To see the debut of our new case testing methodology, check out the Fractal North XL review! ukposts.info/have/v-deo/mYF5f3mhrI-Ft4U.html We previously reviewed & benchmarked the Hyte Y60 here: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/iX6Xp31keJ9jsXU.html -- comparatively, it seems as if the Hype is a step beyond a Hyte clone.

Man, really expected more from a brand who's been making cases for 10, 15, 10, 15, 10, 10 years now

They’re 100% banking on people mistaking this one for the original, thank you for getting the word out.

I've been following you for 15 years and this video is probably one of the funniest I've seen in the entire 10 years I've been watching you.

"it frequently fails to respond to the remote for... mysterious reasons. the reasons are: it sucks." I laughed at this for a solid minute , thank you for all you do

Not gonna lie, naming something "Diamond COC" is an absolute power move

"Be ready, be gammer" This is gonna be good.

"It's not the case we needed, but the case we deserve. Be ready, be gammer." - Stevve Burrke, Gammer's Nexxus

Oh I love my Diamond Cooling and OverClocking Kase. It came in black and it's HUGE. Lots of room for extra components and cooling.

I legit just purchased a Hyte Y70, and my heart was in my throat when I saw the thumbnail. Luckily, I'm not a gammer, and I got the right case.

“Created for those for dare to win” sounds less like a slogan and more like a passive aggressive threat.

I just have to say whatever shutter speed you're using to video those fans on the Arctic cooler especially and even the other fans during the video is basically perfecto. It makes those fans look incredibly smooth and for some reason at least to me really really relaxing I could just literally sit and watch those fans spin it looks so nice and so smooth great choice could just be happenstance but seriously it it looks amazing they look so nice when they spin

So pleased to see case reviews starting again it's been far too long! Thanks for this

nothing goes harder then the Diamond COC

They somehow made a COC as hard as diamond. That’s impressive.

Reminds me of the episode of Reno 911, when the author of a novel is pleading with the Fire and Sheriff's dept. to save his in-progress work that was clearly plagiarized and they wouldn't do it. In fact, after the Sheriffs asked him to give them a quick synopsis of the story and had concluded that it was too similar to the film, "Frequency," the Fire dept. shows up and he turns to them, pleading. The Sheriffs interject and says, "...just listen his plot," to which the Fire dept. Concludes, "Oh, it's like the film, Frequency!" And ultimately also decide against rescuing his work lol.

"Includes....buttons ... Cool!" I was rolling 🤣

2:36 "They say it's patented". It *is* a patented design... it's just that the patent isn't held by GameMAX! 🤣

"Gamemax. Why does that name sound familiar?" *Glances nervously at the power supply my roommate gave me which is currently running* OOOOHHH NOOOOO...

One of the most entertaining, yet also informative, videos I have watched recently. Thanks for the review!

Thank you for this sneak preview of the Disappointment Build’s case!

But, did they say that it’s patented by themselves?

“It features buttons.” -zooms in-- “COOL” 😂😂😂😂

I snatched a gamdias aura gc2 elite case for 37 euros. The case is perfectly designed for airflow, and the only thing to note is that the fans are rubbish. But that is easily fixable, since the arctic P12 5x pack is around 32 euros. For the price of 69 euros I got myself a damn nice case with best quality fans on the market. That is a killer combo, a copy done right imo.

I actually have a typhoon gamemax case.... It's not bad. They definitely cheap out with the 3.5 HD bay using one where the 2 HD bay I have is literally a single bay while the second HD sits on the top of the bay while the screws hold the drive by screwing through the bay into the holes on the bottom of the 3.5 HD. I can't comment on their other cases, but it's pretty nice. The one time breakaway PCIe stuff is annoying as I broke away one that I wasn't supposed to, but I just bought some extra PCIe mesh covers to cover the hole I had. Another gripe is the LCD strip on the front has a built in controller and has no way to plug into an ARGB plug to be controlled by the motherboard, but it is what it is. The fans included are also 3 pin fans so they're not great, but they work. I do think the COC motherboard fan is a bit of a gimmick, but I don't overclock so I can't really say for sure. Again it's not in any way the best case, but it works pretty well for a budget case that I got for like 50$-60$ Edit: I'm curious if the one I have is a ripoff of another well known case... I'm not really familiar with cases. If it's not I'd be interested in seeing what y'all thought about it. Again I wouldn't call it a first choice case, but I think for a budget case it's good enough and actually has functioned pretty well for me. I'll also add one other gripe I have is a lack of mesh screens on the front, which I bought some magnetic fan covers that fit over it well enough, but it would've been much nicer if it actually came with a proper filter cover to prevent dust from getting in easily as the holes in the front are definitely big enough for dust to get through. Edit 2: One other thing to add... The audio ports on the front are definitely low quality... I noticed crackling noises when I used them initially so I just use the one in the back for the most part.

