HAVN is a contemporary face within the gaming PC world, having been birthed by the identical guardian firm chargeable for noblechairs, Endgame Gear, APXN, Ducky, and extra. HAVN is its new premium case line, and the HAVN HS 420 is its first case, and it brings a few placing options with it.
Whereas it’s definitely too early to know if the HAVN HS 420 will likely be adequate for a spot on our greatest PC case information, it has impressed us sufficient from our first hands-on play with it at Computex to offer us loads of hope.
So what’s so attention-grabbing about this case? Properly, clearly probably the most noticeable function is its curved glass entrance panel. This makes use of a single piece of toughened, laminated glass (so if it does break, the glass doesn’t go in every single place) to kind the see-through portion of the case. Whereas we’re followers of instances with two abutting glass panels, having a single piece positively seems to be cleaner.
The entire panel with the steel body round it’s eliminated in a single go to disclose the spacious innards, which may be configured with or and not using a vertical GPU mount.
The big case additionally has room for 2 120mm fan mounts at its rear, so one blows beneath your graphics card whereas the opposite sucks heat air out the highest of the PC. There’s additionally room for a 360mm radiator/fan setup simply in entrance of the motherboard.
The case’s perforated high may also be eliminated, whereas all the rear panel of the case is roofed in a fetching lozenge-shaped gap sample and mud filter to supply heaps extra air flow.
This can also be the place the PSU mounts, and it sits in a vertical place to attenuate the width of the case. In the meantime, the ground of the case is devoted to a triple-fan cooling setup, though the HAVN HS 420 is bought with none followers as customary.
The actual innovation right here, although, is the inner glass panel that’s used with vertical GPU configurations. It sits slightly below the graphics card and permits cool air from the underside intakes to circulate up and to all the high portion of the case. In the meantime, it additionally deflects scorching air from the graphics card’s cooler, down, again, and out the case, all whereas not interrupting the view of all of your parts.
It’s a very neat trick and we are able to see loads of potential for comparable makes use of of the concept in future instances. There are different subtler additions too. As an illustration, virtually all the case is actually double-skinned, which, together with the big glass panel, means this case weighs an enormous 17kg even when it’s fully empty.
What this second pores and skin does, although, is create the clear, flat look of the panels sitting in entrance of the motherboard and across the rear fan mounts, as you possibly can see clearly within the image above of the horizontal GPU model of this case.
HAVN hasn’t revealed the ultimate pricing and launch date for this case but, however we count on it to be in the usual premium vary.
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