This outstandingly affordable fish-tank chassis has one of the cleanest designs we’ve ever seen, at a stunningly low price point. With a full 600 LED dot matrix display, extensive cooling support, and well-balanced integrated RGB its perfect for a first-time builder, and is even better now it’s $30 off its asking price.
Key Specs: ATX Mid-tower | 360mm AIO support | Up to 9 fans | Integrated RGB lighting | EATX motherboard support | 45.4 x 22.8 x 58.8 cmView Deal
It’s a legitimately true story that, with the Phanteks’ XT View Matrix. I was reviewing the XT View just last month for PC Gamer. Built in it, loved it, slick integrated RGB, solid cable management, nice fans, impressive cooling support, stupidly low price already, and of course that funky DOT matrix panel littered across its side. Then the other half comes into my office, and goes “oh my god…” and proceeds to wax lyrical about how (with the matrix on) it looked like a crushed velvet sofa (her words, not mine). Just remarkable. But, on the flip side, that’s exactly what this case is. Remarkable.
And at this price point, trending down to just $90 at Amazon right now, it’s the lowest I’ve ever seen it. That’s a $30 saving off the $120 retail price.
The case market right now is a bit of a turbulent thing if I’m honest. Notably, it’s the only part of the PC industry (aside from you know, being able to grab yourself a decent monitor deal) that seems to be trending downwards. Don’t worry, once AI data centers find a way of somehow manipulating chassis metal into Sam Altman’s procurement plan, I’m sure we’ll be cooked too, but for the time being, let’s just relish in the sleugh of super affordable high quality pc cases we’re being graced with.
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The, XT View Matrix is a piece of art, really. A nicely-sized mid-tower chassis that’s super easy to build in, with extensive cooling support, for up to nine fans and a 360 mm AIO. It is a slightly older design, the XT View does date from around 2024, but the big revamp comes in the form of that dot matrix panel. And it really does give the old girl (if you can call it that) a new lease on life. It’s a 600 RGB LED setup slipped in behind a beautifully clean tactile canvas finish, fully customizable thanks to Phantek’s NextLinq app, allowing you to use it for system monitoring, date and time, and all manner of other shenanigans.
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It’s not perfect by any means (no case ever is), it doesn’t have an integrated GPU anti-sag bracket (which is a shame, because things like the XT V3 definitely do), and there’s no rubber grommets to hide those pesky cables when you need them, but other than that, there’s little to hate on here, and it is without question one of the best budget PC cases you can buy, particularly at such a stunning price like this.
