See how Andy goes to the city on the MSI MSI MPG Velox 100r chassis in the video above.
Key time brands:
00:33 – Specifications
02:36 – Tests
08:45 – Features and build quality
28:35 – Conclusion
MSI has been engaged in the PC component, as we can remember, and although since 1997 he has been creating motherboards in 1986 and video cards since 1997, he is still a relative newcomer for many markets.
Today we will consider one of the latest cases, the MPG Velox 100r, which should be released at the end of October/early November, as well as a 100p air flow more oriented towards performance.
The case is 490 mm x 474 mm x 231 mm (HXDXW), therefore, for the average tower in the middle tower. It has a panel with front and side glass panels, although a little on the skinny side is 3 mm, and comes with four 120 -mm Argb PWM fans and an Argb LED strip, running down the side of the power supply. The design is a little bored and looks like many RGB window cases on the market today, but it is also harmless and will sit well in many settings.
The entire RGB in case is tied to a small, simple LED controller behind the motherboard, which can be controlled through the button on the front of the input-output or connected to your motherboard through the 3-pin ARGB 5V headline in order to allow control through the software of the motherboard. The front input-output also has a power, discharge, 2 times USB 3.0 Type-A and USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (10 Gb/s), although they spread down the right side of the case, so that the USB-C port is halfway down and can cause access problems depending on where your case is located.
The case, unfortunately, suffers from some problems with the quality of the assembly. Steel is quite thin by 0.7-0.8 mm for the most part, made even more fragile by most panels, having any ventilated spare space. Even those who do not need this, such as the top of the cloakie for power supply, are strongly ventilated, despite the only ventilation in the lower part of the case located directly under the block. The PSU PROGH has a window that you can demonstrate, but it is partially blocked by the black border of the window, as well as very small and probably cuts off most of the ATX PSU badges.
MSI provides a vertical fastening of the graphic processor, which, fortunately, is made of thicker steel and offers greater GPU support, without noticeable sagging. But from there everything turns to the worst. None of the six placements in the confrontation corresponded to my contract Corsair PCI-E, and the installation was a real headache. The bracket cannot be installed with the motherboard of shots on the PCI bracket tabs, which cut into the motherboard tray, and you cannot install the graphic processor with the bracket in place, since two screws, to fix the graphic processor in place, are under the rear fan, too close to use the screwdriver.
Crafts with patients will work, but not provided, so you first need to attach a graphic processor to a vertical mount, which then blocks the bottom of the motherboard and access to HD -Audio, USB, fans headlines, etc.
In the rear, the situation improves slightly, because cable management is well adapted for the design of the case. There are 25 mm depth, C and 24 cable points scattered directly through the motherboard, so that all cables, regardless of their path, can be neatly hidden. It’s just a shame at MSI only gives you two Velcro belts and five cable ties.
You also need them to be tightly attached, since the back panel is fixed only to the case on the front and rear edge. At first, I thought it would be quite a problem, there is nothing to ensure a potential bulge, but in practice it works quite well. The front section is primarily and acting almost like a hinge in order to swing through the door, close and hold it with one hand and provide independent sticks with the other. Yes, the panel pulls a little, but with careful control of cables it is quite good, and it is much easier than fighting with the traditional style of fasteners with a backbone.
For storage behind the motherboard there are a pair of 2.5 -inch drive sleds that are attached to rubber cribs to suppress any vibrations from traditional hard drives. The 3.5 -inch bay under the PSU plan is not so good. The metal frame is thin paper and will easily be damaged when moving it, since it can be moved between two different positions, but there is only 30 mm between them. It can place only one drive sled, and the second drive should be attached directly to the top of the cell, despite the fact that the height is enough for a two -legged cell. Sliks are made of cheap plastic, and no vibration is offered anywhere. This is at least without tools, but I would advise using a screwdriver to completely remove the cage and get rid of it, freeing up for excessive power cables, since somewhere else there are places.
Fans mentioned earlier, as a rule, cheaply, with vibration, demonstrated at the corners of foam, and not rubber, and was forever imprinted from ventilation fasteners. They are quiet at full speed, although the entire building goes to 34.1 dB in the formation of fans. The fact that the formation of a reserve fan, having three frontal receptions attached to the outside of the chassis of the chassis, was the worst performance. Just go to the back of the fan and far from the glass front, reduced the processor temperature by 2.4 ° C and GPU by 1.6 ° C. Moving two fans to lateral intake and adding the third as another exhaust on the roof (Bito-technological racks can remember that the formation well) turned out to be even better, reducing the temperature by 2.9 ° C and 2.9 ° C and 2.9 ° C and 1.8 ° C, respectively.
A real kicker is a price. With images and sensations of countless cases, RGB, such as Gamemax, Aerocool, DeepCool, etc., which are sold for 45-70 pounds, MSI wants to levy 130 pounds. This is not a typo, MSI really wants to charge you in half, for the fact that I sincerely feel, it is a case of 65 pounds. Even when the vertical fastening of the graphic processor is turned on, the price can be increased to £ 75. MSI did not participate in the game for a long time to demand this kind of bonus, especially with the quality of assembly, which is not exceptional.
Plus
• good cooling potential
• A full addition to quiet fans is provided
• Flexible installation for fans and Rads
• The vertical fastening of the graphic processor is included
Cons
• Fan tuning out of the box is non -optimal
• The materials used are thin and cheap
• 3.5 -inch drive cell and vertical fastening of the graphic processor is poorly implemented
• High price premium
