Overall and FV

As a whole the Phantom is a beautiful case with a long list of features. It’s obvious that most of the details have been selected by someone who actually uses a case, not just an engineer in an office. Features like the fan controller add value and functionality. I was also really impressed with the wire management and the overall look of the interior, typically we don’t see that level of detail inside on a case without a side panel window. Of course there are a few areas where you can tell they had to cut costs. Not having a fan on the front in my opinion, was a little disappointing. I also ran into a few different quality control issues like the orange peeling in the paint, the missing 5 ¼ toolless clips, and even one of our side panels was very bent by someone tightening down a thumbscrew with the panel not fully installed. Issues like those should be caught in quality control before being shipped out. I hope that those issues are just a fluke, and judging from reviews on a few retail stores it seems to be. But its hard to ignore, beyond the QC issues this is an amazing case.

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #21743 22 Dec 2011 19:20
Thursday's Case Review
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Plague replied the topic: #21780 25 Dec 2011 08:26
Nice review... Sucks about the quality control on that one, couldn't believe it myself.

One question I had was were the LEDs orange or still the standard blue, I didn't see that in the write up.
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Brandonxcore replied the topic: #21782 25 Dec 2011 09:08
They're orange LEDs in the fan controller.
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Plague replied the topic: #21783 25 Dec 2011 09:22

Brandonxcore wrote: They're orange LEDs in the fan controller.


good... I really don't like the blues ones. I have manually changing them to green.
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Arxon replied the topic: #21784 25 Dec 2011 12:21
I want this case to match my headset i have. And my G15 keyboard.
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Brandonxcore replied the topic: #21785 26 Dec 2011 00:54
Im digging this case, it's currently on my desk :p It's pretty black and orange, haha, I feel like Im supporting the Bengals EVERYTIME I look over, lol.
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Kelf replied the topic: #21883 29 Dec 2011 21:54
They need alllll the support they can get... bahaha

But this case is sweet!
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Myndmelt replied the topic: #21915 30 Dec 2011 20:19
I haven't been a fan of the phantom look until I read through this review it seems like a nice case. I like the color scheme, this would be cool if I wanted to do a Komets theme PC or something.

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