“The "CUK" (/kʊk/) in CUKTECH is the recognition of the Čuk circuit, which is a special type of DC-DC circuit topology proposed by Slobodan Čuk in 1976. The CUK circuit's high efficiency, low ripple, and flexibility not only align with the modern demand for efficient energy utilization.”
whoever decided to greenlight the CUCKTECH sponsorship is either the absolute funniest, or the most oblivious person alive. and either way its hilarious.
LOL he almost called it garbage after he heard the price but then stopped midway and corrected himself it would been fine if this was a fully metal case but not with all that plastic.
2:21 i bet the one hole allows for the plastic nub to rest in sorta like a detent and the one screw acts as a hinge so you should theoretically be able to open the side panels like a door
at 17:03 you can see the panel moves so i do think that there only being one screw is on purpose so that you can "adjust the side panel" but i have no idea why you would want to do that
I love that he acknowledges that this would be a fine product at a lower price point, as most things are, but that there's just much better alternatives in the price bracket it's in.
@@theod9548 it’s a short circuit, not a review. If they spent time preparing for shit on this channel it’d lose the whole point of it. That’s the ethos of this channel. If you don’t like it, watch mainline LTT instead.
That video is a disappointment of biblical propotions... are we back to pre-august type of video garbage without preperation? 2:28... he complains that there are 2 screw holes but just one screw. yeah... but there is a pin that sits in the second hold, so you have some sort of hinge. and laughing about the sponsors name because the host is inmature? so we are back to unprofessionalism
This review is a bit off-putting for me. I'm not saying this is a great case, there's definitely some design choices that are concerning, but the overall feel of this review was to just hate from the beginning. You slammed the rigidity of the case by removing key structural components, then hanging the giant ass GPU vertical and seemingly not taking any care for support on the system then surprised at the end when the thing was not square. For some reason, I'm rather upset you thought nylon ties might have been the Velcro ties. To me, this made me doubt a lot of other things in the video such as at the beginning asking where the front I/O was, then discovering it was a separate hub? Were you screwed out of being allowed to do any sort of basic research before filming? The two holes for screw mounting? Notice the nub that's a locator into the second hole. Not an oversight, maybe just a poor implementation of a locator type pin. The PSU mounting is atrocious, the USB-C extension cable to the dock definitely needs to be included with that female end, but you can just as easily buy a dual female adapter for cheap if absolutely needed. Not that should have to, but if you decide to buy the case and build it, that's your decision. But I do like the idea of that dock. Great case? No. If made with thicker and better steel, and more of it, that would help. Correct the PSU, dock cable, and cable routing to the outside of the case? Better There's a lot of thoughtful designs in this case. Many of which should be the "norm" and many which could be considered thoughtful and helpful.
It's extremly nostalgic to see your comment, think it's been a few years since last random time. Brings a smile on my face reminiscing about the "old times" of after effects tutorials and call of duty edits.
I don't know, all their cases are kind of weird. In the M4, where does the power supply go? Why is all the IO on the top in the M6? They are different for the sake of being different, but only make the experience worse it seems.
@@makoaki9071 in m4 place for psu in front on top. Its weird choice bit it actually looks pretty clean. I have nzxt h7 and all IO is on top too so its not a problem. Ofc its better to see it irl to understand how good/bad they are but for sure better than this ark one.
I haven’t seen a case this bad, in years. No front IO is a terrible idea, and that build quality looks abysmal. Also, in my opinion, this case looks ugly af.
Sometimes I can't tell if some of this "reviews" are intentionally stupid or just a consequence of the general disregard for reading manuals stablished by Linus' "trolling for laughs" attitude (mostly funny, almost never helpful)... The materials on this case may be a piece of garbage, but Adam got so many things wrong that this became just a torture to watch. The design could be better? Yes. It is as bad as this review made it out to be? No. That's just a bad review. Just RTFM.
What is this channel? I have no idea why Im following it. Im as confused as the person in the video. "What is this?" "What are these for?" is what I remember about this video now. Totally useless 5 minutes at the start with nothing valuable information and even some false guessing just to correct it later. Thank you for wasting my time. Atleast you got few ad views from me.
Thermaltake Core V21 is very similar in layout to the Obsidian 250D. and its only about £100. There's alsp the Thermaltake Level 20 VT, which looks even nicer.
@@drvish Did you even look at the Obsidian 250D? Smaller, better layout, side-intake for the graphics card to breath with room for a dual-120mm AIO on the opposite side intake/exhaust. Seriously, look up a full tour review video of it.
if the panels were made out of aluminum or something it might be worth the money, and give the case some more rigidity. plastic cases are a no go for me. often times something gets broke when accessing to change hardware, or sometimes in the build itself. i had a case that had plastic drive locks with metal posts. ideal for one, maybe two uses, but then the rotating plastic lock often broke or was worn where it didn't hold the drive in place
if it was the 60-80 dollar price range i wouldnt mind that at all. and given that its like 30% open air, 69.999999% plastic, i dont get why it wouldnt be cheaper. they need to add some reinforcements and give a longer cable for the addon box and then bing bang boom
170 would get you an R7, even an R7XL ... sure, they are not small form factor cases, but just from what you're getting it's insane that this plastic case is in the same price category.
