A Closer Look - Outside

The Valkyrie VK02 Lite is a pretty understated case with straight lines and tight curves around the corners. The entire front is flat, with a silver stripe breaking up the smooth top section and vented lower portion of the case.


Looking at it from the front you can see the brand logo on that silver strip. The front is made mostly of plastic unfortunately, which is a bit detrimental to the look and feel, with only the bottom portion employing steel. The crevice splitting that section also has an ARGB strip built-in. While nice and clean, there is very little ventilation, so any cooling you install in the front of the chassis will not perform well. The top cover can easily be popped off, as this is the section where you would find the 10.1" IPS touchscreen on the non-Lite variant. Looking at the VK02 Lite from the back, it utilizes a modern mid-tower layout with a bottom mounted PSU and upright motherboard section.


You may pop the entire plastic front panel off to reveal a magnetic dust filter on top of a removable fan or radiator mounting frame. This should make it easy to assemble complex cooling setups, but as you can see, roughly the top 40 % will have no access to ventilation, while the bottom 60% has to make do with the compact holes and a thick solid strip for the ARGB element in the center.


The main side panel is made entirely of glass which has very little tint, so you will be able to easily view all your hardware within. It uses a single captive thumb screw with a little tab at rear alongside hidden pins to keep it in place while retaining that perfectly clean framing and design. On the other side, there is a steel cover with the section for the side intake vented using a grid of small holes which also acts as a dust filter. It is held in place in the same fashion as the glass side: using a single thumb screw and pins.


The PSU bay is equipped with a mounting frame, so that you may slide the unit in through the backside of the case. Above that, there are eight bridge-less expansion slots. Each of these comes with a reusable cover and Valkyrie has ensured that the bottom one allows you to route cables through, which is likely for the HDMI and/or USB wiring of the display. The entire section may also be rotated 90°, allowing you to install a vertical GPU into the case. Having all vertical slots available to you in that scenario means that you could potentially keep your GPU further away from the glass than in other enclosures, ensuring that it can still breathe and keep temperatures down. At the very top, there are mounting holes for a 120 or 140 mm fan. Valkyrie includes a 140 mm ARGB V14 unit here, which is set to blow air out the back of the VK02 Lite. There is plenty of room above this, so installing an AIO in the ceiling should be no issue at all.


Speaking of which, there is another perforated panel at the top, which once again acts as a dust filter. It can be pulled off with a gentle tug to reveal another removable fan or radiator mounting frame. It comes equipped with hooks to allow for clean cable routing as well as openings so that you may route wires up and over, thus eliminating them from view perfectly. The Valkyrie VK02 Lite is spacious enough to allow for up to 420 mm radiators in the ceiling, which is quite uncommon. The set of I/O is pretty standard and includes a USB-C port. While purely visual, it would have been nice to see black USB-A plugs instead of the OEM blue ones.


The entire underside of the Valkyrie VK02 Lite is protected by a fine mesh dust filter. You may pull it out the back of the case for easy cleaning.