The FIRST Mid Tower case with a mesh side panel!

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Chapters
0:00 - Something strange is going on here
0:47 - Panel Removal
1:32 - PSU Support
1:54 - SSD & HDD Support
2:16 - This case is not what it seems
3:20 - Included Fans
4:45 - Motherboard Support
5:31 - Fan & Radiator Support
7:05 - GPU Support
7:39 - Cable Management
8:33 - Cinematic Mode
9:59 - Thermals
10:41 - Thoughts on this case
13:00 - Pricing & Availabilty

[@09juilliardbayan]

Ahhhh you never fail to put out unique case reviews. This is exactly what brought me to this channel and I always love it

[@PBA8]

Pull back the skin already

[@Voidsworn]

This is kinda funny. I have a Montech Flyer microATX case. I removed the plastic clear side panel and replaced it with a sheet of screen door mesh material.

[@hyetoch]

Really love the mesh side panel. Other brands should follow suit! I am kind of tired seeing tempered glass being slapped to every case in existence now. Meshed side panels do almost the same thing with more airflow functionality added to it. Great video and music as always Nick!

[@vi683a]

I have a Corsair Crystal Series and run my PC with out 2 of the glass panels off. Looking to replace the Forward intake to mesh and the side with mesh before i put the glass Front side on. Thinking of spacing the top glass a little higher..but probably not because of the Side mesh will handle overflow air.

[@hyetoch]

@@vi683a That's a pretty nice idea you got going there. If you really have that option, I suggest you go for it! I have a friend that used to have a 460X and he said his parts ran hot during gaming load so he switched it up to a more airflow focused case eversince.

[@jcdenton7914]

Trying to avoid tempered glass PC is seemingly impossible. TG does not recycle.

[@mikmaks7393]

That will be more dust coming in inside. It's the same as what we had way back when side panels have holes for fans. But I guess you don't know this yet coz most are still young.

[@jcdenton7914]

@@mikmaks7393 I had a dusty Antec 900 before. I just use a strong dust blower instead of dealing with filters.

[@gb8184]

yes, companies must do mesh side panels. in tropical countries a stand fan would help dissipate heat on the pc rather than relying on intake fans

[@ChowHound1337]

I'd love to see a mesh panel for the Corsair 4000d series

[@vconc3pt]

Ah, the only creator on youtube where I refuse to skip ads. Love the build mate.

[@KlaireGearSeekers]

MVP!

[@Uchia18]

Dang them b-roll edits are crispy. Love the side panel on/off edits

[@swizzler8053]

Antec flux cases are great in price, the compact size and cooling options of their cases so this one looks very promising. Keep up the great work you guys and stay safe.

[@Blaquegold]

Mesh side panel? We definitely need more!

[@masterdftw4983]

I wanted mesh side panels for years instead of the glass arse panel!

[@MrPoppasmurf79]

The mesh side panel and the dimmer lighting gives it a more subtle appeal especially in dark environments. I like it.

[@leedaq7767]

can you do a follow up video to see how well it does with sucking dust to the case?

[@jestah7251]

I reckon they Missed the mark without vertical gpu mount! All that gpu fresh air mount. Great video as always and your beats are always 🔥🔥

[@eckz8659]

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@markdavenportjr5129]

Now this is cool I hope other case manufactures is taking notes on this mesh case. :)

[@jwaye89]

Banger of a video video fams. Azza makes some interesting cases. Keep up the hard work

[@MarcsSpark]

Definitely agree, whe need more mesh side panel. I prefer the look over glass and it's good for temps so it's a win win imo.

[@fredmeyer369]

Man - I always love your content, you do a great job reviewing cases I'm not 100% familiar with.

[@DarthChewie]

While everyone is talking about the mesh side panel, I actually really like the front intake grill design. It's simple and modern, without being boring. HOWEVER, this case is disappointing with the lack of rubber grommets. That's such a small, but important thing IMO.

[@taggerman6867]

With cases that have those built in vertical GPU mounts right up against the side panel, a mesh side panel would be great.

