Thursday, April 22nd 2021
Phanteks Also Announces Eclipse P200A ITX Chassis
Phanteks today announced the all-new Mini-ITX addition to the Eclipse lineup, the Eclipse P200A. The P200A features the Ultra-fine Performance Mesh to bring the highest cooling performance combined with a compact yet open interior to offer plenty of space for high-end system components. Featuring Phanteks' Ultra-fine Performance Mesh on the front and side panels, the P200A offers high airflow and optimal cooling performance. With only 1 mm of mesh perforation, the P200A's front panel filters dust without compromising airflow performance.
The P200A internal space and versatility allows for the support of triple-slot graphic cards with optional vertical GPU mounting (PH-CBRSFL15 required), 240/280 mm front and 240 mm side radiators, full ATX power supplies, and massive storage support. This flexibility allows you to configure the internal layout to your exact preference. Building a powerful yet compact ITX system is a breeze thanks to the P200A. Within a 30-liter volume, it combines a compact form-factor with next-gen hardware requirements.
We took a look at this new release today, in our Phanteks P200A Review.
The new P200A will be available in two models, the P200A Performance and P200A D-RGB. The P200A Performance will include 2x 120 mm black PWM fans and a metal Ultra-fine mesh left side panel, while the P200A D-RGB includes 2x 120 mm D-RGB PWM fans, a software-free D-RGB controller, Tempered Glass side panel, and USB-C Gen 2 port.
Availability April 2021.
The P200A internal space and versatility allows for the support of triple-slot graphic cards with optional vertical GPU mounting (PH-CBRSFL15 required), 240/280 mm front and 240 mm side radiators, full ATX power supplies, and massive storage support. This flexibility allows you to configure the internal layout to your exact preference. Building a powerful yet compact ITX system is a breeze thanks to the P200A. Within a 30-liter volume, it combines a compact form-factor with next-gen hardware requirements.
We took a look at this new release today, in our Phanteks P200A Review.
Availability April 2021.
- Eclipse P200A Performance—€49.90 / $49.99 / £44.99
- Eclipse P200A D-RGB—€69.90 / $69.99 / £64.99
15 Comments on Phanteks Also Announces Eclipse P200A ITX Chassis
Can’t beat those prices though, especially for the performance model.
This looks like something the NR200 could have been.
It never really worked that way though and yes, it was not an ideal design, but this is what happens when you have a 100+ companies involved in making a "standard".
It was still vastly better than the AT standard and back then, computers weren't getting all that hot, so it worked just fine back then, until sometime around the Pentium 4 era.
We really need a new desktop PC standard that's better compatible with today's needs, but it doesn't seem very likely to happen.
I mean, even add-in cards are sort of mounted the wrong way for best thermals, so...
Ironically outside of console style cases the only case I know of that uses SFX is the old in win BK 623 chassis.
"Compact"
:roll:
If you're already going to go big, what's with the idiotic OEM-looking top PSU placement? Seeing as they have a vertical GPU, aesthetics are clearly at least partly in consideration. That near 90° bend for the PSU cables is going to be a pain for anyone who cares enough about aesthetics not to use stock cables.
So can we move the PSU to the bottom of the case, and the motherboard position up?
Looks like a clone of the CoolerMaster Masterbox series.
Should read decades and it was...
Never seen a PC overheat because of the PSU placement, final.
It should also be pointed out that passive PSUs were actually a thing even way back then, since a 200W PSU didn't really need all that much cooling.
We also had a bunch of PSUs with an 80 or 90mm fan that were mounted at the rear of the PSU, as it was supposed to help with the cooling.
And there were models with two fans, not as if that helped.
People really forget how much the ATX standard has evolved within the limitations of the standard and what we're using today is quite different from Intel came up with in 1995.
We're on revision 2.2 for motherboards and revision 2.53 for PSUs, assuming Wikipedia is up to date.
Anyhow, PSU placement seems to be the least critical after SSD placement when it comes to overall improved cooling in a system, at least in my experience.