Sharkoon ELITE SHARK CA700

[Darksaber]

The Sharkoon Elite Shark CA700 is the biggest and most elaborate of the entire Elite Shark series. Considered Sharkoon's take on a premium case where uniqueness is front and center, the Elite Shark CA700 hopes to impress with a high part count, elaborate design, and functionality worthy of the highest-end components.

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[MrDweezil]

Cons:

• This is not a sensible chassis

lol

 

[Gmr_Chick]

I've never really understood the concept of these type of cases. I mean, unless you happen to live in a pristine, sanitized environment where dust and whatnot doesn't exist, and you walk around in a full body suit with a shower cap over your head -- like a laboratory or something -- cases like this are nothing but a pain in the ass to keep clean. And if you happen to have pets.... Yeah, good luck with maintaining this thing, lol.

Also, I had to do a double take in regards to the weight of this case even before any parts are installed.... S-sixty pounds?! SIXTY goddamn pounds?! In addition to the case, you also get a hernia too, I guess. Thing should come with one of those engine cranes you see in hot rod shops

All the joking aside though, great review as always @Darksaber

 

[Woomack]

I have a CA700 at home right now and I have to agree with pretty much everything on the list. However, the only problem that I found is that the riser is PCIe 3.0 and it works with new cards like RTX3070 at PCIe 4.0 (works like Windows boots without issues and there is no black screen, etc.) but the performance is very low and I have to set PCIe 3.0 in BIOS. The same issue is on more cards like RX6800XT.

I've attached one random photo of my test rig.

 

[Vayra86]

I've never really understood the concept of these type of cases. I mean, unless you happen to live in a pristine, sanitized environment where dust and whatnot doesn't exist, and you walk around in a full body suit with a shower cap over your head -- like a laboratory or something -- cases like this are nothing but a pain in the ass to keep clean. And if you happen to have pets.... Yeah, good luck with maintaining this thing, lol.

Also, I had to do a double take in regards to the weight of this case even before any parts are installed.... S-sixty pounds?! SIXTY goddamn pounds?! In addition to the case, you also get a hernia too, I guess. Thing should come with one of those engine cranes you see in hot rod shops

All the joking aside though, great review as always @Darksaber

Show case, really.

I think the review's conclusion says it well. Its not sensible, its not cost effective and it doesn't want or pretend to be. Maintenance and practicality are an afterthought.

 

[Casecutter]

Was super surprised the GPU position had that huge +10C on temperature. I almost wonder if it was more about that specific OEM cooler design, although I'm sure it fairly conventional.
If that's how terrible the vertical position kills cooling performance why they even consider it as an option, did they not test it? I suppose in an more close and air flow restricted case where the GPU in vertical might pull fresh air it would have more of an affect.