[@papabepreachin8664]

Omg, I have been looking for a decent all mesh mid-sized case (that can fit my 4090)! Thanks for sharing!

[@Phalaxis83]

This is a neat looking case. Like the side mesh panel for something different to the typical tempered glass. 4090 fills the case out nicely. Excellent video fams!

[@andrewc20]

YES to more mesh side panels !! love the build ! AK400 looks so good !!!

[@jesvillorentejr.8990]

now i do not have to worry bringing my pc to the airport.. :)

[@stephanhart9941]

Very Pretty Nick!!! And the PC is nice too.

[@KlaireGearSeekers]

😂😂

[@zuzufinke4300]

Darkflash has a full mesh midtower case been out for a while now, i do like the look of the front panel of the azza case.

[@Major774]

I am here for the music!

[@Sokol10]

I like. Hope that other brands follow have this option.

[@ruokeren1919]

Its not unusual for manufacturers to rebadge/rebrand the same product to multiple companies. Happens heaps in S.E. Asia.. I built my son a PC, and the case looked like it was missing a hard drive tray.. When I inquired with the company they told me otherwise. I later found an identical case from a different company that had a different use for the area of my inquiry.. So one company put effort into R&D and badged their product, and a 3rd party company came alng, bought the case and rebadged it.. I reckon mesh panels all round are the way to go.. I'm not sick of tempered glass but with thermals an issue, the more airflow the better.. Love yur work..

[@solidoperative]

I want more Mesh PC Cases

[@mirkodiciano4647]

cool idea but it needs mounting to pull some air through it great vid guys never disappoint

[@eustache_dauger]

Mesh side panel on hinges like the side panels for lancool 2 mesh or q58 would be nice though.

[@ShadowStrider09]

Love to install a vertical GPU with this case

[@michaelbernes2707]

I'm ready for the mesh panel trend!

[@DigitalConceptz]

Fkn sweet case!!

[@Ageis86]

Cool feature, but why is this not an option for most higher-end cases? And what about a 50/50 side panel? 50% glass and 50% mesh.

[@swizzler8053]

Good question.

[@eustache_dauger]

Lianli q58 got the 50:50 setup of mesh & tempered glass. But it's an itx chassis.

[@Ageis86]

@@eustache_dauger The more you know, I think case manufacturers could do so much more with cases tbh. They all pretty much changed from beige to white/black with a glass sidepanel.

[@cstrike105]

I have a Gigabyte 3D Mars and I am still using it. Air flow is good with a mesh side panel

[@haydenmorris1683]

This is the case that the masses will buy.

[@TheLoneWolf449]

The ad before this video was Gordon Ramsay. And for about 3 seconds I thought for sure he was the one reviewing the case.

[@KlaireGearSeekers]

😂😂 Imagine

[@saulgonzalez1630]

Awesome content as always, been liking the look of the recent mesh panels, like the previous FD North you did.

[@DarthChewie]

If this mesh side panel fits on the Antec case, I'd love to see the temperature difference between the mesh and tempered glass side panels!

[@welshinu]

I liked the idea so now i have an o11 dynamic with a mesh side and front panel 😁😁

[@Pwasercan]

Totally agree, I'd love to see mid-towers with full mesh BUT also full cover of dust filters, to keeep things impeccable inside. That way, the temperatures would be much lower, so the fans could be slower, so even though the noise would be more audible, there would be less noise, so the final audible noise would be similar or lower. I'm surprised at such high temperature on the CPU. I wouldn't like my CPU above 70ºC, is seems like a bad heatsink. I get 71ºC at full load with my noctua NH-D15, with the heatsink fan at 90%.

[@Dc-mu9tt]

A matx Full mesh case would be my dream

[@pietrmuffei8874]

Asus AP201

[@Kelekona_808]

Side panel made me think of the Meshlicious. Gives the illusion of a dark tinted glass panel when the lights are on. The rest of looks of this case just doesn't appeal to me as much though. The temps were pretty interesting. I wonder how much positive and negative pressure setups would affect a case with a mesh side panel.

