HW News: Ridiculous PC Cases, Razer Makes Impractical Things, & More
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Date: 2022-01-08
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Comments and reviews: 9
Andreas
The Cyperpower Kinetic certainly has a wow-factor you won't usually find on PC cases. I'm not entirely on board with how they executed it though -- the hexagon blades look coarse, almost like they're 3D printed, and although white and gold/brass/bronze combos can look nice I think they missed the mark with the weird bronze-like color they used here. But the idea and concept itself holds some promise if it can be further refined. If this can make the case less noisy when doing office work, while provide top tier air flow while gaming, and have a silent autobots-like transition between the two states, then I'm kinda onboard with that. But if there's no significant performance benefits with regards to noise and airflow then I'm afraid this will be one of the big gimmicks in the history of PC cases.
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The Cyperpower Kinetic certainly has a wow-factor you won't usually find on PC cases. I'm not entirely on board with how they executed it though -- the hexagon blades look coarse, almost like they're 3D printed, and although white and gold/brass/bronze combos can look nice I think they missed the mark with the weird bronze-like color they used here. But the idea and concept itself holds some promise if it can be further refined. If this can make the case less noisy when doing office work, while provide top tier air flow while gaming, and have a silent autobots-like transition between the two states, then I'm kinda onboard with that. But if there's no significant performance benefits with regards to noise and airflow then I'm afraid this will be one of the big gimmicks in the history of PC cases.
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Pavel
Ya know, I like to meme on razer as much as the next guy mostly due to their ridiculously high prices on products that barely get a year of usage before breaking, but damn I also have to admire their creativity in making these completely outlandish products like the modular desk pc. Or remember that prototype hybrid where you had an android phone and it could be installed into a Dock which essentially gave you a desktop experience? That shit was genuinely cool. So props to razer for showcasing this stuff every year even if not all of it is practical, be it due to the mechanical design or the pricetag
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Ya know, I like to meme on razer as much as the next guy mostly due to their ridiculously high prices on products that barely get a year of usage before breaking, but damn I also have to admire their creativity in making these completely outlandish products like the modular desk pc. Or remember that prototype hybrid where you had an android phone and it could be installed into a Dock which essentially gave you a desktop experience? That shit was genuinely cool. So props to razer for showcasing this stuff every year even if not all of it is practical, be it due to the mechanical design or the pricetag
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Hablmet
The desk concept seems genuinely interesting if you don't want to burn too much space but literally everything else infuriates me. As a mic guy, though, I'm feeling.. Skeptical?
Razer only had one hit with a mic for me, and that's the Seiren Mini, cause that was the only one that didn't sound awful. Seeing a V2 fills me with hope but concern at the same time. Also, I don't think you'd want a mic with a desk for several grand that costs hardly two hundred dollars. Razer isn't exactly known to be a pro audio brand.
Mic arm looked cool though.
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The desk concept seems genuinely interesting if you don't want to burn too much space but literally everything else infuriates me. As a mic guy, though, I'm feeling.. Skeptical?
Razer only had one hit with a mic for me, and that's the Seiren Mini, cause that was the only one that didn't sound awful. Seeing a V2 fills me with hope but concern at the same time. Also, I don't think you'd want a mic with a desk for several grand that costs hardly two hundred dollars. Razer isn't exactly known to be a pro audio brand.
Mic arm looked cool though.
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Rapha l
The Hyte design opens up some interesting cooling possibilities. They could replace the middle glass panel with a mesh panel and 3 fans (looks like 120mm should fit? Maybe smaller though).
It would look fairly unique and might actually have a positive effect on temperature compared to regular front fans, especially on the GPU since it would be closer.
Maybe someone will mod it.
(Or just make it all mesh and fans! Front, angle and side for a turbulence vortex!)
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The Hyte design opens up some interesting cooling possibilities. They could replace the middle glass panel with a mesh panel and 3 fans (looks like 120mm should fit? Maybe smaller though).
It would look fairly unique and might actually have a positive effect on temperature compared to regular front fans, especially on the GPU since it would be closer.
Maybe someone will mod it.
(Or just make it all mesh and fans! Front, angle and side for a turbulence vortex!)
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Zohar
Razer getting his Talent(trash) from third world country nowadays ... only create useless not logical not practical product ... reliability goes down only for low iq hype crowd wanting to be cool in looks but not cool in brain . Trash product more and more from razer ... but its sales is good due to hype and cool vibe looking but after awhile brainless get smarter and ditch those crap for Logitech .
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Razer getting his Talent(trash) from third world country nowadays ... only create useless not logical not practical product ... reliability goes down only for low iq hype crowd wanting to be cool in looks but not cool in brain . Trash product more and more from razer ... but its sales is good due to hype and cool vibe looking but after awhile brainless get smarter and ditch those crap for Logitech .
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Fluffy
4:26 those must be the least useful media control key, since Corsair decided to make 'em uncomfortably small. Do those designers know that hoo-mons have finger nails, which are useful tools, and not everyone wants to flush cut mutilate themselves. And i thought, replacing the 2nd Super/Windows key with a rarely used FN button was the pinnacle of my complaints. For sake!
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4:26 those must be the least useful media control key, since Corsair decided to make 'em uncomfortably small. Do those designers know that hoo-mons have finger nails, which are useful tools, and not everyone wants to flush cut mutilate themselves. And i thought, replacing the 2nd Super/Windows key with a rarely used FN button was the pinnacle of my complaints. For sake!
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PainX187
i like that case alot function is debatable think it could be a nice design vs function feature because i like that design as for closed front i close mine when browsing for noise and dust go full blast when gaming this looks about the same functionally however dont they sell pre-builts if so that makes it a no go i dont let people build my pc half the fun
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i like that case alot function is debatable think it could be a nice design vs function feature because i like that design as for closed front i close mine when browsing for noise and dust go full blast when gaming this looks about the same functionally however dont they sell pre-builts if so that makes it a no go i dont let people build my pc half the fun
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S ndor
Can't wait for a Cyberpower prebuilt review with that case, a 12400, 6500XT, single stick of overpriced DDR5 (where the proper speed won't be set in BIOS) for 2000 dollars. Maybe add some shipping damage where someone kicked the front of the case or badly configured temp sensors where you need a 100 degrees CPU temp for the flaps to open at the front.
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Can't wait for a Cyberpower prebuilt review with that case, a 12400, 6500XT, single stick of overpriced DDR5 (where the proper speed won't be set in BIOS) for 2000 dollars. Maybe add some shipping damage where someone kicked the front of the case or badly configured temp sensors where you need a 100 degrees CPU temp for the flaps to open at the front.
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kotekzot
Transforming may actually make sense for SFF cases, since it's a niche product, and making 3 separate low-volume SKUs may actually be more expensive than supporting transforming in a single SFF SKU. It also could mean that an iGPU-only build can be upgraded with a full-sized dGPU in the future, for example.
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Transforming may actually make sense for SFF cases, since it's a niche product, and making 3 separate low-volume SKUs may actually be more expensive than supporting transforming in a single SFF SKU. It also could mean that an iGPU-only build can be upgraded with a full-sized dGPU in the future, for example.
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