Montech X3 Mesh (great budget case)

[Psittac]

I just wanted to let people know that the Montech X3 Mesh case is incredible for the price.  This is my quick summary and review.

 

I'm rather impressed with this case and what it does on such a budget.  I have built two machines in this case and have a third on the way.  Somehow it manages to pack every nice to have into a small price tag.  Comes with multiple "RGB" fans which are not synced in any way but the fact that it comes with 6 fans at all at this price is impressive enough.  And it's got a little on/off switch for them in case you don't want that feature.  The tempered side glass window which is hinged would have been unthinkable not that long ago.  With a lot of mesh it has excellent air flow and all in is just a great layout which has become somewhat standard over the last couple years.  Fitting ATX in a very compact form factor is impressive.

 

Honestly if you told me this case at this price was a thing even 5 years ago I would have laughed at you.  There are a couple drawbacks like molex on the fans and the lower cutout becoming inaccessible with the psu in, the metal is a little thin and room for cable management could be improved.  Still it leaves me wondering why all of these other cases cost so much... what because they use thicker metal?  Don't get me wrong I love my higher end cases and there is room to go up but that price tag shoots up with those other improvements.

 

For anyone looking for a budget case but doesn't want something that looks budget, get this case, you won't regret it.

 

*thing's like preinstalled standoff's, pre-cable managed case wires, 3 replaceable pcie punch outs, filtered intakes and preinstalled fans lets me know that montech has their ducks in a row.  I would like to see the little + holes in the non-replaceable pcie covers to make it easier to remove them, but that's a minor gripe and they came out easy enough.  I tried pretty hard to find faults with this case while building in it.

 

**Oh and the pci-e cables for the gpu pressed on the glass and didn't want to have their natural curve, easy solution just bend them up a little.  Might want to take into consideration clearance for a HSF because the card I used wasn't the biggest out there.