[@RafitoOoO]

I think it's cool to have functional mesh with rgb lighting. Looks good and improves thermals. Jonsbo has a similiar case called VR4 but they have a solid top panel.

[@antoniignatowski2742]

Zalman I4 & DarkFlash DLC29 Full Mesh. This is another cases with side panel mesh. And this cases was made more than half year ago

[@yaomoua1135]

Glad you decided to aircool the i5. I had been debating on upgrading but I didn't know what kind of tower cooler would be enough and I didn't want to go AIO.

[@sch-corp]

Very cool looking case but way too expensive given it is based on a far cheaper Antec platform...would love to see more manufacturers try this out though (Corsair, please make a mesh 280X!)

[@Deviantsoundz]

Darkflash has a case with side mesh as well the dlc29

[@msg360]

The reason why so many case dont have mesh side panels , is because of positive or negative air pressure , some cases are designed to have the air pressure come into the front of the case and push out to the back or raise out to the top, depending on the case its best to not have air going out in all directions because the cooling wont be as good. case in point a the fractal current case , has a lot of positive pressure pushing the air straight out in the back with no vents on top or sides of the case.

[@dreyga2]

really? I have my both intake fans OFF because I installed a side panel as exhaust for the GPU(1080ti). The front fans are too weak to push all that heat from the GPU, unless you like noise. Airflow, air pressure is for boxes not pc cases.

[@PATroll_knocking]

Mesh side panel on mid tower is really interesting! I owned a meshlicious and usually set all the fans as output will get better thermal, wondering if it will be same result on mid tower cases.

[@SherLock55]

That side mesh panel will be a dust magnet though, so long as it's cleaned regularly no big deal but still.

[@jacksfather]

Interesting. Wonder if setting up all fans as exhaust or all fans as intake would make a difference here. Pulling or pushing all air through the side panel.

[@jasonlillis3437]

Other than increased sound mesh side panels make sense.

[@lushbIood]

wtf i actually love the mesh, i went into this video thinking what is this unnecessary bullshit. it unironically looks clean as fuck.

[@inmypaants]

Totally agree, I love the slight RGB light creeping through! It looks amazing

[@garsigirisi4696]

In my market we got darkFlash DLC29, unfortunately it only support upto 330 mm long GPU

[@aegiltech]

With GPU's traditionally exhausting to the side, the mesh side panel is an awesome idea, and this case is an awesome compact case considering its support for 400mm GPU's & EATX boards. Just a pity both the Aero & Legionaire front panels look gross.

[@joeymadden7456]

Can you do a build and review on the thermaltake tower 500?? Please

[@KlaireGearSeekers]

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[@tilenmlakar7036]

Please put the mesh panel on Antec df700 and dp503 😎

[@aftermax01]

Exactly!

[@nimrodery]

The front fans should exhaust to the front, so the intake is the mesh side. Either that or maybe reverse the exhaust. Either way you'll be cleaning mesh, which isn't so bad, but it might be nice to see which fan config is best for keeping things clean. You could also do a "chimney" effect by exhausting out the top, you don't need fans at the front or back. Hmm.

[@Smitt130476]

Hello. Bought the same box. I do not know how and where to connect the fans. Especially those wires that come out of the fan that stands behind. Please provide a wiring diagram.

[@SteveChambersXP]

I legit get better 3090 thermals with meshlicious over a lian li 011. Mesh panels ftw!

[@beta_angga]

Asus prime ap 201 build please

[@axelmezafernandez7353]

Nice music bro

[@Dessoh]

Please test thermals with a vertically-mounted GPU and another mesh side-panel case if you can! That's the biggest reason, at least for me, that I wont do it but it seems like the mesh side panel could essentially cancel out the thermal performance loss.

[@marinipersonal]

Such a massive mesh on the side, wouldn’t it affect the performance of the front intake fans?

[@dreyga2]

front intake fans are almost useless because they are far and have obstacles. You want to focus on placing exhaust close to the heat source more than intake. Getting rid of the heat is far more important than intake, airflow and all that crap everyone is talking about.

