Fractal Design Define 7 XL Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 Fractal Design Define 7 XL Fractal Design is known for its very quiet housings and the Define 7 XL allows does not disappoint in that respect. The large eATX housing also scores well in terms of cooling performance: a generally difficult combination that the Swedish manufacturer does well. Three pricey 140 mm fans are included and a fan controller is also built in. The price is high, but for the performance, features and build quality that is allowed.

Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 The Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 is an enormously spacious housing that even offers the possibility second system. This eATX housing is particularly interesting for builds with extensive water cooling, but those who do not intend to do so should at least buy fans themselves; they are not included. The cooling performance and noise reduction are fine, just like the price.

Autumn 2020 is all about introducing new generations of video cards. Nvidia has released its Ampere cards, AMD has announced its Big Navi cards, and AMD’s new Zen 3 processors turned out to be taking Intel’s latest performance crown. So both manufacturers have a fresh line-up with high-end video cards and that invites to build a new game system around these cards.

And where you may have put together a compact and boring office PC for working from home due to the corona crisis this spring, all registers can be opened for a beast of a game system to install the new generation of video cards. in any case, to give them the housing they deserve. To give you a helping hand, we have therefore listed ten high-end enclosures for you that enable you to build a console killer. The housings aren’t the cheapest as we’ve shopped around for models that are available for around 150 euros. That is relatively a lot of money, but bear in mind that you can safely do with your housing for a longer period of time; you can refresh the interior a few times.

We have selected on space and build quality. In our opinion, a cabinet of 150 should provide enough space for large motherboards and the necessary cooling, whether that is water cooling or a whole bunch of fans. You can also supply a few clever fans for this money and the majority of them are also equipped with controllable RGB LEDs. Finally, most, but not all, enclosures come with a window so you can see how fast your hardware is.

We First list all tested enclosures and briefly discuss each enclosure. We do this in alphabetical order of course; the choice is and remains yours, given the taste issue. However, we will soon give our preference based on features, performance and price. Then we compare the performance and you can judge for yourself which housing has the best combination of features, performance and appearance for you. After all, there are few parts of your PC that are as tasteful as the housing in which you house everything.