Phanteks Evolv Shift XT Case

Darksaber · Feb 16, 2022

Phanteks always had a unique approach to ITX enclosures with their Shift series. The Shift XT takes that engineering prowess and repackages it into an all-in-one chassis for compact, air or liquid-cooled scenarios alike.

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Chaitanya · Feb 16, 2022

Very interesting take on M-ITX case and price is quite reasonable for the target market.

Ferrum Master · Feb 16, 2022

Looking at the PSU is an eyesore.

The obsession with fully modular PSU's is weird. You make a tailored product, then make a PSU tailored length motherboard ATX cables and route it more wisely from the side. Leave the modular ones for GPU and a possible SATA device.

With fully modular you eat up space, fill it with unneeded cabling noodles, drop efficiency, worse ventilation, more noise.

Other than that... great innovation, where it almost seems everything has been tried.

Chaitanya · Feb 16, 2022

Ferrum Master said:
Looking at the PSU is an eyesore.

The obsession with fully modular PSU's is weird. You make a tailored product, then make a PSU tailored length motherboard ATX cables and route it more wisely from the side. Leave the modular ones for GPU and a possible SATA device.

With fully modular you eat up space, fill it with unneeded cabling noodles, drop efficiency, worse ventilation, more noise.

Other than that... great innovation, where it almost seems everything has been tried.

Not all M-ITX boards have connectors in same place and depending socket/features those connectors move around wildly making fixed length cables a niche use case ie restricting motherboard compatibility.

Ferrum Master · Feb 16, 2022

Chaitanya said:
Not all M-ITX boards have connectors in same place and depending socket/features those connectors move around wildly making fixed length cables a niche use case ie restricting motherboard compatibility.

Those boards should be scorched and they do not differ that much. ITX asks for special treatment and compromises. Such spaghettis are out of question. You do your own part assembly, shopping, if your sight is so poor, that you cannot match up two components ie motherboard and PSU with needed cable length for your particular case, then you should simply quit the job.

SFX PSU's should not be fully modular... it is a plague.

AnarchoPrimitiv · Feb 16, 2022

I'm pretty sure Phanteks uses an LED industry standard 3 pin JST connector which is literally used on every non-PC branded LED strip ever made instead of that weird 4 minus 1 = 3 pin connector that somehow became the motherboard standard....does anybody know the history of that connector which looks like a 4 pin 12 v connector with a single middle pin removed?

wheresmycar · Feb 17, 2022

I wouldn't buy one.... unfortunately i'm more of a tempered glass show-her-naked kinda bloke but thats a cool looking case.

Deleted member 24505 · Feb 17, 2022

Ferrum Master said:
Those boards should be scorched and they do not differ that much. ITX asks for special treatment and compromises. Such spaghettis are out of question. You do your own part assembly, shopping, if your sight is so poor, that you cannot match up two components ie motherboard and PSU with needed cable length for your particular case, then you should simply quit the job.

SFX PSU's should not be fully modular... it is a plague.

So better to buy a PSU with a ton of cables pre fitted to try and squeeze in there? For a tiny case, surely modular is better so only the cables you need are used.

Crackong · Feb 17, 2022

Doesn't look like it is running at 240MPH

Mussels · Feb 17, 2022

I prefer a side window for my RGB, but this looks like a genuinely great SFF case

The simple design of leaving space on top of the case to assemble the AIO/radiators and stick a lid on there is simple and effective.
Even in full ATX, i'd rather they make the case "shorter" with a lid like that so my rads arent jammed up against the mobo.

Deleted member 24505 · Feb 17, 2022

Mussels said:
I prefer a side window for my RGB, but this looks like a genuinely great SFF case

The simple design of leaving space on top of the case to assemble the AIO/radiators and stick a lid on there is simple and effective.
Even in full ATX, i'd rather they make the case "shorter" with a lid like that so my rads arent jammed up against the mobo.

My massive rad at the bottom is not too bad in my case tbh. I dig the idea of making the case expandable though. I really like Phanteks cases.

Vayra86 · Feb 17, 2022

Once again... awesome design.

And the compromises here are quite low for an ITX build. Nice.

Flydommo · Feb 18, 2022

The design of the Shift XT is very interesting. Unlike the smaller Ghost S1 you can fit in the latest 3 slot graphics cards and you do not have to add any top hats to enlarge the volume for bigger components. Unfortunately you are restricted to a sandwich design, just like in the Ghost S1.

jlodvo · Nov 17, 2022

will a gpu with active backplate fit the phanteks shift xt? like the EKWB asus Strix 4090 gpu block with active backplate?

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