Neo
Case looks cool, easy to work with, fans looks cool.There are many details they did good. However there are lots of small details that i don’t know what to say.1. The case has dust filters, but as the builds in the pictures, they all use the dust filtered ports as exhausts. The intakes have no dust filter, and the intakes are small! The poor weak 200 fans have to work their ***es off to suck the air in. Doesn’t make any sense to me.2. The case is huge, but it use very little space for hard drives, I had a hard time mounting them.(I have 3 fans on the bottom as intakes, because there is a dust filter.)3. The screw holes are weird, that most of them are hard to screw in. I often felt like I used the wrong screws, because I had to use some force so they could go in, other screws will not even fit.4. Although most people don’t pay attention to the rear, but it is ugly!5. Again the case is huge, even bigger than some e-atx cases, but wait, this case does not support e-atx!? It has 8 pcie mounting positions, but There’s no mounting holes for e-atx. Even if you put an e-atx mb in, you can no longer use the vertical gpu mount, as it is in the way.6. This case is for water cooling, thus I assume it also should take care of noises. However, the hard drive mount only used hard plastic, which makes my 3.5 hard drive sound much louder. My last case is a Phanteks p400. For a price of $80, it has rubber on hard disk mounts, which made the hard drive much quieter.7. I mounted 3 120 fans on the bottom because it has a dust filter, but the vents are so small that the poor little coolermaster sickle flow 120mm fans don’t produce much airflow. I just purchased 3 high pressure fans to replace the current ones, hoping to give the pc more air.8. I mounted 3 140mm fans on the top for exhaust, but there are more room for the air to go back down than to go out, due to the narrow vents. If you mount the provided 2 200mm fans on the top, they are literally touching the glasses, making the big ARGB fans only for good look, because they are literally trying to blow through a wall.9. The case has a cap on the bottom for draining water(if you build a custom water loop), but to use the vent you have to move your pc so out that they would fall to the ground. Why is there such a useful feature but you can never use?10. You can have access to the hard drives from the back of the case without opening the panels. Supposedly you can easily swap your hard drives, since the mount slide outwards, but no, you have to open the right panel so you can unplug the SATA power and SATA cable. Again, Why does this case have such design but you can’t really use it?11. The power button has led around it, but it can only be white.12. The fans came with the case are at full speed the all the time, unless you unplug them. If you unplugged one of the fans, you may disrupt the ARGB signals to the other fans, as the fans have a pin for ARGB-in and another pin for ARGB-out. Maybe they want the leds on the fans to be in series.This case is far from perfect, but given a price tag of $200, it is indeed a good product.
DoitallbetterDoitallbetter
Review for View 71 RGB. Quality is great. Only exception is the glass top and the glass main view door do not fit the pins exactly. Since they are injection molded, they cannot be loosened and re-centered to allow for better fitment. I am able to get them "pressed" into place, but would rather they just work.The rest of the case is wonderful. I was able to get three 140mm fans to mount into the front. The top of the three fans does not line up exact with the window they have made in the front but who cares. (See Pics)Several other notes from my build: I am using a EVGA gold 750 and was JUST BARELY able to get the two of the matching RGB riing120mm fans I purchased separately to fit in the lower location. So some of the larger/deeper power supplies would only have allowed one 120mm.Another note for using this case with CPU air cooling and a Z390 Motherboard with the GPU mounted Vertically: I am using a very common "entry level" CPU cooler, the Cool Master Hyper 212 CPU cooler along with a Z390 motherboard. Since this motherboard family has the CPU socket located closer to the center of the board the CPU cooler could not be mounted vertically with the fan blowing toward the rear of the case as is typical, there is just not enough room. So, IF you are going to mount your video card in the vertical extended slot provided take extra care to speck your CPU air cooler. As you can see from my pic even with the CPU cooler blowing up there is only a 1/4" gap at most there. In my case I had to Slip the fan on from the top of the cooler which was a hassle. If I run into issues with keeping my CPU cool and need to upgrade I will not be buying an air solution (which I prefer to liquid) but will be forced to buy a liquid loop to ensure clearance issues are not a problem. See attached pics for help deciding.I originally didn't think I would use an optical drive in my build but after fitting it between the two drive bays provided I was happily satisfied with leaving it attached after installing all software from discs.I had no problems with the Thermaltake fans or controllers. Looking GOOD.Also note that this View 71 is heavy. I will weigh my total build and post it here later.Love the case. Love the layout. Easy cable runs and room to grow.
crankypants
TLDR; Great case with plenty of room. It is heavy, but sturdy, with a clean aesthetic.Case came as advertised and was very easy to build in. The HDD cages were easily removed and there was plenty of room for a standard ATX motherboard with an AIO 280mm CPU radiator top mounted. Cable management in the back is a learning curve for those unfamiliar with full glass cases, but it was not a problem. The only issue I had was horizontally mounting a GPU. The mounting bracket at the back of the case was not exactly in line, so it took some additional pressure to get the thumbscrews in place to hold the card. I ended up vertically mounting my GPU using the bracket (cable not included) so it was not a problem.Pros:SpaciousHinged doors make access easyVery customizable for fans and water coolingGood tempsCons:Not insulated for noise (didn't expect it to be, but others might)Cable management is on display in the backPCIE bracket thumbscrew holes were slightly offSome screws are low quality and may strip/break (had 1 snap while installing vertical GPU mount)Does not include PCIE riser cable to accompany mountHEAVY (full build weighs 80+ lbs)I would recommend this case if you like the aesthetic and are looking for an easy access case that can easily run a water loop. In this price range their may be better cases for sound and air flow, but this is an as advertised case.