[@earldeuna6932]

This would be great for vertically mounted gpu

[@VatchGaming]

Hey man, can you try checking ZZAW Cases like ZZAW C4 etc.

[@TopEvt]

Mesh Side Panel. Why ? Wont that be bad for airflow.

[@supr_]

support bracket? you need a support beam for that thing

[@MDFGamingVideo]

I hate to burst the bubble, but this is NOT the FIRST mid-tower, or any size, case with a mesh side panel. The Codegen Brizza from the mid 2000's had a mesh side panel, as well as the Xigmatek Utgard. They were actually fairly common.

[@GearSeekers]

You might want to actually understand the case before commenting. Having used BOTH of those cases in the past I can tell you for a FACT that it's just not the same thing buddy.

[@marcusthepclab]

antec df700

[@mical5131]

Mars Gaming has a mesh side panel case for a while

[@Criiies]

The backighting in your videos looks dramatic and cool but man it makes it really hard to actually see the form of the case. It almost silhouetted. All we're really seeing is the outline and rgb lights.

[@volvot6rdesignawd702]

ive gone back to full mesh cases the nr 200p max was great and im now using the asus prime ap201 case .. sadly the asus prime with its 360 top mounting aio and atx psu support limits me to 34cm to 35 cm long gpu's ( 6900xt red devil squeezes in ) kinda rolled with most AIB 4090's though :(

[@camotech1314]

I've been really interested in the AP201 but that would mean going back to mATX and I'm very lazy to do that lol

[@volvot6rdesignawd702]

@@camotech1314 its a good case but yes itx or M-atx only .. i buy cases more times than some people have hot dinners lol .. looking for that perfect case that ill never find i guess ! See i was going to go the M-atx gene am5 board with a 3d v cache cpu so i brought the case and 360mm arctic freezer ii down side now is the new gpus are huge and the atx psu is mounted at the front restricting the gpu length to about 34 / 35cm .. The o11 mini air is a great case but for aios and the big cards sacrifices need to be made in the way of Itx or M-atx boards !!

[@PokèMyBalls]

They should have kept glass and made the bottom 1/3 mesh. Glass keeps the front intake air moving in a singular direction.

[@stamosreal]

Besides boring black, does it also come in boring white?

[@camotech1314]

Just yank hard 🤣🤣🤣

[@militarypotato2380]

Huge dust magnet

[@Muddyspartan]

If you are one of those users who puts the PC under the desk or in a spot where you really can't see the side panel, it would be a great option to have it be a mesh panel for better thermals!

[@dreyga2]

won't work without exhaust fan, but it's better than glass oven.

[@DaveNashInIt]

I was really interested . . . .until you got to the fans. 🤣 Standard PWM/ARGB really should be the erm . . . Standard now. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Patrick_Felipe]

Will the Deepcool AK400 be acceptable for the 5800x3d?? Thx🙂

[@arrofirezasatria4835]

Is that linus screwdriver 01:46

[@KlaireGearSeekers]

Yep!

[@pethrowed1324]

Nice

[@katzicael]

at least with a mesh side panel it'll stop the PCMR posts of shattered panels on ceramic tile floors LOL....

[@OlavAlexanderMjelde]

I like the front of the case, most cases are quite boring looking. THe fractal one also looks great in the front. Running the Asus TUF 4090 OC in XPROTO-L my self :)

[@HDAD419]

I love the aesthetics but the price tag is kinda higher than why I expected

[@RayWelpott]

Ty4 reminding me about the glitch or unsubbed me

[@KlaireGearSeekers]

Dammn!!

[@pietrmuffei8874]

Innards look like Phanteks P300A

[@alpenfoxvideo7255]

HazzaH!

[@nsandreibayangan9833]

just like the ASUS AP201

[@CryoftheProphet]

I almost dont even want to look at a case bigger than micro atx.. They just look antiquated next to a smaller case..

