Review System

Assembly

Installing the motherboard is done by traditional means using the pre-installed spacers and screws. There grommets on the top line up perfectly, while the ones on the right edge of the board have a bit of a gap to accommodate wider ATX boards with ease.


To install a GPU you need to flip the small, rear cover open and screw it down with a screw driver. As you can see, there is plenty of room even for the largest GPUs out there.


There are several possible placement opportunities for SSDs, with one being visually exposed so that you may show it off. To place a drive of this type, simply screw down the rubber rings and slide it into place where the friction between rubber and metal will hold it securely.


Interestingly, the Endorfy Arx 700 Air only offers a single 3.5" drive location underneath the shroud. While this is fine for most people these days, spinning rust is still the cheapest way for mass storage. Alternatively using RAID with such drives is a far more long-term solution when it comes to backing up your files. As such, some may need more than what the chassis can offer. Installing such a unit is identical as with 2.5" variants. Interestingly enough, Endorfy does include a special, larger thumb screw to use here for the purpose of securing the drive in place by not allowing it to move out of mounting hole position.


Installing a PSU is a two step process as the Endorfy Arx 700 Air utilizes a mounting frame so that you may slide it into the back of the chassis. There is plenty of room for potent units, so you should have no issues configuring the system with both a 3.5" drive and a massive power supply.


The Arx 700 Air offers lots of room for up to a 360 mm AIO without breaking a sweat - even though we employed a 240 mm unit (Editor's Note: due to construction of the building most parts were already packed and stored at the time of this review. We will return to larger AIOs after this is complete). Simply screw it into place and connect the base to the CPU. While a 280 mm unit would reduce the gap between AIO and motherboard, meaning it may be easier to pre-route cables to the top edge of the board, it should still be possible to manage all that even with the cooling unit in place.


With everything in place, the Endorfy Arx 700 Air makes an excellent, clean impression. While the lack of grommets on the shroud meant that we had to ensure to route the wiring out of sight with a bit more diligence, the excellent cable management possibilities in the backside of the board make that task nice and easy. As you can see, thanks to the large number of hooks, we were able to have nicely grouped, spread out cable management, which in turn will make upgrades and changes to the system nice and easy as well.

Finished Looks

As this is the Endorfy Arx 700 Air, there are no ARGB elements when the system is turned on. For those who want more bling, there is the Arx 700 ARGB variant which comes with ARGB equipped fans. A white LED in the top lights up to let you know that your PC is up and running as well.


As there is no embedded lighting, the only visual element in the front is the glow coming through the fine metal mesh from the internal components. And, thanks to the clear glass panel, you can easily easily feast your eyes on all your cool components, even with the lack of secondary lighting from case components. In the rear, everything is where you would expect to see it from a modern ATX mid-tower enclosure.