Final Words & Conclusion
Final Words & Conclusion
It's been interesting with the Matrexx 70, I swear I've seen an announcement a long time ago with a completely different front. So inbetween a year and now, DeepCool revamped the design significantly. Pretty much they stripped away anything RGB, bringing a more dressed down product to market. At a price of 79 USD/EUR, the chassis is okay really as it offers plenty of room and is spacious and easy to tuck away cables. It looks good as well, though the glass plate above the PSU is not really a plus as it will collect 'easy to spot' dust and if you can see through it, you will be looking at PSU cable spaghetti. One fundamental miss really is the front side-mounted dust filter, it isn't magnetic and if you mound a fan of LCS there, it's a bitch to put back, really annoying and you'll get annoyed every time you will, clean that filter. As to why DeepCool did not opt a simple magnetic clip for that filter much like the top side, is a little baffling. The PSU compartment could have benefited from a bit more clearance for cables coming from the PSU, but with a standard power supply, it ain't an issue either. The 3cm clearance at the backside for cable routing is good. One thing I do miss though are rubberized inserts for the grommet holes. Other than that I have little negative comments to make really as we're not exactly talking about a 200 USD product here.
Aesthetics
Taste differs and the chassis itself might be something to a preferred style of many, but not for all. It's a bit surprising to see a chassis from DeepCool with no active RGB whatsoever. The usage of glass really works out well as well as hiding stuff that does do not want to show. I can say though that each and every little aspect of the chassis has been thought through really well. The design of the chassis has been made to make your life a little easier while combining the best features an enthusiast crowd seeks in a chassis. But yeah, this is a well thought through product with nice cooling, dust filters, USB 3.1 integration and relatively tool free design. The glass side and front panels obviously give it the great looks, especially when you combine it with a nice RGB LCS kit or fans. BTW there is a 3F version of this chassis with 3x RGB fans.
Features
Internals, here we really cannot complain. I mean I could moan about the HDD trays being secured with a screw and accessed from the front side, but come on, who really cares? DeepCool also extended towards EATX form factor support for motherboards, the more lengthy graphics cards will fit easily as well. There is no graphics card riser included with this kit, but that is optional. it would look great we think. There's plenty of extra space for many forms of liquid cooling on the top, front and rear sides. Storage wise the optical 5.25" unit seems to be a thing of the past, easily solved with a USB based DVD/Bluray drive of course. There is sufficient space for two HDDs and another 2x2 SSDs (two of them have trays, the other two can be mounted directly on the chassis plating. The chassis has nice motherboard cutout and there's enough but not plentiful space left for cable routing through the grommet holes, all in that all-black interior. The one downside is the visibility of the power supply, I wish the PSU would have been covered 100% opposed to see through glass. The overall build quality of the chassis is okay.
The Verdict
The Matrexx 70 is not perfect, but for a chassis in this price range, it is pretty okay. The basis is a good looking tempered glass chassis that will house even EATX motherboards. It comes with just one fan, and the performance of it is not that good. So please do add some more fans or go with an LCS kit to create a bit of airflow, there are plenty of meshes and air vents in the chassis. The one fan is silent though, I'll give it that. The Matrexx 70 needs a proper frontside removable dust filter though, one with magnets or at least solution that is easy to install. I also would like to see rubberized grommet holes, then again with the right side panel being black, you won't see much cabling. Overall the chassis offers plenty of features and is unique with that glass PSU cover, albeit the benefit will not outweigh the negative effect of dust and the fact you can see through it, looking at cable clutter. The price seems reasonable okay, I do however feel for this chassis to become a success it'll need to be in that 69 USD/EUR price range as remember, there's no RGB or fan controller to be found. The basics, basis, and aesthetics however certainly do not disappoint and despite a few nags, we would recommend it.
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