Construction diary
Now we come to the practical test. Normally, I always look forward to this the most, because the best way to judge how well a case is made and whether the designers really put some thought into the design is to install the components. I was a little worried about the View 270, because at least in places during unboxing it gave the impression that the quality of this model could not match the last tested cases from Thermaltake.
The following components should be installed in the View 270:
As always, we started with the assembly of the mainboard. The CPU, RAM and SSD were of course already pre-assembled. While the installation of the board was quick as usual thanks to Zentier-Nubsi:
I had already started to have doubts again when I saw the unfavorably positioned cable aperture.
The power supply unit was also quickly installed. No annoying mounting frames, lots of space to work with – I like that!
All the cables were connected in no time at all and what the case leaves out with the unfavorably positioned passage for the CPU cable, it makes up for with the passage for the GPU cables in the power supply cover – I like that too!
My concerns regarding the installation space for the AIO have also been dispelled, it fits perfectly.
But it’s still millimeter work! With a thicker radiator and high RAM, there will definitely be a collision here.
As a precaution, I already had a 240mm AIO ready, which could actually be installed nicely in the side opening. But I must have overlooked the fact that there isn’t as much space in a regular case as there is in an O11 Dynamic or a 6500X, for example. AIO my ass, even a regular fan is already in contact with the graphics card at this point! To avoid contact problems with the graphics card, I didn’t install any additional fans and was curious to see how the View 270 would perform in terms of temperature without active intake fans.
On the other hand, everything is great on the back – even with more cables, it would have been possible to work comfortably here!
All that was missing was the graphics card.
The problem: The long Sapphire card sags visibly without a support and as the View 270 does not have an integrated GPU support on board, we have to resort to the bracket supplied with the graphics card. It’s just a pity that the minimal angle (which is thicker than the normal mounting plates of the expansion cards) means that the flap of the external screw connection of the PCIe slots no longer fits. This really isn’t a “nice” or “practical” solution in any respect.
Overall, though, I’m pretty happy with the finished system. It looks better than expected, doesn’t it?
Test run!
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