HYTE came onto the market in a rather memorable way with the Revolt 3 ITX chassis. While most brands opt for existing tooling and at most slightly modify it, HYTE did go all out with its own tooling, and continues to do so with the unique Y60. In terms of design, the chassis is extremely beautiful. It can easily be the centerpiece of your desktop from all sides, especially with the choice of three color options. Its looks translate really well into what the case is meant to offer from an internal layout perspective, constantly leading the user to find aspects that are either 45° or 90° visuals. These range from the shape of the vents and PCIe riser cable cover to the angled placement of branding on the motherboard and those angles on the hard-drive trays.

While sticking the landing in regards to cohesion between design and functionality with great liquid-cooling support and the ability to install both large GPUs and PSUs at the same time, HYTE also made the deliberate choice of vertical GPU placement an integral part of that cohesion by providing ample space even when using triple-slot graphics cards within the case. Doing so has the thick floor with embedded fans make sense for keeping the unit cool, but that is hampered a little bit by the choice of 120 instead of 140 mm fans and cool-looking, but somewhat restrictive air vents. The most obvious drawback you will have to accept is that the Y60 is only going to offer you low-profile horizontal expansion slots. This may well be a deal-breaker for some users even though most higher-end motherboards manage to integrate a lot of things these days.

Besides that, the Y60 only has a few shortcomings that aren't design related which could have differentiated it a bit more. These range from the unused space in the floor and ceiling of the HDD/PSU compartment to the RPM vs. PWM based fans or lack of an extra, like a fan controller. None of these outweigh the benefits of a unique, fun, beautiful case that provides plenty of functionality for those willing to let it take control of the component layout. If you don't mind going with that flow, the result will be quite stunning. As such, we can wholeheartedly recommend the HYTE Y60.