We’ve seen the 160mm fans in the Fractal Torrent Compact, the revival of semi-translucent 200mm SickleFlow fans in the Cooler Master HAF 700 Evo and now the D-aRGB fans in the G360A. And as we are about to see, it all comes together for some quite good performance.Ģ022 has been an interesting year for case fans. While the G360A is a clear successor to the P360A, Phanteks could’ve taken the easy way out by just including three 3-pin aRGB fans here, but instead the company delivered three aRGB and PWM-controlled spinners instead. The previous Eclipse P360A currently holds the belt for our best budget ATX gaming, case for its great airflow and RGB. Again, this all could have been avoided if Phanteks had just made this cutout a little bigger. While we wouldn’t necessarily expect it at this price, this case definitely isn’t tool-free or particularly modular. But that was a huge hassle, as it involved removing 13 screws. If not, you may have to remove the top of the case, as I did, in order to get the connector through with enough slack to plug in the cable. If the end of your CPU power cable doesn’t split in half and you have to push the whole eight-pin plug through the hole, you should try to route this cable before screwing the motherboard down. The rear of the case is unchanged but good enough with support for a 120mm fan or radiator. The front of the G360A got the same treatment as the top, with radiator support up to 280 or 360mm. The G360A supports up to three 120mm or two 140mm fans at the top, along with radiator support up to 360mm (the previous P360A only supported 240mm). Internal Layout of the Phanteks G360AĮven though the G360A isn’t the biggest ATX chassis, it has more room than you’d expect–which is good considering today’s power-hungry components. That said, if you live in an area with lots of dust or pollen in the air, you may want to pay more for a case with an easily removed dust filter. But so long as you regularly pop off the front to clean the mesh and the fans and blow out the interior of the case a couple of times a year, you should be fine. There’s still no real front fan filter here, which can be an issue. Not everyone is going to love it, but at the very least it looks less plain than the front of the P360A. But this time Phanteks added some personality by stamping a design on it that looks like something between a U and a V. Like its older sibling, the P360A, the G360A features a big mesh front panel. In between the PSU shroud and glass side panel is a thin RGB strip that’s subtle and attractive. While the tempered glass side panel isn’t tinted, it is darkened around the edges, giving it a rounded corner look like a an old-school tube TV or CRT monitor–although obviously, the glass panel is flat. The similarities with that older case can be seen in the Eclipse G360A’s tempered glass side panel, PSU shroud and the RGB strip sandwiched between the two. This isn’t a bad thing because the P350X was an affordable case with good build quality and good enough airflow. Taking the G360A out of the box, the first thing I noticed was how similar it looks to the Phanteks P350X, a case I used to own. Phanteks Eclipse G360A (Black) at Amazon for $99.99. 2x USB 3.0 Type-A (5 Gbps), D-RGB Mode, D-RGB Color, Power button and 3.5mm headphone/audio jack
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