"COC" stands for "Case Obviously Copied"!

Here in Portugal we have a distributor that buys crap from gamemax in bulk and resells it to all major retailers. We've seen their stuff under other names also. It's impressive because I've had the massive pleasure to build computers with their cases and coolers. Yes: They all suck, but people buy whatever is cheap and flashy nowadays. It's the distributors fault to invest a single dollar on these chinesium companies and spread their crap around the world. Even worse is that we are forced to assemble prebuilt machines with these cases because there are contracts with the distributors... Please go after these and other guys that do this shady job. You have good journalism skills, you can easily expose these companies.

That's wild. I never expected to see full-on fakes after how much backlash Thermaltake (aka Thermaltake your design) got when they made all those ripoff designs years ago. The only counterfeit cases I had ever heard of previously was the ooooold lian li knockoff.

I have the Gamemax Draco XD (that's the name). I got it when i built my first PC, the main reasons being: - I didn't have a job in 2020. - It was cheaper, since cases and any pc parts in the southest part of latin america (where i live obv), were more expensive due to the pandemic, and adding that the prices were (and are) very high because of transport and customs fees. For a lot of context, i built my pc with a 9th gen i5, 16 GB of RAM, and a Gigabyte MoBo for ~$200-$250 at the beginning of the pandemic. Let's say any good brand of cases: It costed about 3-4 times as much as this case(~$30), while i had very very very limited budget (was 17 and very lazy). The case is not great, but it did a good job for my first system. Now I will have to update to a well-known, well-trusted brand now that i have a more "air" hungry system. thx for reading my essay

Too bad Thermaltake wasn't the sponsor. That would have been the icing on the cake.

This should be a series

I've had a Y60 for a good 6 months now and was scared for a minute when I saw the thumbnail. Glad to know I have the correct one.

Thanks for this video! I have a friend who is actively looking for cases (we are doing a slow ship of Theseus build off a pc I lent him, to let him build as he can afford each part) so its good to hear about this. I figured a cheap copycat could be okay, but this is valuable intel.

Hey man you gotta pair the balls of steel with the Diamond COC. Gotta give it to ‘em. It’s as gammer as it gets. Also fun fact, they also sell a “Turbo COC.”

Diamond hands are obsolete, embrace the DIAMOND COC

Surprisingly enough gamemax build mostly decent PSUs, I'm Brazilian and there's a "large" YT channel here in Brazil that where once owned by store owners and they always defended gamemax PSUs, I have always been very skeptical especially since they didn't own any PSU testing equipment they were just claiming they don't have many RMAs for gamemax PSUs, Now they closed the store but still upload regularly to the YT channel, still defending gamemax. But what actually got me to be "okay then they're actually decent" was another brazillian channel that actually does have PSU testing equipment and they recently launched a quality seal program, and they tested the PSUs and they actualyl came out as decent, not the best but decent, and I was sincerely amazed that it was the case.

I've been seeing their cases and power supplies on PCPP for ages and never once clicked on one, glad I got a Xigmatek Scorpio when I needed a cheal case.

Steve's bluntness is one of many reason why I love this channel. Thanks, Steve.

A Chinese company NOT respecting copyrights...Color me Shocked! Shocked I tell you!

wow. when i saw the thumbnail i genuinely thought this video was going to be about the real hyte case, which scared me because ive been planning a whole PC build around that case. them copying even the name is insane 😭

I do with you would review more DIYPC cases. I highly suggest the DIYPC Q3 ARGB. It's extremely cheap and isn't just an O11 Dynamic ripoff. It is mATX (so much smaller), comes with 3 RGB fans, still supports ATX PSUs in the rear, comes with genuine tempered glass, and all of that for $50. It even comes in some fun colors like pink and teal (which I also absolutely adore).

It's still impressive how close they copied it while somehow making the case bad.

"(lol)...(also lol)"....so much shade even in the chapter names. The subtlety is just phenomenal.

I have never found the need to enable subtitles on UKposts videos but the day has finally come.

