Aerocool Playa Slim RGB PC Case Review

Interior

There’s quite a lot of room in here, and actually, I think there may be a little too much room in some ways, and not quite enough in others. I’m just not onboard with the slim idea the more I look at the chassis; it severely limits your GPU choices most of all. They’ve also given us room for an mATX motherboard, which clearly an mATX solution would be more forgiving on space. That being said, I’ll be using mini-ITX anyway, but that’s not the point.

Extra Space

There’s quite a bit of room in the bottom too. However, the length of the chassis is quite a lot, and it’s unlikely a low-profile GPU will be very long.

Of course, there’s another reason, the PSU is in the front, and you do have room for a 5.25″ drive bay, which do take up a lot of depth too.

Storage

I like that they’ve built the storage bays right into the side walls though. This is a very clever way to save space and they’re really easy to work with. Plus, they don’t clock up the overall airflow this way around either, which is another perk.

Behind the Motherboard

There’s a lot of cable routing cut-outs on this chassis, and I can’t figure out why. The space back here is pretty limited, although the raised side panel design will help a little. Of course, the chassis has no windows though, so I’d just use a few cable ties to keep things from hitting any fans. But, the overall cable aesthetics shouldn’t matter in the end.

PSU Mount

This is where you can fit your SFX PSU, but remember to check the size, as some SFX units are SFX-L and will not fit, but otherwise pretty much any other should do just fine. With a compact system it’s unlikely you’ll need huge power either.

The PSU mount is accessed at the top of the chassis. You’ll need to remove that air intake cover so you can actually screw it in place and to connect the pass-through power cable.