The HYTE Y40 is the brand's third chassis after the Revolt 3 and Y60 enclosures. A smaller sibling to the Y60, the Y40 clocks in at $150 instead of $200. For that price, you get a functional case with plenty of attention to details, an excellent paint job and two 120 mm fans. From that perspective, the cost of the unit is a bit on the higher end, but you do clearly pay for unique, functional tooling that goes beyond identical OEM offerings that only change in terms of the external design. It should be clear that the HYTE Y40 is a designer chassis first and foremost.

Even so, the HYTE Y40 manages to offer lots of fun and useful features. From the high number of zip tie hooks - both internally as well as externally, to the dust filters in the shape of HYTE branding and clean cut, clear glass panels as well as openings in the right places, it comes together really well. That translates into a sense of excitement very few truly mainstream cases or brands manage to achieve.

That may help you look past the fact that thermals within the case aren't the greatest utilizing the out of box setup, due to a few of those design choices. Or, the fact that HYTE has done away with grommets, which do take away slightly from the overall cleanliness possible. That really becomes apparent by the very focused & limiting storage capability of the Y40. HYTE doesn't expect you to build a storage beast. Instead, you are meant to build a modern gaming system with NVMe drives that utilizes supplementary 2.5" or a single 3.5" storage system to hold your game library. And while that may be a dealbreaker to some, the vast majority of mainstream gamers will still be well served with what the HYTE Y40 offers. So you should really look past these limitations and imagine this beauty standing on your desk - even if you should really throw some extra, quiet fans into it to help with cooling. At $150 it isn't meant to compete with those $99, four ARGB fan, OEM towers. It is meant to be a beautiful wrap to your hardware and that is worth a surprising amount to plenty of us out there. As such, even though it isn't meant to push the innovative envelope as much as the HYTE Y60, the Y40 can be recommended without thinking twice.