I'm interested in seeing if you can even find a horizontal case to review. Horizontal cases mostly went out in the mid-90s, but the increasing weight of GPUs could be an opportunity for a comeback.

Thermaltake: "We are the kings of stealing other companies case designs." GameMAX: "Hold my beer."

I was expecting the cut to Patrick to him saying 'It sucks. Back to you, Steve'.

The jump cuts due to a laughing break makes this review just golden

I have this case... It is marketed as "Dragos North" in Turkey. I got it for 100$ and it came with a single exhaust fan. After adding 5 arttic p12s and one id cooling fan it ended up costing around 140$. I must say for that price I ended up with a case that looks very good and is quiet too. With that many fans I don't need to run them at high rpms and my pc never even gets close to thermal throttling, stress testing included. Granted I am not running the most power hungry components but with a 6800xt and an overclocked 5700x it's not a low end pc by no means. Full size pci-e slots are actually very good because I can mount the gpu horizontally and feed it fresh air with 3 bottom intake fans. Now, I am not very experienced with this stuff so I might be missing something but, I don't at all understand why you were so negative about the ventilation of this case. What's wrong with magnetically attached mesh dust filters? I thought they were just the ideal type and, the one that is "impossible to fit properly" fits just fine if you move it a bit. Ventilation on the side panel also seems very good, just a no nonsense single layer of metal mesh. Everything else you complained about the case also seems just fine to me. It has captive screws where it needs them the most, has a lot of room to stuff the cables in where they are not visible therefore it is much easier to build in compare to all the other cases I've worked with, the standoffs for the glass panels are not the most elegant but they, again, are just fine. The front io isn't the best but one less usb port has never killed anyone in the last 100 years. The warp in the top cover is dissappointing but unnoticable when installed. The gap between glass panels could easily be smaller but still looks intentional the way it is and doesn't look bad. The same goes for the "misaligned metal". In fact, where even are they? Yes the top and bottom covers are smaller than the footprint of the case but it looks almost entirely intentional and is done in a uniform way. Can you really call that misaligned or is it just a design element that you chose to dislike? I think you ended up feeling very negatively about the case because of the high price and shady marketing. In the end I don't at all agree that this would be a bad case for 80$-100$. Add 35 dollars to that price for a 5 set of arttic p12 fans and you got yourself a very uniquely beautiful looking case for way under the price of hyte y60, all the while performing well enough for most people. Isn't that what you have praised about hyte y60? I just don't understand how this case can be so bad for 80-100 dollars while y60 is the best case of the year for 200$. Again, my case+fans cost me 140 dollars and it probably performs better than most aircooled y60 setups while having an extremely similar look. A saving of 60 dollars is very significant. In fact, 70 dollars was the price difference between a 5600 and 5700x when I got my cpu.

HYPE lmao, at least they aren't trying to hide it

When I saw the bit about the extra-cost vertical GPU mounts NOT ACTUALLY BEING COMPATIBLE, I wanted to clap my hands politely. Their commitment to.. "lackadaisaudacity" (I just made up that word - someone stop me if I try doing that again) was truly, truly, impressive.

Please review the Gamdias NESO P1, it's such a great case with amazing attention to detail.

I love how you guys protect consumers thank you

Halfway through this video. You convinced me to return an 850w "80+ Gold" power supply from Game Max. It's in it's packaging (never used) and ready to be sent back.

As somone from a (China adjacent) country, I'll throw my two cents into the mix for some consideration. Proper channel imports aren't really a thing here. Sure you'll find a limited selection of hardware funneled through legit "big" name brands that operate locally, but the selection is quite meek to say the least. Stuff like Hyte, Fractal, etc. isn't something you'll find all to easily down here..and though a lot of stuff does end up on the shelves via questionable import practices, non-mainstream items don't make the cut cus the buyers would be few and far in-between. This is where these cases come into play. A larger chunk of potential buyers are actually just looking for the that-trendy-aesthetic they see making the rounds on tech channels, and that alone is often, surprisingly good enough. Needless to say, being China-adjascent means that items from there are presumably subject to more favorable import regulations, not to mention the shipping costs are drastically lesser than the haul to markets elsewhere. Just like that these items land down here, subsidized to an extent..with favorable odds of being sold once you combine it with the dearth of other more viable purchase options for the avg buyer. Yes i know this is a wall of text, I'm sorry. I'll leave you with an example as the outro; The world : has that Jonsbo lcd screen mAtx. We : have the spitting image copycat alternative that goes by the name BOOST T-REX.

