Test System

Assembly

Adding a motherboard to the chassis is done by traditional means, with screws and spacers. Things are pretty tight on the bottom and top of the board, but there is plenty of space to the right of it, and the grommets line up nicely as well.


To add an SSD to the rear, simply remove the tray, screw down the drive with the included parts, and put the whole contraption back into place. The filled tray is held in place by a single thumb screw.


The 3.5" trays don't require any tools to keep in place as plastic pins will snap down to keep these secure. Once one is filled, simply slide it into one of two slots below the shroud until it snaps into place.


Adding a power supply requires you to slide the unit underneath the shroud before you secure it through the rear with included screws. There is plenty of space for a long and powerful PSU.


With everything installed, the interior looks quite clean due to the well-placed openings. Behind the motherboard tray, most of the cables are grouped towards the front half, leaving the 2.5" SSD tray and CPU cooler opening free of any obstructions.

Finished Looks

Once turned on, the addressable RGBs really make the case look incredibly cool. BitFenix has done a great job by incorporating this lighting element within the chassis. There are multiple lighting modes with different sets of colors in their animation to pick from. A tiny white LED in the top of the front will let you know whether the system is actually on. In the rear, everything is where you would expect it to be, with the glow of the fan clearly visible from here as well. Looking at the side of the BitFenix Enso Mesh, you can clearly see the two optional lighting elements brighten up the top and bottom edge of the chassis. They can either be taped down or kept in place magnetically. Thanks to well-placed openings, you are able to route these nicely as well. Lastly, we placed the solid cover on top of the chassis since we are not using this opening for any active cooling.


In addition to the addressable RGB modes, you can cycle through eight solid colors with the button at the top, with the fan in the rear matching every color choice perfectly. The pictures above are taken in a darker environment to present you with some additional contrast between the white case and the lighting.


While the lighting elements with the Enso Mesh are great, the mesh front really invites you to install additional aRGB cooling units to make things pop. To this end, Bitfenix has provided us with several 120 mm Alchemy 3.0 fans and LED strips to install inside the chassis.


Adding the fans is pretty straightforward. As you can see, I have removed the black version to make way for the three Alchemy 3.0 aRGB fans. Once turned on, the BitFenix Enso Mesh looks really awesome, especially after you trigger a colorful RGB lighting mode.