blower GPU if you have one, because I don't see any way that dumping hot air from a 3060 Ti literally straight into the CPU cooler fan is going to...yeah. Some companies hire actual engineers to design cases, and some let the marketing guys do all the work. Not too hard to see which is which.

[@ElevatedSystems]

The C14S is only 115mm tall with the fan installed under the fins, and unfortunately it doesn’t clear the ram or vrm in that configuration.

[@aisle9]

@@ElevatedSystems Then I got nothing. That's just a terrible design. You're basically forced to use an AIO, but the AIO is as choked off as everything else. It looks kinda neat, but looks don't matter if it can't run a midrange gaming system without melting.

[@soucouyant]

Thanks a million. Keep doing a great job. Blessings.

[@caiusehmke6888]

if you cut away that SSD tray and cut some better ventilation holes into the top of the case (under the aluminium sheet) at least one of the fans on the 240 would have somewhere to push the air. If you have an air cooler you'd probably also be better off punching some holes and drilling fan mounts in the front so you can actually feed it some air. but even then the NH-L12S is probably the best cooler you could fit with 120mm clearance Bethesda style case manufacturing, have the users fix it with mods.

[@piecaruso97]

For the aio exists a thermaltake slim aio with purpose made fans, you should try that (in a better case), it works great with my sff i7 12700k build

[@sentranne]

Great video!

[@yountune9799]

$79? is that what was said? It's $279.99 on New Egg right now. NE added additional $200 to the case!

[@christopherjames9843]

I don't like riser cards or pass thru cabling of any kind. Nor do I like lots of tempered glass.

[@vinceford9268]

I have this case. I have the fans on the radiator pulling cooler air into the case. Why would you even try to use the fans to pull hot air out through the radiator??

[@ElevatedSystems]

Putting the fans on the outside to pull air through the panel and pushing it through the radiator into the back of the motherboard tray resulted in the biggest loss of static pressure and the worst results. Pulling air from inside the case and pushing it through the radiator and panel maintained the highest static pressure and the best results. However by best that just meant it took slightly longer for the CPU to throttle. Maintaining static pressure is much more significant in liquid cooling than the ambient air temp delta.

[@johnnywoolen1453]

Alunimum is the new Aluminum.

[@buuki7386]

he's saying it that way just to get the comment. he gets a dislike and block too.

[@ffffrozen]

One does not simply keep components cool in AlMordor.

[@LiveErrors]

bit of an unrelated question, is there a method for checking if a motherboard is compatible with an premade pc case?

[@gcav91]

PC Partpicker

[@yghhhhrffv]

Great video

[@justeddm]

The front was supposed to be mesh

[@acubley]

Why a Gen3 riser, tho? 👀

[@ElevatedSystems]

My guess is because at wholesale, in bulk they can get them for dirt cheap.

[@acubley]

That would suck if you wanted to throw a 4060 series with it's x8 lanes in there.

[@marcruijs1039]

I believe it has to do with signal power. The longer the traces to the GPU are, the more signal power is required. PCIE gen3 has extra signal power built into the spec, while gen4 and gen5 don't, so it's up to the motherboard manufacturer to design the mobo to deliver that power, and not all of them do. Using a gen3 riser guarantees it will work. I'm not an expert on this stuff tho so not 100% sure. Edit: Could also just be them cheaping out ofcourse 😂

[@Winnetou17]

@@acubley A 4060 might be ok. A 6500 XT, now that would be a deal breaker.

[@AI.Musixia]

oh wow a enermax liqmaxIII argb pumphead the first video ever i see a enermax aio (: in itx cases you not use normal 5-6cm thick aios you use slim versions (: in a bit bigger itx case the liqmaxIII fans are not hearable :D the 120mm aoi of enermax liqmaxIII ARGB can cool cpus till 230watts at 75C and 180-200watts at 59-71C and 65-144watts 55-65C ,35-95watts 27-61C so how can be a 240mm so bad? or better say why is the case so bad :D

[@shrimp_p4rm]

Its simply a failure of a review to not include as a data point the temps using a cooler with *double* the normal cpu cooler clearance when pushing the mobo back. (as it was designed for?) Beyond that its clear they cut some corners here by not cutting proper ventilation on the bottom and front panel, as well as not making the hdd/sata drive mounts modular to allow for fan placement. But for $80, it has potential.

[@ElevatedSystems]

You forgot to suggest a cooler under 120mm that has better cooling capacity for a >100W TDP CPU than the Noctua NH-L9x65. Remember it can’t be a downdraft cooler due to the TG panel.

[@reyarthur2792]

"Needing cable extensions for you pc to be used" fractal torrent compact 😒 smh