Oh FINALLY you cover this absolutely horrendous brand. Their cases, fans all suck and they even sell power supplies!

It's originally intended to be standing (or laying rather) with the glass panels facing up. However it's up to the user to figure out the correct vent pattern. Also this case perfectly fits into the "air conditioner window socket" of the older american houses.

Glad to see gamers nexus on the.....case

These are everywhere in Brazil. They sell everything from peripherals to PSUs - which I wouldn't trust to power a lamp.

i got one of their rgb psu's a year ago. they are really good. 850 watts 80+ gold rated (if that matters). and it only cost me 50 quid i may have missed part of the video that says what i have but i think the reason they do this is to try and profit off of people who cannot afford the on brand equipment but still want it. when i was hunting for a case i was going to go for the gamemax vista before the nzxt h6 flow went on sale. their cases (well at least the hype) dont seem to be of the highest quality but i can attest to their psus being amazing. i bought the rgb 850 for 40 quid and only had 2 problems that were entirely my fault (exploded twice. static does indeed exist, dont build computers on your beds please) where i live the hyte y70 is MUCH more expensive and the hype is much less expensive so my view onm this case is slightly warped

Enjoyed this review. Technical and funny, subscribed.

I never fully realized just how important crisp and sharp sheet metal bends were to making a case look premium, but wow GameMAX really shows how important they are. The Hype looks a little... swollen? Just a little "squishy" compared to the Hyte.

Another great video of Gammer Nexus!

It’s just like purchasing a knockoff purse. Quality is not to par but from a distance it looks legit. People will continue to buy knockoffs if it’s a lot cheaper. Knockoff cases may sound louder or perform worse, but an average pc user probably wouldn’t notice. They don’t usually have another pc to compare noise level or performance.

Everytime I see charts like this I smile. Building in the fractal torrent was the most fun I ever had building a PC. Maybe I will get one for myself aswell. One day.

The world wasn't ready for the Diamond COC

If you dont have a COC case are you really a Gammer?

So the one thing I could say for the removeable base is could you use that for running cables or tubes(for water cooling not sure i would want to though in that case), though the danger of breaking/cutting a cooling line could be an issue the water/cooling would leak into the false bottom area compared to the interior case area. Like I could see even having a false top that you could run cables thru an drop down to where they need to be. This could help to keep the case interior less cluttered an help airflow maybe keeping the cabling/tubing to a minimum in the visible interior. Not saying the case is good, but looking at it maybe there is some useful ideas even if accidental in there that could be used.

I got one of their mice ages ago as a cheap "until pay day" replacement. It's shaped just like the ancient Microsoft Habu(which I actually loved. It was like Microsoft Inteli point had a dirty weekend with a Razor) and less than £10 off amazon. It weighs a ton, left and right click are squishy as all hell and somehow in completely different ways, only one of the side buttons worked out the box and the "turbo" button jams...and I didn't even get to the sensor and why it weighs so much and that's not down to decent plastics being used to make it 😂 On a positive side it did hold out until payday and sits in a cupboard as an emergency backup so I don't waste another tenner next time 🤦

The hype is real.

I got the gamdias NESO P1 because it was the only one that could house a RTX 3090Ti on my budget and you can open the front of the case with a button. 😅

Not gonna lie this exact case showed up on my radar a couple months back and for the briefest moment I was tempted. Then rational thought took over and I thought to myself it's only cheaper than Hyte because a) they stole the design and b) they've probably cut some corners and compromised the design. Glad to see I called it right.

"20x increasing, versus 5Gbs... And I don't know what that means. But if it's supposed to be math-" This got me good, that was the driest delivery I've ever heard from such a savage retort

OMG Vitalii has a voice? What is this sorcery?!?! I thought Jay was the only person with a vocal camera dude? Mind Blown.

Between Jayz's Overcock, and Steve's Diamond Coc, Tech is going into a direction I did not foresee.

Man i know this off-topic but darn it im so happy with every cent that i spent on my Fractal Torrent. This case is a beast.

I had to check out the prices. I was thinking $60 for a poorly made knockoff. Ok. $140 for the case is what I saw. That's ludicrous. $25 less than the real thing. Great reporting.

"... be gammer." Are they wishing me to become radioactive?

ah yes, thanks GN for the long awaited Shyte Y69 review

holy cow, I usually use prebuilds at the moment, never knew cases got that big.

