Interior
The Amirani ARGB is a larger case, the second in our office to be fitted with oversized 200mm fans. So there will be no shortage of cooler air from the surroundings, although the case has a kind of double filter and the position of the second one is quite unusual. And consider that the remote control is not only used to regulate the lighting as it is usually possible, but also allows for speed control.
Interior
For larger cases, it is assumed that you will also be fitting a larger motherboard. Here, you will first need to reposition the mounting posts for the motherboard if you want to use the ATX motherboard format. However, there is a tool for this in the package, so you don’t need to get anything out of your home workshop other than a screwdriver. Of course, you can also fit smaller boards such as M-ATX or ITX. The longest card you can fit into the case must not exceed 380 mm in length otherwise it would already interfere with the fan mounts. For a tower-shaped CPU cooler, there is a mismatch between the stated parameter in the manual and the manufacturer’s website. The manual indicates a maximum height of 161 mm and the website 165 mm. While both are sufficient nowadays, the correct parameter is 165 mm of space for a tower cooler.
On the tray, all grommets are fitted with rubber caps. In them you have a space of 27 mm for threading cables. That’s enough room to thread every type of cable through. Thanks to the larger space under the ceiling, it is very convenient to plug in the cable to power the processor.
From the bottom, the grommets are slightly smaller and without rubber caps, but that doesn’t matter. The bottom is not so obvious and no large holes are needed to plug the case into the board. More interesting though is that a large part of the tunnel ceiling is perforated. This is because you can place two 120mm fans on the tunnel. This can help lower the temperature on the graphics card by a couple of degrees, which is what the Torrent case demonstrated for us. But that’s on the condition that you give up the bracket for one 3.5″ or two 2.5″ storages. With it present, you can only fit one fan.
On the manufacturer’s website, the maximum number of fans in the case is given as six, but this is not true and they probably forgot about the two positions on the tunnel.
If you’ve ever dreamed of mounting your graphics card vertically instead of the standard way, Amirani can make that dream come true. An adapter is included in the accessories to make it possible to mount the graphics card in this position as well. You simply remove the six bottom covers of the expansion slots and place the adapter there.
There are five Velcro straps (one to hold cables together) for easier cable organization, and seven open positions for single-use pull-tabs from accessories. For cable management, there’s 22mm of space to squeeze everything into. It’s not too little but it’s not too much either. The sheets are 0.8 mm thick as stated by the manufacturer. They are a bit more flexible, but still strong and can handle anything you put on them.
For easy control of the fans and their backlighting, a controller is attached to the case with Velcro. After you supply it with power from a SATA cable directly from the power supply, you can connect six fans – out of a total of eight – that can be placed in the case. The same number applies to the ARGB backlighting. Even though it has buttons on it to control the speed of the fans, change the backlight mode and also its speed, it’s pointless to keep removing the side panel because of it.
Fortunately, Modecom decided to use a remote control for convenient use of the controller. With it, you can switch between 62 different backlight modes or even change the speed of the fans. The latter can be changed but only in two preset modes, slower speed and faster speed.
Next to the controller there is the same bracket as on the tunnel. Although it can accommodate 3.5″ storage, it will not fit in the space between the tray and the side panel. So it automatically becomes a holder for two 2.5″ storage devices.
The tunnel fits probably every ATX power supply. With the fitted drawer for two 3.5″ drives you have 23 cm for cables and power supply, without the drawer the tunnel is free along the entire length of the chassis, which is almost 40 cm.
The hardware installation went without complications. Even with the lower drawer in the tunnel, I was able to shove the cables in without having to move it or remove it. Anyone can organize the cabling in the 22 millimeters of space near the Amirani case, even if there is a bit of fiddling. I have to say, though, that it works better with classic Velcro strips that just wrap around themselves. These can be looped over themselves so that one end is wider than the other. Therefore, it is almost impossible to wrap them around each other. Because of this, the two top strips also stick out.
- Contents
- Exterior
- Interior
- Test methodology
- CPU and GPU cooling tests
- Motherboard cooling tests
- SSD cooling test and temperature underneath the ceiling
- Conclusion
