Montech X3 Mesh

Darksaber · Aug 13, 2021

The Montech X3 Mesh comes with a whopping six LED-illuminated fans pre-installed. With its compact dimensions, all black or white color choices, and interesting price point, the X3 Mesh could be the go-to case for those looking for an affordable high airflow chassis.

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Rowsol · Aug 13, 2021

You get a lot for your money.
Chart topping temps. The idle noise is a shame though.
Is there any easy way to slow them down?

Udyr · Aug 13, 2021

Seems to me the Air X is still the best of Montech's lineup.

Vader · Aug 13, 2021

Rowsol said:
You get a lot for your money.
Chart topping temps. The idle noise is a shame though.
Is there any easy way to slow them down?

You could modify the molex's pins and make the fans feed off the 5 volt pin for low speeds.
Positive cable into the 12volt and negative into 5volt would give you 7volt for medium speeds (i don't know if this would cause any trouble with the psu, i've done this several years ago without issues with MY psu).
Alternatively, you could always cut the molex out and solder a three pin fan plug and just use motherboard DC control. You might want to split them in two or three circuits, as six fans+leds would likely overwhelm most connectors

LocutusH · Aug 14, 2021

Sorry, but thats no dust filtering at all. A metal mesh on front only stops maybe 10%.

bonehead123 · Aug 14, 2021

"cheap is as cheap does", hahahaha

Caring1 · Aug 14, 2021

Fans are not cheap, so buy it for the fans and throw the case away. :laugh:

Chrispy_ · Aug 14, 2021

Hard to argue with the price as it's a $50 case with 6 preinstalled fans.

The real question is whether you'd actually want those 6 preinstalled fans for an extra $20. They're good value but with no way to disable or configure the rainbow vomit, no way to control their speed, and a rather unsightly molex centipede, they're not my first choice and unless you're both deaf and a rainbow vomit lover, they're probably not your first choice either.

Nonetheless, the included fans will get your build started and the case is worth throwing ARGB fans and a controller into later. Personally, for budget builds I'd rather buy a $50 mesh case like this and grab either a $5 PWM hub or use a couple of 3-way PWM splitters to take advantage of the motherboard's fan-speed controller.

ThrashZone · Aug 15, 2021

Hi,
Wasn't there a drawing for one of these plus a couple others on tpu.

ffolekram · May 10, 2022

Since this case would be very friendly for airflows, and acoording to the review, the clearance for CPU cooler is 160mm, is it possible to fit the dark rock pro 4 in this case?

Udyr · May 11, 2022

ffolekram said:
Since this case would be very friendly for airflows, and acoording to the review, the clearance for CPU cooler is 160mm, is it possible to fit the dark rock pro 4 in this case?

The review is old. A new thread with a question would've been better, providing the full build for reference, but here's your answer:

As you indicated, the CPU cooler clearance for this case is 160mm. The Dark Rock Pro 4's height is 163mm. Since this is a glass panel, it would probably be a very tight fit, so I would not recommend doing so even if you manage to close the panel with the cooler installed.

System Name	Meshlicious Monster
Processor	Intel Core i5-10600T
Motherboard	MSI Z490I Unify
Cooling	NZXT Kraken Z53 with 2x Noctua Redux 1300 RPM PWM fans
Memory	ADATA 16 GB 3200 Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
Storage	TeamGroup 1TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Asus ProArt 27" 1440P, 75Hz
Case	ssupd Meshlicious with mesh side panels
Power Supply	Fractal Design Ion 660 W Platinum ATX
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RGB Pro Wireless
Keyboard	Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Home

Processor	12100
Video Card(s)	1650 Super
Case	Coolermaster Ammo 533
Mouse	G403
Keyboard	Sidewinder x4

