Phanteks Enthoo Primo review

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To the left you can see that you'll get 8 PCI slots to play around with so in theory you can house up-to four graphics cards in here. The first two (dual-slot) graphics cards can even be up to 450mm in length but will need to meet certain requirements:

  • 257mm (reservoir bracket installed) 
  • 277mm (reservoir bracket installed w/o cover) 
  • 350mm (no reservoir bracket) 
  • 390mm (HDD cages in front position) 
  • 515mm (no HDD cages)
Motherboards wise you can install quite a bit, as long as the form factor is ATX, EATX, mATX or SSI EEB.

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You secure the graphics cards or other cards with a thumbscrew. At the top side we can see one 120mm fan, it is included and installed for you already. In the topside upper mesh you'll notice that mounting holes for other fan and radiator solutions, and it's already been prepped with a 140mm fan. There is very decent space on the backside to route all cabling through. We'll show you that in a bit. 

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Mounting a HDD could not be easier, the drive bay bracket on the sides has alatch, you place it in an open position and then mounts the HDD secure. It has rubber inserts to prevent resonating noises from the HDD. Lock them in and slide the unit into the drive bay until you hear a click. 

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These brackets can also hold a 2.5" SSD, then on the bottom side you need to secure it with four mounting screws. It's a very simply solution really, but there's nothing wrong with simple as long as it's functional and effective. And it certainly works just fine. You can house a 6 3.5" HDDs (2x 3 HDD cages). Located at the front of the HDD bay you'll spot two front-mounted 140mm fans. Now 2.5" wise you could use the 3 HDD cages + 2x doublestack SSD brackets to house a whopping 12 SSDs.

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The PSU ventilation mesh and dust filter is removable and thus easy to clean out. And zooming in at the bottom here a little, we see that the chassis rests on rubber mounts, this prevents resonating noises coming from the PC, and makes your chassis more silent.

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