InWin Airforce

Darksaber · Nov 16, 2021

The InWin Airforce is the flat-packed vision of an ATX chassis from InWin. While available in a more subtle "Phantom Black," the colorful "Justice White" variant really brings home that modular aspect and results in a functional and spacious, albeit slightly simple chassis that could just be worth the whole assembly experience in the end.

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Rowsol · Nov 16, 2021

Impressive temps. I sure am glad case manufacturers woke up from those full glass abominations.

Solid State Brain · Nov 16, 2021

What it reminded me of:

Udyr · Nov 16, 2021

"I'm the Inwin Air, in a PC world
I'm made of plastic... it's fantastic"

excessiveobserver · Nov 16, 2021

It's so ugly

docnorth · Nov 16, 2021

Solid State Brain said:
What it reminded me of:

For me something different from my younger kids toys:

Operandi · Nov 16, 2021

I applaud anyone that tries to do something different in the constraints of ATX but WTF InWin.....

Gmr_Chick · Nov 17, 2021

Solid State Brain said:
What it reminded me of:

Buy the Justice White case and Asus' RX-78 themed hardware and BAM! - the perfect RX-78 build! :love:

Mussels · Nov 17, 2021

Ahah, its true - RGB does give you better performance!

They needed some green tho, to keep the noise down

DeathtoGnomes · Nov 17, 2021

This case seems to be more for toddlers than enthusiasts.

Mussels said:
Ahah, its true - RGB does give you better performance!

They needed some green tho, to keep the noise down

Mussels · Nov 17, 2021

It's looks come off as a joke, but then its thermal results are good.

That means that people may actually use this, JUST to have something that stands out from the tempered glass black case crowd

Caring1 · Nov 17, 2021

Not gunna bring up the racial undertones in the naming scheme, nu uh, not me.

TechLurker · Nov 17, 2021

Wish there was an option for the Justice Black with solid metal side panels. That would make it look even better, IMO. No need to concern yourself with cable management and internal looks. Just a modern, IKEA-style desktop PC.

Chrispy_ · Nov 17, 2021

Plastics can be strong and impact-resistant, they can be brittle and crack easily.

Any idea which category this plastic falls into?

lexluthermiester · Nov 17, 2021

InWin, seriously with the no reset button again? Really? WTH... Deal breaker...

Operandi · Nov 17, 2021

Chrispy_ said:
Plastics can be strong and impact-resistant, they can be brittle and crack easily.

Any idea which category this plastic falls into?

I've used a bunch of basic mATX cases from InWin before for office type PCs and materials have always been really good.

DeathtoGnomes · Nov 18, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
InWin, seriously with the no reset button again? Really? WTH... Deal breaker...

I'd venture to guess that the reset is combined with the power button, reset would be held no longer than 1 sec, power cycle longer but short enough to force the shut down.

Chrispy_ · Nov 18, 2021

DeathtoGnomes said:
I'd venture to guess that the reset is combined with the power button, reset would be held no longer than 1 sec, power cycle longer but short enough to force the shut down.

There aren't extra connectors for the motherboard's reset headers, if that's what you're implying, and short-press of the power button has a function in the ATX spec that most OSes look for and obey, so a short-press cannot be combined with another function like reset without conflicting.

lexluthermiester · Nov 18, 2021

DeathtoGnomes said:
I'd venture to guess that the reset is combined with the power button, reset would be held no longer than 1 sec, power cycle longer but short enough to force the shut down.

While possible, I doubt it.

micropage7 · Nov 18, 2021

actually it looks pretty good, but i prefer more steel than plastic

80-watt Hamster · Nov 18, 2021

DeathtoGnomes said:
I'd venture to guess that the reset is combined with the power button, reset would be held no longer than 1 sec, power cycle longer but short enough to force the shut down.

lexluthermiester said:
While possible, I doubt it.

That functionality depends on the MB and OS. PWR/RST are simple normally-open contact switches.

Udyr · Nov 18, 2021

No indication there's any reset switch

80-watt Hamster · Nov 18, 2021

Udyr said:
No indication there's any reset switch

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Right. This design depends on the power switch to perform double-duty as reset. Which is... not great, IMO.

Although I really like what they did with the PLED leads.

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