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You should make 'gamers nexus approved' stickers for products. As like a better mark of quality for all products than 80+. Not based on price, just based on like performance, longevity, and does it do a gigabyte.
... the marketing is goofy but it's pretty fucking clear what it's saying? It's chilly. Like... how hard is that to understand? IS... steve on the spectrum?
Dear GN, are you planning to upgrade your testing setup? To be honest, it has low very low power consumption for testing PC cases now, so many cases can handle it. But not any case could handle with a modern 500+watts gaming rig.
Wouldn’t it make more sense for gaming to simply water cool Gpu and leave cpu air cooled? I mean during gaming cpu hardly see load where Gpu 100% loaded much heat. At least water cooling Gpu bulk of that heat gone out of case thru rad leaving cpu and everything else much cooler in case. I think in the future will see more of hybrid cooling from manufacturers due to power consumption from newer gen cards. Air cooling will only go so far in a case unless fans are maxed out with Gpu cards creating all this heat.
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@@bronzebow4235 The case is definitely designed for water cooling. There are places to mount the pump and tons of room for tubing. If you're going to air cool this case I would be interested in seeing what simply adding more / better fans would look like, thermal wise.
Hi Hyte, I’m very curious how much better the thermals would be if the cpu and gpu were liquid cooled. Does this case perform better than others when it comes to liquid cooling? The aquarium design almost demands that you use water.
I am guessing that are looking to be different. And the fact that they made permanent logos means they want you know who this case is made by. Not some stickers that can be removed.
The marketing material that says something like, "colder than a partly cloudy day and you without your jacket..." is an attempt at humor that I actually find courageous, outside the box thinking, and gives me a chuckle.
i just got mine today and when i opened the box my reaction was the same as steve described i was honestly surprised at the quality of what i was looking at i realy cant wait to get this build started but all i have so far is my case and MOBO
I just finished my build in the Hyte Y60... I populated all the fan slots, have a 2 slot 3070, added a 360mm aio for my CPU in the top, my temps are great. 70C MAX in torture test's over time.
I have a 3070 as well and is technically a two slot but really takes up 3. Is yours an FE? I have a STRIX. I've been considering this case for a while just for aesthetic but I am worried about temps.
How did you configure your fans? I'm building in it this weekend. Thinking intake top and bottom and exhaust on the side panel. Doing a 360aio and have a 2.75 slot card I think
@@kristianbylard8135 Mine is an MSI dual Fan true two slot, BUT I got really good Air Flow fans in the side intake and left the bottom fans stock and my temps have been really decent. if you're worried at all, just go Lian Li.
just built in this. I see a few things that I'd change. 1) the top rad tray has the clearance to slide forward a couple inches. The case is notched out to accept it, but the tray doesn't line up with the screw holes. 4 extra holes would allow the rad hoses to be rear mounted instead of only at the front. 2) the HDD sleds take up a lot of space, and the screws are offset, so you can only mount them one way. If you could flip them or even remove the tray from the rear blank(cover) that would give you a lot more room. 3) The bottom fans have the cord connected at the side of the fan instead of the corner like most fans. This means the case has a hole that lines up with the hyte fans and not aftermarket. Also the screws for the bottom fan could be an extra 2mm in length. The popular Arctic P14 fans are a hair too thick to mount without aftermarket screws. 4) the cutout for the rear I/O plate on mine was a mm to large top to bottom. Also (visual only) I think the small opening above the vertical GPU screws on the rear of the case could use one of those little sliding panels to finish it off.
Can't wait to see more cases with aesthetics like this from Hyte. This looks amazing. More case designers should try unique designs and colors like this to let pc builders express themselves more than a black rectangular box and rgb.
@@unitedfools3493 Not completely wrong, but at least in this case you kinda put the parts together yourself, and have some ability to control how it looks. And with that logic you could also say that buying paintings and putting them up is shallow.
@@unitedfools3493 make up, how you dress, how you decorate your house, and even the car you drive can be a form of self-expression. A case that allows flexibility while also standing out from the other black boxes is a way to express your passion for a hobby. Self-expression is how you present your person to the world.
I feel like perhaps this case signifies a need for a standardized water cooling test to better represent cases like this for actual buyers of cases like this what the case will be like. I suppose pointing this out helps somewhat but seeing a full build inside one even if just clcs for both gpu and cpu, I feel, could be an improvement to this type of review.
