News MonsterLabo 16L Passive Case

Happened across some targeted advertising the other day that interested me! This looks like a new company coming into the case and cooling market. Interesting concept that looks like the early Calyos passive cooling setup, though it looks like this one uses regular old heat pipes rather than the phase change cooling that Calyos uses.

Website: MonsterLabo

Some things that I found interesting:

• From looking at some Facebook comments it looks like the case will be pretty expensive at 300-400 euros.
• The heatsink is shared between the CPU and GPU
• Could probably drop to 10-12L if someone cut off the lower portion where they have space for a Full ATX PSU.
• No direct access to MB/GPU IO? It looks like the cables may be run through the side of the case since the ports are downward facing and I don't see access to them.

What're your thoughts on it?

 

[Duality92]

from what I see, cables would need to be about 350mm long, which might be quite limiting indeed. This is where extensions will come in handy

edit 1 : Just got confirmation from SilverStone that they'll be sending me their new passive NightJar SFX for the review too

edit 2 : First big worry about this case. It has no riser, which makes me question compatibility as motherboards have sockets in various locations, as well as GPUs.

 

[Duality92]

New blow out picture! (thought it showed intake, but it's actually because it's three pieces!

 

[greyhound]

Has any thermal test been done?

 

[Duality92]

Has any thermal test been done?

they've tested some, but I'll be getting mine soon for BETA testing I preordered a 9900K just to see what it'll be capable of lol

 

[CC Ricers]

They've already started producing batches in late September.

 

[aquelito]

The bundled Noctua fan suggests 100% passive cooling is not possible with demanding hardware.

 

[ckychris]

I have brought this case and will be doing some testing with some undervolt friendly components.

8/8 Ryzen 1700 - 75W
Gtx 1070 - 100W

I am expecting they both stay under 60C under gaming load. And individually under 60C running torture tests.

Undervolting is the key to run hardware like 1080ti in this case, would love to see the first passive cooling case that can handles an undervolt 1080ti.

 

[reglis]

Hi,

Has any thermal test been done?

Inside MonsterLabo (news) and go to First bench tests.

These results show the “thermal power” cooling capacity ranging from 190W in fanless to 265W in silent mode.

@+

 

[reglis]

Thread title is misleading.

MonsterLabo 19L Passive Case (205×215×430 mm)

 

[chyll2]

TS just saw this and shared. Their official website is actually saying 19L

 

[Duality92]

Thread title is still like the protype was, their prototype size was 400*200*200, but they revised this with physical models.