This case is hideous. I really wish Silverstone would make modern refreshes of the Fortress FT03 and FT03 Mini. Those were such sexy cases in their day. I had an FT03 back in the day with a slot-loading DVD drive and it was amazing.
WIthout that bend, this case would have been a killer at 70-80$ price tag. I think they've done many innovation like marking the gpu sizes etc, but they wanted a big bite of profit out of this case. Come on it's plastic at 169!
That could have been a really nice case if it wasn't made as cheap as possible so they can increase margins. I love the puck and the design but the lack of a nice spot to run cables out and the fact that the plastic will look like garbage and get scratched like mad (if not broken) within 6 months makes it a complete waste. If it was made more robust and had some metal support for the side panels and a hinged panel for easy access I would be fine with that pricing.
I thought short circuit was meant to be just unboxing videos. All I'm hearing from the presenter is slating opinions instead of just neutral spec and config info. Maybe leave the feedback till the end and keep it brief instead of moaning the whole time
13:20 TBF that is literally supposed to replace the front panel IO that would be ON the case itself .. so its not actually supposed to be long. Its literally designed to be right next to or on the case. Also you can just buy male to female type C extension cables.
The only benefit to doing it this way is being able to put the ports on top of your desk, which they defeat by shipping the super short cable, yeah you can buy an extension cable, but this just shows they didn't think this whole thing through properly. Also having a random cable come out through a gap in the case just screams "afterthought". If the dock is ON the case itself, you might as well just have ports in the case itself, without the weird cable coming out of the case, and the annoyance of the dock always moving when you try to plug in a cable. When the ports are on the case, you only need one hand to plug something in, with this dock you will always have to hold the dock with the other hand.
Are you sure the panels are not "hinged"? Looks to me like if you don't over-tighten screws they would open. And the extra screw hole is there for the little nub to pop into to hold it closed.
AIO mounting as-built is bad for the life of the AIO; the built-in res is at the top of the rad, and therefor the pump will start (eventually after the fluid level inevitably drops over time) getting air and die prematurely. Though the reverse-orientation would fix that. You didn't mention it though, thereby propagating the acceptableness of such an orientation (case manufacturers do it too; that doesn't make it okay). Flimsy when the radiator / fan panels are removed? Of course. Why would you suspect different? I would've kept at least one of those panels for strength. IDK if when reassembling you misassembled it to cause that wonkyness, or whether the plastic is used for structural parts in places, which would be a bad design. As to price, I'm not surprised. It's not a standard cuboidal box, and they aren't going to sell that many, and it's ITX with a relatively unique aesthetic. Saying that, this short overview doesn't fill me with confidence that it would be worth buying even if I wanted the aesthetic.
Imagine paying 150$(currently on newegg) for flimsy piece of plastic with badly designed back IO and usb-c hub as front IO... Even today not every motherboard has USB-C header on the motherboard so good luck with that too. The base idea is good but the execution is just bad.
To be fair, and maybe I'm in the minority, I never use front I/O. If I need better access I plug in a USB hub from the back and place it below my monitor. Not having front I/O is actually a win in my book.
Whoever is operating the camera, needs hold the camera still and stop dancing around like you have to go to the bathroom. This is making me motion sick (probably not the only one). Love LMG though
Either Cuktech didn't forecast demand or they decided to run a promo and then not have the powerbank available? It's the sort of chaotic behaviour I expect from a company called Cuktech.
I like how you guys just ripped on your own sponsor with literally zero cares. Honestly, naming your company "cuktech" in this day and age is downright insane.
I think the issues with this case is the fact they didn’t reinforce things enough and that they made a micro itx case that is damn near the size a full size atx build, so it’s in a weird spot that doesn’t really suit anybody😅
This looks like the sort of build you might see as a set piece in a movie or something. Not a close up, but a middle-distance prop. Close enough that you can make out the general design and might think _"Oh, that looks neat"_ but far enough away that you can't tell how shoddily made it is. It does have some nice ideas, but some questionable design decisions and overall poor build quality makes it a questionable option at best.
I like how it looks but not how plastic and flimsy it is. Maybe it would have benefited with an all metal construction but that'll jack up the price so much.
Damn they should've taken notes from the ssupd meshlicious. The side panels are metal and just pop in and out. Very convenient, and surprisingly secure
They shouldve made the front sturdy and hindge open and have the sides look nicer but be week and then force you to use 2 360mm rads so that youve got adam and eve acting as your support and cooling for your gpu and cpu and the front hindges open so you can see them both.