System Name	Back in Black
Processor	Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk
Cooling	ID-Cooling SE-224-XT Black
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8) 3000mhz C15
Video Card(s)	Asus Rog Strix GTX 1070 TI Advanced Edition
Storage	Crucial MX500 500GB / Solidigm P41 Plus 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung 32" TV 1080p
Case	Montech Air X Black
Power Supply	Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 750W Gold
Mouse	Redragon M711 Cobra
Keyboard	Corsair K55

System Name	Ryzen shine, Mr Freeman
Processor	5900X
Motherboard	ASUS X570 Dark Hero
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 ARGB
Memory	32GB TridentZ Neo 3600 CL14
Video Card(s)	3080TI FE with Alphacool Eiswolf AIO
Storage	2TB 970 EVO PLUS, 1TB 980
Display(s)	LG OLED 55CX
Case	O11D XL Black
Audio Device(s)	Xonar Essence STU, Mackie MR5+MR10S, HD598
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
Mouse	GPW
Keyboard	G815

System Name	The Little One
Processor	i5-11320H @4.4GHZ
Motherboard	AZW SEI
Cooling	Fan w/heat pipes + side & rear vents
Memory	64GB Crucial DDR4-3200 (2x 32GB)
Video Card(s)	Iris XE
Storage	WD Black SN850X 4TB m.2, Seagate 2TB SSD + SN850 4TB x2 in an external enclosure
Display(s)	2x Samsung 43" & 2x 32"
Case	Practically identical to a mac mini, just purrtier in slate blue, & with 3x usb ports on the front !
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha ATS-1060 Bluetooth Soundbar & Subwoofer
Power Supply	65w brick
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 2
Keyboard	Logitech G613 mechanical wireless
Software	Windows 10 pro 64 bit, with all the unnecessary background shitzu turned OFF !
Benchmark Scores	PDQ

System Name	H7 Flow 2024
Processor	AMD 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus X570 Tough Gaming
Cooling	Custom liquid
Memory	32 GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Intel ARC A750
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 2TB.
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Mouse	Lenovo
Keyboard	Eweadn Mechanical
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

System Name	Bragging Rights
Processor	Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard	It has no markings but it's green
Cooling	No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory	2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s)	Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage	32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s)	10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case	Veddha T2
Audio Device(s)	Apparently, yes
Power Supply	Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse	MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard	Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD	Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software	W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores	I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.

System Name	Ghetto Rigs z490\|x99\|Acer 17 Nitro 7840hs/ 5600c40-2x16/ 4060/ 1tb acer stock m.2/ 4tb sn850x
Processor	10900k w/Optimus Foundation \| 5930k w/Black Noctua D15
Motherboard	z490 Maximus XII Apex \| x99 Sabertooth
Cooling	oCool D5 res-combo/280 GTX/ Optimus Foundation/ gpu water block \| Blk D15
Memory	Trident-Z Royal 4000c16 2x16gb \| Trident-Z 3200c14 4x8gb
Video Card(s)	Titan Xp-water \| evga 980ti gaming-w/ air
Storage	970evo+500gb & sn850x 4tb \| 860 pro 256gb \| Acer m.2 1tb/ sn850x 4tb\| Many2.5" sata's ssd 3.5hdd's
Display(s)	1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24"/ 3rd LG 43" series
Case	D450 \| Cherry Entertainment center on Test bench
Audio Device(s)	Built in Realtek x2 with 2-Insignia 2.0 sound bars & 1-LG sound bar
Power Supply	EVGA 1000P2 with APC AX1500 \| 850P2 with CyberPower-GX1325U
Mouse	Redragon 901 Perdition x3
Keyboard	G710+x3
Software	Win-7 pro x3 and win-10 & 11pro x3
Benchmark Scores	Are in the benchmark section

Processor	5800x3d
Motherboard	X570
Cooling	360 AIO
Memory	32GB 3600CL14
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	9 SSDs total of 28TB
Display(s)	FHD 540Hz + UHD 480Hz
Audio Device(s)	Leviathan v2 pro
Power Supply	1200W
Mouse	Ultimate Viper V1
Keyboard	AOC K98

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