Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV Micro-Tower Chassis Review

Complete System

First things first, I’ve taken full advantage of the SSD stealth mount behind the motherboard, which allowed me to remove the front hard drive bay. I don’t need to remove it for my build, but it’s good to demonstrate the flexibility of the chassis.

Around the front, you can see there’s more than enough room for our massive Sapphire R9 270X graphics card and it’s oversized cooler. Although, I will point out that a card of this length would compromise radiator space in the front, but with that 200mm fan blowing right into the back of our GPU, this is hardly a poor compromise.

There’s a removable panel just below our GPU, this can be taken out to help route cables, or make room for a full height water cooling radiator on the front panel. I didn’t need to do this, so it’s still in place, but it’s nice to have the option.

Cable management is superb, plus the big grommets are close enough to the front that you can’t see them through the side panel window, helping keep the build look neat and tidy.

A huge amount of space to be found above the motherboard, perfect for thick radiators or push-pull fan configurations.

This is a really neat and tidy looking build, it’s clear that Phanteks has put a lot of thought into their layout, as it was almost effortless to get the build to this standard.

With the side panel back in place, you can see how easy it would be to get to the interior of the chassis to deal with maintenance or general tweaking.

Close up the panels and you can just about see our GPU, there is a tint on the window and lighting isn’t ideal in here so it does look quite dark at the moment.

Fire up the system and you can better appreciate the side panel window, showing off our hardware in all its glory; what a gorgeous looking build!