Monday, December 7th 2020
DeepCool Intros MATREXX 40 Micro-ATX Case
DeepCool today introduced the MATREXX 40 Micro-ATX tower case. Its design is characterized by vertical ridges along the front panel, with air inlets between the ridges, which conceal a mesh, and two 140 mm / 120 mm front intakes, which can hold radiators up to 280 mm x 140 mm in size. Other ventilation options include two 140 mm / 120 mm top exhausts (which again, can hold radiators up to 280 mm in size); and a 120 mm rear exhaust.
The DeepCool MATREXX 40 features a conventional horizontally-partitioned interior, with the upper compartment serving up room for graphics cards up to 32 cm in length, and CPU coolers up to 16.5 cm in height. Storage options include two 3.5-inch / 2.5-inch drive bays in the bottom compartment, and two 2.5-inch mounts behind the motherboard tray, where there's a 2 cm crawl-space for cable-management. The case comes with a tempered glass left side panel. The front-panel I/O, located at the top, includes one each of USB 3.0 type-A, USB 2.0, and HDA jacks. The case measures 400 mm x 215 mm x 431 mm; and is made mostly of SECC steel and ABS plastic. The company didn't reveal pricing.
The DeepCool MATREXX 40 features a conventional horizontally-partitioned interior, with the upper compartment serving up room for graphics cards up to 32 cm in length, and CPU coolers up to 16.5 cm in height. Storage options include two 3.5-inch / 2.5-inch drive bays in the bottom compartment, and two 2.5-inch mounts behind the motherboard tray, where there's a 2 cm crawl-space for cable-management. The case comes with a tempered glass left side panel. The front-panel I/O, located at the top, includes one each of USB 3.0 type-A, USB 2.0, and HDA jacks. The case measures 400 mm x 215 mm x 431 mm; and is made mostly of SECC steel and ABS plastic. The company didn't reveal pricing.
11 Comments on DeepCool Intros MATREXX 40 Micro-ATX Case
You can even fit 2x 280 rads in there!
Only ever used one Deepcool case, it was fine. Like all things at this price point I wish the steel was a little thicker but it did the job. My guess is this will be €60
a snoozerfest it is :)
I am surprised no one (I can find) has anything like that. G3 is too wide for my needs and so having a matx variant of it would be handy. Instead, we get a lot of these cookie cutter cases. The case market seems to be very stagnant while there are lots of opportunity for different designs and options, no one wants to take (I guess risk is bad).
As for risks, it's all about comfort levels, both at the top (corp/upper mgmt) and the middle/bottom (designers/engineers/planners/analysts)....
If the bottom/middle folks believe they can come up with something new & exciting (that will actually make a statement and possibly be a big hit) for a reasonable cost, they will, but they have to feel comfortable that the upper/top people will be supportive and at least listen to them & look over their data & designs..... and therefore allocate funds for the R&D, marketing etc....
The only exception to this rule is those cases that include a PCIe slot riser that physically moves the GPU somewhere else. I like those layouts but they aren't the norm - the norm is a big wasteful cube of a case that is plenty big enough for an mATX board but only includes mITX support, forcing a cramped motherboard layout and serious compromise that means you aren't going to get as many total DIMM slots, m.2 slots, and VRM heatsink as you could otherwise have had on a less-cramped mATX board.