There would be no point. As steve noted in the review, the factors that impact air cooling also impact liquid cooling. If there is obstruction to airflow, it will obstruct rad fans as well.
@@giglioflex The question is to what degree. A radiator already is a huge obstruction. Does a little more plastic really make a meaningful difference or will the static pressure optimised fan simply bruteforce through it? That's not a general statement you can make. Radiator thickness would probably have a much bigger influence than anything else. But I don't know how much of a difference radiator thickness makes either. We really need a channel to test watercooling in a proper way.
@@giglioflex within that same statement he said that the issues could be somewhat negated with LC. So Beef Ingots point is still pretty valid if not more so.
@@popotoproductions3015 Steve pretty clearly pointed out that while you can get lower temps on liquid, you can do that for any case and in this situation you aren't getting around the issue but merely brute forcing. Steve specifically stated that the liquid cooling performance would likely be less than a majority of other cases using liquid cooling due to the obstruction presented by this case. I don't know why people seem to believe this case, with more obstruction, is going to perform better with liquid cooling than other cases with less obstruction that are also using liquid cooling. As I provided in my link, as you increase static pressure (which is what obstructions do), you reduce the amount of air being pushed by the fan. It doesn't matter if that fan is balanced for airflow or a high end rad fan, the airflow will reduce as the static pressure inches slower to the fan's rated static pressure.
I really appreciate these case reviews. I build my own cases these days, so I probably won't buy one, but seeing these in depth reviews helps me tweak my own designs.
It’s a looks focused case. A real shame that they didn’t make a removable bracket for the PCI E expansion slots so you could have one bracket for this vertical mount and one bracket for normal horizontal. I know it would cost more but when the darn thing is already $200ish you might as well do it and bump it up another $10
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I design and build DIY PCs inside custom cabinets. This case could be insane but some heavy modification is definitely needed. I would just remove the plastic top, bottom, and the right-side panel + filters. The wiring needs also some special work but could look sick. I'm waiting for the 100% white case or version 2 for the build test. I really like the placement of the front ports when the case is used at a 45-degree angle inside a custom glass/mirror case. I just hope there will be an improved version soon.
I bought this case on instinct as soon as I saw it from Jay's review. It's got everything I want. Plenty of space for fans, a front panel connector that's all combined, plenty of room for cables, vents on all sides, a very appealing glass window to view from all angles!
I finished my first build last month using this case due mainly to your excellent review. I could not be more impressed and I can confirm that as a water cooled build this case is second to none for looks and aesthetics. I used 140mm fans on bottom and on the side with a 280mm rad and of course 360 rad on top. I designed it with all fans as intake except the rear. The result is an extremely well ventilated obviously positive pressure case that has been flawless. water cooling both the CPU and GPU left enough space to mount a D5pump/reservoir combo on the floor in the corner section that fills out the space nicely and looks fantastic. Because nobody has benchmarked this case configured as intended it's hard to say how it compares but in Cinebench R23 with an I9-13900k I scored 39577, all cores hit between 5900 and 6200 mhz with temps below 90c. I used the Asus AIOC. Various 3dMark tests with my 4090 EK water cooled GPU showed temps between 45-52c depending on the test. Thank you again for your excellent content and for being so instrumental in my first PC build
I'm a first time builder. Hoping to build my first PC at the end of the month. This channel has been absolutely clutch in me being able to navigate how I want to go about my first build. Thanks guys!
@@omas6616 Went with a Corsair 4000X RGB. Intel 7 13700K, 360mm Corsair AIO, 32gb of RAM, MSI z-790 MB, Samsung 980 pro 1tb m.2, 850 watt EVGA PSU, 6 fans with a commander pro xt, and a Radeon 7900X. I love this machine lol
I dunno if it's just me but that case is beautiful. The lines and color are very well done. Love it. So much better than the box look of most other cases.
i already ordered this case and I am still happy with it as my other choice was an o11.... i just feel like so many people have built in that case that i wouldnt be able to feel like im doing something unique, i really havent seen many builds in this case yet so im excited to get creative without any influences from seeing thousands of builds in the case
I've always loved the simplicity of air cooling, but this case has such an amazing and unique design I might just have to go with watercooling for my next build along with this case. Seriously, more companies need to try cool unique cases like this. Like a few years ago where there was the case where the clear side panel curved into the top panel, can't remember what it was called, but I loved how unique it was.