If they had taken that case form factor, and rather offered mounting for multiple uATX, they could have achieved "an original" _use_ (if not look).EG I have a standard 5700G CPU cooler on a B550M (iths low profile for a desktop), and a Corsair 750W PSU with 4x 4pin mother board connectors (along with 7 SATA power connectors) that would allow me to plug in 2 other RPi CM4 motherboards in the same physical space - note that I did figure out how to mount and power those 2 CM4 uATX m/b is a single SFF INNO case (one is mounted upside down on the _airflow holes_ side / top cover).

Forgot to change the chart titles from the Fracal North XL but I can't really blame you guys for not putting much effort into this.

"Be Ready, Be Gammer!!" Should be the slogan for Ready Player Two 🤣🤣

There's this one PC case I always thought I'd find you reviewing it - ENDORFY Arx 700 Air

'Be Ready' Ya be ready for a lawsuit. Lawyer: So how is it different? Game Max: We changed a letter and made it worse.

I swear that case is quite literally the "Mom can get thing meme, No we have thing at home"

Really appreciate this case review it helped in many ways thanks

I've only ever used one Gamemax case, but I actually had pretty high praise for it, especially at its price point. Their Gamemax M60 case was pretty decent, easy to work in, pretty small, and it has perforated side panels which helps with ventilation since it only has one rear and two top fans. Honestly it was a decent and pretty minimalist case for around 40 USD.

Well this explains my GAMEMAX Master M905. Newegg listing was false. 1: claimed glass side panel, I got plastic 2: misaligned holes for my 280mm radiator. Had to drill my own 3: LED fans that wouldn’t light up Among other quality/newegg listing issues that I currently don’t recall or can’t verify. Such as my extreme doubt for 360mm radiator support, which the Newegg listing claimed.

My comment keeps getting shadow deleted for some reason. I bought one of their PSU's (RGB-850 Pro). It came with a card saying to email your thoughts to them to get a free RGB mouse pad. Then they reply with the real deal. They will send the RGB mouse pad if after you post a 5 star Amazon review with at least one pic in your review. And reply to them with a screenshot of the review posted... Gee wonder why it has a 4.5 rating on Amazon with over 7k reviews and so many have photos. The PSU was awful. As soon I upgraded from my RTX 1080, to my 3080 it would blast the fan max when I launched any half way demanding game within ~10 seconds. Had random display driver crashes etc. Tried to use the "24 month full refund" warranty. They first required me to record a video and post it on YT and send the link. Then wanted me to pay shipping etc. So I said f it and accepted the risk I took buying this brand. Bought a Super Flower Leadex V Gold Pro 850W. All those problems went away, and it's whisper quiet. Including after recently upgrading from a 8700K to 7800X3D.

I almost spit my coffee. What a showcase!

I am only half way through the video but I need to make one comment. Steve, you are having entirely too much fun here. You are trying to talk like any other review but that little sideways grin every 2 or 3 minutes makes it totally obvious that this thing, while bad and a rip-off, is mostly providing entertainment content.

The Diamond COC: for only the hardest gamers. Provide stiff competition in your gaming sessions. Rigid steel construction for a no-sag experience. Fight gravity itself. Ok im done lol.

So they're stealing cases made by someone else, not just copying them? Because that's what *"literal theft"* would mean. And the cases would probably be better quality.

Hi, can you hypothesize how much gain in gaming FPS I might see with the next generation of AMD processors on AM5? I would like to think about upgrading coupled with my 4090. Thank you so much if you reply!

Could you test/review the montech air 100 lite/argb which is a Micro ATX Case. I like when you go into depth with the review and show the "numbers".

"This whole thing is just going to be an extended piss take" I'm so here for this, not that I don't also enjoy the usual informative content

Thank you, Gammer Nexus, for the solid review!

To be honest, having no PSU or HDD mounting behind the CPU area of the motherboard was probably a good idea. I had my HDDs there on my O11D and the drives were getting uncomfortably hot; 45° at idle, and creeping up into death territory after any load, even with 3 side fans. And after I switched the HDDs with the PSU, the PSU died a few months later, an RM850 that was only about 18 months old.

1. Some of their workers had 10 years of experience while others 15. 2. They say that Usb 3.0 is supposed to be 5 Gbps but their implementation equals to 0.5 Gbps thus they have it 20 times faster with Usb Type-C. So as you can see it all makes sense, you just have to think different.