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Enthoo Evolv ITX or NZXT Manta

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Enthoo Evolv ITX or NZXT Manta and why?  

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  1. 1. Enthoo Evolv ITX or NZXT Manta


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The Evolv ITX is better looking imo

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I like the evolv just because the evolv styling is good. I also like that they included a 200mm fan to actually use the space available in the front. Phanteks is just a good manufacturer overall, they add nice touches and the cases are high quality.

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I like them both almost equally. I can't really chose between them. I like each of thier designs in thier own different way. The manta looks fantastic in a minimalistic setup which is what I'm all about but the evolv just looks plain beautiful

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7 minutes ago, Aytex said:

Evolv for the minimal look

Manata for the gaming look

I would say the exact opposite. the manta for a minimal look and the evolv for a gaming look. The evolv has just too many details to be minimalistic. But the manta is too plain (which isn't bad) for a gaming look

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15 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

 

 

It's sexy but huge for ITX.

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manta will look ugly in a year or two when its bustyness is perceived as fat. Evolve looks good for a custom paint & mod

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also, for me, neither is the best m-ITX case because I like the horizontal motherboard style

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2 minutes ago, RGProductions said:

It's sexy but huge for ITX.

It aint big. I stick it under my right arm and carry it almost weekly for some LAN gaming with the set up in my sig. 

 

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2 minutes ago, Katsunaka said:

It aint big. I stick it under my right arm and carry it almost weekly for some LAN gaming with the set up in my sig. 

I love my black and red Manta. 

Thats my PC right now(finally got my matching cable extension for the gpu)

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Thats the best watercooling set up in a Manta.

how do you rate those fans for silence?

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The evolv easy. Looking to get one myself soon.

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2 minutes ago, Katsunaka said:

It aint big. I stick it under my right arm and carry it almost weekly for some LAN gaming with the set up in my sig. 

That's hilarious both of these cases are massive

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2 minutes ago, wadeak78 said:

That's hilarious both of these cases are massive

yea if you're not taking advantage of the smaller size you may as well go a few PCI slots taller with full ATX

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Manta won't age well, and I'd say the the Evolv is a better case overall. The new Lian Li PC-Q37 mITX would be my choice though for an ITX build... glass always wins any case contest though... vs acrylic it's just hands down a million times better in every sense, unless you consider the extra weight a disadvantage.

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1 hour ago, atomicus said:

Manta won't age well, and I'd say the the Evolv is a better case overall. The new Lian Li PC-Q37 mITX would be my choice though for an ITX build... glass always wins any case contest though... vs acrylic it's just hands down a million times better in every sense, unless you consider the extra weight a disadvantage.

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Phanteks dropped the ball on the Evolv itx tbh. Compared to the bigger cases, it looks cheap with the plastic vs the alu panels of the original. 

 

Manta looks pretty good, but it misses the point of being an itx chassis given the massive footprint. When an itx chassis has around the same volume of a standard tower, something went wrong. 

 

 

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I have the Evolv, it's a pretty solid case.

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2 hours ago, Mooshi said:

Phanteks dropped the ball on the Evolv itx tbh. Compared to the bigger cases, it looks cheap with the plastic vs the alu panels of the original. 

 

Manta looks pretty good, but it misses the point of being an itx chassis given the massive footprint. When an itx chassis has around the same volume of a standard tower, something went wrong. 

I recently built my mom a PC in the Evolv ITX and it didn't really feel cheap IMO, I thought it was quite nice.  For the $59 we got it for I think it was fantastic.

 

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11 minutes ago, Lays said:

I recently built my mom a PC in the Evolv ITX and it didn't really feel cheap IMO, I thought it was quite nice.  For the $59 we got it for I think it was fantastic.

 

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I was considering one myself tbh. Maybe "cheap" isn't the right term, but I do wish Phanteks kept the entire line with thick alu panels instead of cutting corners so to speak on the itx version vs its bigger brothers. 

 

 

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7 hours ago, saxguy67 said:

would an evga 1000w p2 fit in this case? 

 

No it only takes the new SFX PSU standard unfortunately, so isn't compatible with ATX PSUs. No bad thing necessarily for a scratch build as they are soon good SFX PSUs available now, but no good if you already have an ATX one.

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1 hour ago, Mooshi said:

I was considering one myself tbh. Maybe "cheap" isn't the right term, but I do wish Phanteks kept the entire line with thick alu panels instead of cutting corners so to speak on the itx version vs its bigger brothers. 

If they didn't do that, the case would be a lot more than the ~70$ it hovers at, probably closer to 100-140 I'd imagine.

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4 hours ago, Lays said:

If they didn't do that, the case would be a lot more than the ~70$ it hovers at, probably closer to 100-140 I'd imagine.

I'd have paid that lol, it would have been a steal compared to the Ncase M1

 

 

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