I have this case with the 12900k cooled with a 360mm aio and an aio cooled 3080ti. I’m running under 60c even under load with stock fan curves. Loving the case!!
Really like the look of this case, and the fit and finish look above standard for sure. Not enough to make me move from my O11XL, but it continued improvement from Hyte just may turn my head in their direction when that time comes. However, better 360mm rad support would also be needed, my three rads need a home! Love the black and red color, outstanding.
I'm planing a high end custom loop and this case fits perfectly. Love it's design and with the Hue dye from primo chill, this case will highlight the whole build! Thanks for the great review.
hopefully we see a refresh model sometime in the future where they remove some of the material restricting airflow or at least make the vertical mount optional rather than mandatory
I wish I knew that before I bought it but now, I’m stuck with a oversized paperweight that keeps overheating itself due to the GPU overheating core components.
Considering the lack of space for add in cards, Hyte might as well have reduced the hight and turned it into an ITX case since there is very little point in limiting expansion options to half height cards.
@@weavercs4014 Quite a few do. Especially VR users who need a functional USB port for it, or people who want more nvme storage. It's just dumb that the case makes vertical GPU mounting absolutely mandatory.
@@Michael-zf1ko so who actually NEEDS a full size AIC? I don't have any AICs and I have 5tb of storage on NVME. There is almost 0 use case for a large AIC. Even your examples aren't even legitimate (I don't mean that rudely but you're straight up wrong)
@@Michael-zf1ko dual and single m.2 cards and almost all pcie nvme are low profile. You can easily find low profile 3.2 usb cards. This isnt a workstation case, its for gaming. Most mainstream boards have multiple built in NVME and good USB at this point. At best you're looking at a 2.5/10g card for someone with fiber internet, or a capture card. The riser brings the cables up to above a lowpro card which is nice, so you can use all the slots and clear the cables. The only major loss with this, is all the AIB TB3 cards are full height. So you cant use them unless you get a second riser and stick be behind the GPU. Only works for dual slot GPUs. There are 2 sets of standoffs for the vertical mount.
i've seen an ad to this few weeks back, i wasn't sure it's real at that moment. it seemed to good to be true and that sort of scared me away, just to see it now happening, existing, being real and quite good. this is amazing.
Super excellent review. Heard a lot of Hype over this case. I like the style and flexibility for better cooling. I not a fish tank case guy, but it’s unique for sure. Disappointed a little about the thermals, but since it’s all glass a water cooled GPU would work much better and totally look awesome. A show piece case that looks nice. Steve, consider iBuyPower is trying to improve by moving away from the bottom tier of cheap components. Companies (as you know) need time (and management firing/hiring) to gain traction as they build capital. Hyte is a positive step forward for their company and maybe a possible turn around. Time will tell.
I'm so glad you reviewed this case! I actually don't like the O11 cases so this caught my eye immediately when I saw it. My Y60 actually came in today so I'm excited to eventually build in it!
you without your jacket in a windy rainy day, I live in Hamburg, I understand what they mean, I call that poetic marketing, well done. Would love to see more companies do that.
Would love a quality case like this with good dust filtration but in a cube style with room for 2 360 or 480 radiators side by side up top. Flat laying motherboard so no need for a riser. There are very few choices out there but for me the most logical design.
I personally just built a computer with this case, and I'm air cooling it as well for the time being. I was mainly attracted to this case because of how open it is and how much of a display piece it looks like. However, being a mechanical engineer and having worked with a lot of cooling systems in industry before I can see some issues with the cooling for this case that you pointed out (especially the grating obstructing flow that will quickly clog up with dust/hair) But man does it look good.
I do feel that for air cooling some of the placements feel awkward. For example, typically when you place a fan you want to see the pretty face towards you and the part with the structural brackets towards the hidden area. You can't really do that with this case in the normal sense. In most standard cases you pull air from the front and push it out the back, and you can mount the fans in such a way that you won't see the support frame of the brackets on the front fans (and if the front panel is transparent you'll see the cool front part of the fan as well) This case however wants you to face the side fans inward, which therefore pulls air out of the case instead of pushing it into the case. This means that in order to get proper air flow, you need to push more air into the case. I'm still mulling over how I want to do that but I feel my options are limited. The bottom fans are currently designed to pull air in sure, but I had to flip the back fan to also pull air in, and I feel its not enough yet. I might consider putting 1 of the 3 top fans (the one closest to the back) pushing air into the case and make the other two top fans pull air. I think that since the back fan would mix with the back top fan in this scenario, it would mix cool air in before hitting the CPU and then the CPU pushes air towards the side fans and front top fans as well. The bottom fans mostly would be pushing their cool air onto the GPU in this instance.