[@itsyokii]

give me a h5 flow mesh side panel an i would be happy

[@krenotenze]

Far from the first with a mesh side panel, but attractive nonetheless! Too bad it has the name brand lit up.

[@zenopsys3443]

I'm disappointed you didn't vertically mount the gpu. I feel like this side panel was designed for that so it's not choked off

[@GearSeekers]

You can't vertically mount it without cutting out the cross beams at the back for the expansion slots

[@zenopsys3443]

@@GearSeekers oh then that's a huge miss for azza

[@stevenatkinson3672]

First!!!

[@justeddm]

Mesh side panel is a no for me

[@qvs787]

6th!!

[@mattk6827]

Meanwhile I'm over here just waiting for a unique case. Nothing unique about this aside from maybe the mesh side panel, just more of the same. Oversized for what it holds, no opticals, hardly any hdd support, 2 hdd's crammed in the bottom with the psu, a shroud and room for everyone to water cool their 3060's and i3's. More regurgitation of the same. Consider the pointlessness of these mid tower atx cases. They support full atx and eatx. A number of recent boards and brand new boards in the atx form factor, z690, z790, x570 with 6-8 sata headers. These aren't even eatx boards or something 'rare'. And what do people attach to sata? Optical drives, hdd's, ssd's. So where do you put all the drives these boards support? Where's the option? There is none. If they're going to gimp everyone to 2 hdd's and 2 ssd's, just make the case smaller, matx/itx only and call it a day. Thanks to the lack of creativity in cases the past few years, may as well just use a laptop. They're forcing everyone to go with external devices anyway. It just makes no sense. People can argue some don't use those things anymore. Well there's this handy method of using screws that make unwanted components removable. Let the user decide. If they have no need for odd's or hdd's, pull the mounts. Make room for all those aio's. Whatever happened to giving users a choice of fans? Front, top and rear mounts were 120/140mm compatible for years, suddenly nope, 120mm is all you get. Or you get the corsair 4000d which offers you 140mm front mounts but not really because the front mount plate has been sculpted for 120mm. What will the future bring, further regression to 92mm or 60mm? As cases get more and more expensive easily running $100-200usd it's kind of becoming a pisser that half the crap that once lived inside a pc case is now homeless. The hobo design. So I have to get a case that's larger than they were 10-15yrs ago and spend $160 on the case. But now because it's become so dysfunctional, I have to spend another amount and start stacking external drives on the desk next to the case. Or Spend another $90-160+ for a simple 2-4 bay external enclosure which requires its own power cable. And another $60+ on an external odd enclosure which yet again, adds another dedicated power cable and more junk on the desk. How modern. So now I've bought over $300 worth of crap that's cluttering the desk, taking up 3 outlets on the surge protector when it all could have just as easily fit in the damn pc case. Powered by, get this - the power supply. They cost a small fortune and have all the functionality of cheapy run of the mill $40-50 case from inwin 2 decades ago. Awesome. If you did want to run say 4hdd's for the storage space in raid 10 in a mirrored/striped combo you're left with very few options. Something like a Thermaltake core w100/200 I suppose, $400+ cases with room for 10-20+ drives. Which seems a tad overkill, having to choose between 2 and 10. Absolutely nothing inspired out of any of these modern cases (except maybe the hyte or tt tower). Everything crammed under a psu shroud, lots of rgb, mesh and call it a day. If they're going to take away everything because 'fewcher', then do it. Build a case the size of the motherboard, a pass through slot that lets the gpu hang out. No more size conflict. A couple external braces for the rads to attach on the outside of the case. People can just use nvme's, no need for ssd's anymore either. At least make it compact and make it make sense. And no bitching from the crowd that says hdd's have no place when their cheaper ssd's are shut out too. Pcie gen 4 or go home. Ssd's are 'old'. 4-8tb nvme's exist and they're only $530-1500 each, ssd's are pointless now. There's no reason people couldn't have 24tb of storage without even touching a sata cable these days. It'll just add $3500 to the build that's all.

[@badhusband1902]

ewww ltt yikes