Monday, May 27th 2024

ZALMAN Rolls Out P50 DS Pillarless-edge Mid-Tower, Supports BTF and Project Zero

ZALMAN rolled out the P50 DS, a feature-packed mid-tower case that supports motherboards with reverse-side connectors, from the ASUS BTF and MSI Project Zero ecosystems. The case comes in black and white color variants. Its two most striking design aspects are the pillarless front-left corner, which gives you a panoramic view of your build; and a small programmable display that plugs into a USB 2.0 header, and gets the included software to read out temperature or fan-speed monitoring from ACPI. The case features a conventional horizontally partitioned layout.

The upper compartment with the motherboard tray offers room for graphics cards up to 43.5 cm in length, and CPU coolers up to 17.8 cm in height. The three 120 mm fan vents along the motherboard tray are recessed, so they don't impede long graphics cards. With three 120 mm fans included and in place, the setup is flush with the rest of the motherboard tray, so adding a typical 360 mm radiator would barely come in the way of a graphics card. The motherboard tray has cutouts positioned for compatibility with ASUS BTF and MSI Project Zero motherboards with connectors on the reverse side of the PCB. Besides the three side-facing vents, you get a 140 mm rear exhaust, three and three 120 mm top exhausts. Four 120 mm ARGB-illuminated fans come included with the case. There are two 3.5-inch drive bays in the lower compartment, and a couple of additional 2.5-inch mounts. Front panel connectivity includes a USB3 type-C, two USB 3.2 type-A, and HDA jacks. The case measures 240 mm x 480 mm x 512 mm (WxDxH), weighing 10.5 kg. The company didn't reveal pricing.
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9 Comments on ZALMAN Rolls Out P50 DS Pillarless-edge Mid-Tower, Supports BTF and Project Zero

#1
Chaitanya
That display needs to be on the same side as the IO ports. Atleast Zalman included reset button not sure of the indicator LEDs.

Edit: Checked website for details and there is a power LED(which should be easy to rewire to drive activity) and overall if quality is good then along with Antec C8 it will be 1st decent offering from Zalman and Antec in a very long time.
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#2
Caring1
Temperature display on the AIO must be showing ambient temps as they both differ.
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#3
PLAfiller
Pretty nice from Zalman. Knowing they are mostly budget conscious these will probably have a reasonable price tag.
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#4
lepudruk
I honestly don't get those "fish tank"-style cases. Where is the fresh air intake? All fans are used as an outtake.. Negative pressure only? :confused:
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#5
Toothless
Tech, Games, and TPU!
lepudrukI honestly don't get those "fish tank"-style cases. Where is the fresh air intake? All fans are used as an outtake.. Negative pressure only? :confused:
Reverse fans are a thing.
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#6
Philaphlous
I see Zalman is making mayo again... its interesting how their name is branded to be in all CAPS! ZALMANNNNNNNN
joking aside. My first computer build had a zAlMaN case... pretty nice. Fond memories. Nothing special, and was the cheapest price so win win.
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#7
EatingDirt
lepudrukI honestly don't get those "fish tank"-style cases. Where is the fresh air intake? All fans are used as an outtake.. Negative pressure only? :confused:
Press release pictures look better not showing the ugly fan data stickers, hence all the fans being outtake fans on the press release photos. Typically those side fans are intake.
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#8
Minus Infinity
Floor standing case with the usb ports at the bottom meaning all new 1.5-2m cables. WTaF! And no way in hell would I put something that big on top of my desk.
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