Hello,
I have the First for one week now and I wanted to share my feelings about it.
The story
I was looking for a long time to replace my computer, an HP Z820, with something that was silent, the Z820 has more than 10 fans and they are not the quietest ones.
After the debacle of Calyos, we had to find something else and that's when I came across MonsterLabo.
I was immediately seduced by the case and I pre-ordered one as soon as it was possible.
I had a lot of email exchanges with MonsterLabo (thanks Elisa and Nicolas :-) ) because I wanted to build a higher config than MonsterLabo had indicated.
In the end we agreed to give it a try and so, here are the components :
- motherboard : Asus ROG Strix Z390-I
- cpu : Intel i9-9900K
- memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB
- graphics : Zotac GAMING GeForce RTX 2070 AMP Extreme
- storage : one m2 Samsung EVO 1TB, one Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, one Samsung 860 EVO 2TB
- power : Seasonic Platinum 750W
- rgb : CableMod CM-LED-15-M30KRGB-R
It was for power supply that the choice was the most complicated.
MonsterLabo recommended a fanless power (logical if you want to build a fanless computer) but I was not really confident because
as the choosen components where higher in specs and that with an ATX power supply, the internal fan was no longer possible, I still wanted something with a fan in case the radiator was not able to dissipate all the heat.
I was originaly gone for a Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 1000W but it turns out it was not possible.
There was a small problem in MonsterLabo's communication with power supply compatibility.
They warned me just in time of the limits for maximum dimensions. I was like : "what ? aren't ATX power-supply identical ?" (<- here you see that I have a lot of experience in building computers ;-) )
I had never paid attention but the dimensions of an ATX power supply are not always identical.
The Seasonic Titanium was too big and even the Platinum series has different dimensions like this :
170 mm (L) x 150 mm (W) x 86 mm (H) (1000 W, 850 W)
140 mm (L) x 150 mm (W) x 86 mm (H) (750 W, 650 W, 550 W)
So I selected the highest possible which was the 750W.
Why such a choice ? because of the hybrid mode that this power offers. At low load, the fan is not turning and in this case the fanless mode is up to 40% of the max capacity.
So I can still have a fanless computer after all
The build :
Well, I can speak about it because it's not me who built it.
Someone very kind did it for me because it was (very very) far from my skills but you have the video's on the MonsterLabo Youtube channel to see it being built ;-)
The only thing I did is installing the RGB (I installed it to see if the machine is on or off)
The use :
On normal use, with Firefox (few tabs), Edge (more than 80 tabs), Outlook, Spotify, Onenote, Skype, Steam, OneDrive running for more than 16 hours the temperature are as follow :
CPU 54°, motherboard 48°, gpu 45°.
After playing four hours of ETS2/ATS/Farming Simulator 19, I had the following values :
CPU 70°, motherboard 57°, gpu 81°
The maximum values recorded were 58° for the motherboard, 91° for the CPU and 84° for the GPU.
These values come from CPUID HWMonitor, I don't know why but comparing the values given by this program and the ASUS AI Suite gives significant differences (for example HWMonitor gives 71° for the CPU but ASUS gives 63° !)
I also have also to mention that the top grill has been removed (recommended by MonterLabo for this config)
What could be improved ?
- Like the previous person, I also have a problem with the power button who gets stuck.
- The backplate who has 1 RJ45, 1 HDMI, 1 USB
Conclusion
The quality of the materials is perfect.
I like the paint very much, the black has something I can't describe, I like it.
I am very satisfied with the case, I do not regret my purchase and I would buy it again.
Here are some photos of the case :
