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Sharkoon AK5G RGB

Darksaber

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The Sharkoon AK5G RGB is a perfect representation of what to expect from a modern mid-tower chassis that is not meant to break the bank. It comes at just the right price, with a solid feature mix and a few nice details sprinkled on top to make it a good pick if you are looking for aesthetics. Even better, if airflow is your thing, there is the AK5M variant to pick instead.

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If you don't look at any other case, this looks just OK. However, there are way more cases that seem a lot more appealing than this one. Just look at the be quiet! Pure Base 501 or the Fractal Design Pop Air; both are around the same price as this one but have much better performance.
 
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If you don't look at any other case, this looks just OK. However, there are way more cases that seem a lot more appealing than this one. Just look at the be quiet! Pure Base 501 or the Fractal Design Pop Air; both are around the same price as this one but have much better performance.
With Bequite and Fractal build quality is going to be miles better than these bottom of barrel cases(you can find dozens of same looking cases) badged Sharkoon.
 
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If you don't look at any other case, this looks just OK. However, there are way more cases that seem a lot more appealing than this one. Just look at the be quiet! Pure Base 501 or the Fractal Design Pop Air; both are around the same price as this one but have much better performance.

Speaking of this case, any plans on doing a review of it in the future, @Darksaber ?
 
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