I love how laid back they are with there short quips on the website and box. I mean if you don't understand what it's trying to express then that's on you
Had been waiting for you guys to put this case through its paces. Unfortunately the lack of clearance for thick gpus makes this a pass. Maybe a V2 will give more clearance for air cooled gpus.
I'd be interested in seeing a "best case scenario" with all the fan slots occupied if you ever modify your testing methodology or update the hardware used as the average users heat load inevitably increases as recent trends seem to indicate they will.
I would be curious to see how cases like this stack up against older dual compartment style cases, like the Corsair Air 540. Seems to have more space for the main components and less "basement" room for the drives/power supply, but it also has a more convoluted air path.
It's really kind of stunning that the O11 variants are all still charting really well, even amongst the deliberately air-focused cases. It's rare that I can feel secure in a tech purchase even after a year. My money on the XL was well spent, it seems.
I've been waiting for this review from GN! I'm hoping for a Y60 v2 to address the minor issues. If Hyte listens like Lian Li does then it may be possible
Definitely a better looking clear case compared to what I’m used to seeing. Too bad water cooling is such an added expense in an already expensive market.
This looks more like a wall mounted (or on desk next to wall) PC, where one side is basically never viewed and the other side is fully visible. I... Like it? in that it's different and weird enough to be interesting and hopefully sparks some aesthetic changes in the market, but I also don't see myself buying it (even if the price were to fall) Praise the experimentation, critique the implementation. In this case that means praising both, with a grain of salt for both.
Yeah the PCIe slots were the reason I passed on this. As a music producer. I need a lot more USB slots and it's one of the reasons I got a USB PCIe card because of the various midi controllers and instruments
I do really like the style of this case, it _looks_ really, really nice, especially in a field that is so similar to each other the way it stands out is a huge mark in its favor imo But, as with most cases I've been looking at changing to (since my case is ten years old now, and not at all up to today's standards) it will not fit on the PC shelf built into my desk. The longer I spend looking for a case that is 1) worth buying and 2) will fit where it needs to go, the more I'm thinking it might be time to buy a new desk, too. Sigh.
@@Hardball_MMA I mean sure, in a perfect world I would have a giant desk with enough space for a very pretty showcase build, but the realities of tiny apt living is space constraints, and that means either keeping the tower tucked away under the desk or only using a single monitor, unless you wanna fund a wall-mounted setup for me haha
I love the look of this aquarium, but would never buy it in its current form. Having essentially 1 usable PCIe slot is a complete deal breaker. If they would come out with a version that didn't have the vertical GPU mount and full size PCIe slots I would very likely pick one up and retire my old Caselabs case. They are probably loosing alot of sales by going for nothing but aestheics.
All they had to do was put in 7 full size PCIe slots without the pointless little strips of metal between them. If they still wanted to support vertical GPUs, they then could just ship it with a bracket that takes up those 7 slots and gives you 4 full size vertical slots closer to the board. I still don't understand why those are not more popular. I have one and it is perfect. With the right PCIe extensions you could also run multiple PCIe cards.
I like how they specify what the ideal build for the case is. I also like that they are taking chances on a unique design as opposed to cookie cutter mid and full tower cases.
That's not the point of the y60 though. It's price tag clearly indicates that it's for people who don't stress over thermals as much but also appreciate unique ATX form factor
Just got mine in, honestly it was amazing to build in and it look so sleek, I have the white addition, Thermals are solid. For my build, I side mounted my rad it's A Pantex 280mp, for fans i mounted two on the bottom and 3 on top. They all Blow in with my rad Being the out Flow. My 6600xt devil card has great thermals now. The CPU is a Ryzen 7 5800x, temp at idle is 28c while playing say Elden Ring it sits at 47C. The GPU sits at 33c idle and while running Elden hits 54c. the mother board which is a MSI Carbon X570 Sits at 30c to 35C. i Have 32 gb of viper Steel Patriot 3600, it sits at 28c to 33c, Lastly the m.2's both sit at 33c to 40c. They are Samsung 970 and 980 Evo's both are 1tb. Also the power supply is a Corsair RM850 (850Watt) it fits but a touch snug. I tried the case fan set up as recommended by HYTE..... It had terrible thermals, well not terrible but about a 9% rise across the board. Whish i could post a picture.
