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NZXT busts out Phantom full tower chassis; $139.99

By | July 29, 2010, 5:46am PDT

Summary: If you think your computer tower doesn’t look cool or intimidating enough, check out NZXT’s latest massive full tower chassis: the Phantom.

If you think your computer tower doesn’t look cool or intimidating enough, check out NZXT’s latest massive full tower chassis: the Phantom.

The Phantom enclosure can host up to seven hard drives and up to five 5.25-inch bays. Some design notes include rubber feet to reduce vibration, an LED lighting on/off control button, and ports up top for USB, eSATA and Audio/Mic connections.

For serious PC users that will probably cause this machine to heat up a bit, there are seven fan cooling options, an integrated fan controller, dual radiator support, and quad watercooling cutouts.

With the choice of three exterior shades (red, black and white), the Phantom chassis will be available in September for $139.99.

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Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN's San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and the New York Daily News, among others. Rachel has a B.A. in Mass Communications and History from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where she served as art director for the student magazine, Plated.

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  • not too bad for a case at that price
    but I can't find any specs on graphics cards, if it will accept the long cards (12 inches) or not, nor did the video review try installing a MB and graphics cards.

    Also, the latest chassis have the MB rotated 90 so that none of the heat from the graphics cards passes over the cpu. I'm thinking that doing this is really the way to go if you're going to set up this kind of rig.
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    Drakaran
    30th Jul 2010
  • It's E-ATX compatible
    @Drakaran So doubtful you'll have a problem with even the largest GPUs - their gallery photos show a couple pretty darn big GeForce GPUs plugged in
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    archangel9999
    30th Jul 2010

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