GELID DarkForce Midi Tower
Published by Christian Ney on 06.02.12Page:
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| For their first PC case ever, GELID Solutions, the well know manufacturer of PC cooling solutions, did a remarkably good job. This mid-tower gaming case comes with a lot of good and useful features and even the manufacturing quality is on a high level so everything fits perfectly. What makes this case especially interesting is that GELID Solutions offers very good value for money. | -
Features - Quality - Price - Quiet fans |
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| Manufacturing quality / Ergonomics | + | - | |
| The DarkForce features almost everything you need to build a high end gaming PC. Fans are very quiet and the airflow/performance is on average for a gaming grade case. If you need more fans you can easily fit some more wherever you want as there are plenty of possibilities and two power plugs for up to five fans. There is a front USB 3.0 connector, dust filters everywhere and a big hole in the motherboard tray to avoid unmounting the entire configuration to only change the CPU cooler. Furhtermore one gets a total of nine PCI expansion slots. GELID even though of a hot swap hard drive solution and gamers can also install radiators for watercooling. Therefore the case offers two spots of which one can be found at the top and the other at the bottom. | -
Manufacturing quality - Cable management - Attaching internal hard drive externally |
- too little space between the motherboard tray and the side panel. | |
| Design | + | - | |
| First of all the DarkForce, as it's name already indicates, comes with an all-black design. The case has been designed in a clean manner, and therefore there are now super fancy extras. The window available on the left side panel is a nice addition, if you like to be able to take a look at your configuration anytime you want without removing the side panel. We also liked the well though cable management with plenty of rubber coated holes to route cables through. | -
All-Black - Well structured - Window |
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| Recommendation | + | - | |
| With a lot of features, a nice and clean design, plenty of possibilities and such a name, the DarkForce from GELID Solutions is suitable for any gaming PC. | -
Gamer-PC - Office-PC |
The GELID Solutions DarkForce gets good four out of five stars. This case is available for about CHF 109.- (Euro 91 €)
| Page 1 - Introduction | Page 5 - Left side |
| Page 2 - Preview | Page 6 - Right side |
| Page 3 - Front | Page 7 - Top / Bottom |
| Page 4 - Back | Page 8 - Conclusion |
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Author: Christian Ney c.ney@ocaholic.ch
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