Thank you for the review. My son showed me this case the other day and I found it very interesting. However, I do not want a vertical GPU and low height expansion slots, and a case you have to brute force to be efficient. No matter how much I look at your at your Best Cases video, I always circle back to the O11 DXL. I have gotten really tired of psu shrouds. Plus I am replacing (repurposing) a 2016 Phantek Entho Luxe, so size is not a constraint. Keep up the good work and I am proud to be a Patreon of this channel.
Really interesting case. I’ve seen it blowing up on Instagram. Thanks for the review GN! Still happy with my O11D Evo and will keep this bad boy for (hopefully) many years to come!
Watching from across the pond in the UK. I love the channel. Just ordered a desk mat from the store because I wanted to buy from a group of people I both like and trust. Thanks for the great videos and keep up the good work. P.s. I used loads of thermal paste on my new i7 (that because of you I know I didn't really need, but 7>5) as a tribute to you sir!
You have to keep in mind that you're testing using an older graphics card that still has the radiator fins running along the length of the card when nowadays pretty much every model has them running from side to side - which should be better suited for this type of vertical mounting...
I'm not a gamer and don't have a huge gpu. This case is right up my alley as it checks all the boxes for decent thermals for my configuration and is aesthetically pleasing. Nice to see that even though it didn't do well for a gamer's setup it still got marks for its other attributes. I like the fact that Steve recognized some of the attention to detail and didn't just bash it for being a hot mess lol.
I still love it though. I bought one, and have a 3070 ti in it. It runs great. I'm no overclocker or poweruser though. Also, I'm not trying to say the opposite, you guys would definitely know more. I think for the type of user I am, it's great.
I think the thing I like most about these dual chamber cases is there is plenty of room for cable management. You're not, or at least not often, trying to bend cables so far you're afraid you're going to damage them and you're still able to get the back panel on. Lian Li, or someone, needs to build one meant for air cooling. An o11 without all that empty space in front would be cheaper, I assume, smaller, with a mesh front and fans close to the CPU, GPU and the PSU isolated could have very good thermals.
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I love that it looks like a fish tank. I want to get one and put some gravel, fake plants and some of those robot fish in it and hang them from fine thread.
Poking my head in here over a year later, and after having just built in the Y60. It's not bad. It's sharp, everyone has commented on it, and overall especially with a full watercooling build, is aesthetically sexy as hell. But, I feel like some compromises were made to keep the cost down, compromises that I can't imagine would've driven the cost up further, such as the usage of thumb screws for the GPU slots on the back. It's also a little tight, especially if you are using power cables with 8 Pin CPU Power that aren't flat, and have a bulk near the connector. This is especially true if you are using a top mounted radiator, which, I am also not a fan of the design they proposed. All in all, I give it a solid 7.5 - 8 out of 10, since the stuff above is me being super nitpicky. And yes, I am in love with it for watercooling showcase
I have a liquid cooled core P3 system, and a lot of the criticisms made here apply there, namely the single large expansion slot issue. I deal with all those problems, and it's totally worth it. The system looks so nice and the extra time working on it or working around space/cable management quirks is worth it to someone who is building liquid cooled systems like me. You're already throwing practicality out the window, why not go for the coolest looking thing on the market? This is pretty awesome. I'm sticking with my open air cases, but I think this will pull some customers from Lian-Li.
I hit the like button just for the motherboard advertisement. I'm very OCD and that motherboard makes me feel warm, fuzzy joy inside - like a cat who just ate a hamster.
Just got this case for my birthday and haven't built in it yet. I have an air cooled 2 slot card so I'm glad the thermals aren't "terrible. Maybe time to delve into custom loop though.
Having been one who was concerned about the lack of full-size PCIe slots, glad to hear it noted. Also glad to see a genuine review finally. I've been starved of solid case reviews lately, especially from GN!
@@Xfade81 About what the detriments that would cause for the case in review. It's due to that why the case is only realistically able to handle two-slot and water block GPUs. I'm "concerned" because that could be a make-or-break issue when making a build in this PC depending on one's parts they planned on using, and, evidently from the GN team liking the overall design, it's one that is worth putting up with for those interested in the case. If it were noteworthy enough that it would have soured their review, it would have been mentioned in their summary.
