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SilentiumPC has announced its new PC case today, the Regnum RG1, the first value-oriented chassis with a dual-chamber internal layout which aims to dramatically improve both airflow and cable management. There is also a roomy interior with plenty of room for components, radiators, drives all for just £24.
The Regnum RG1 is compatible with ATX motherboards, long power supplies, graphics cards up to 380mm in length and CPU coolers up to 160mm tall. It also offers two external 5.25” drive bays as well as two 3.5 and two 2.5” internal drive bays for different SSD and HDD configurations.
Being a budget case, there are some cut backs, the RG1 only comes with one 120mm case fan but it does include dust filters for all intakes and there is room for up to six 120mm fans if you require the cooling. There is also mounting space for a 120mm and 240mm radiator if you happen to want to use an AIO liquid cooling unit.
Full tech specs can be found below:
- Dimensions: 430(H) x 447(L) x 208(W)mm
- Motherboard support: mATX / ATX
- PSU: ATX standard (not included)
- Expansion slots: 7
- Net weight: 4.4 kg
- Drive bays:
- External: 2 x 5.25″
- Internal: 2 x 2,5” + 2 x 3,5”
- Maximum VGA card length: 380mm
- Maximum CPU cooler height: 160mm
- Cooling system (up to six fans in total, one included):
- Front: 3 x 120mm fan (optional; top one replaces 5,25” drive bays)
- Rear: 1 x 120mm fan (1x included 120mm fan @ 1100 rpm)
- Chamber separator: 2 x 120mm (optional)
- Front panel interface:
- 2 x USB 3.0
- 1 x Headphone jack (HD audio)
- 1 x Microphone jack (HD audio)
The Silentium PC Regnum RG1 is set to release soon for $27.50 in the US and £23.90 here in the UK.
KitGuru Says: On paper, this looks like a fairly decent basic chassis, especially for the price. Are any of you currently planning a system build? How much do you normally spend on a PC case?
As ultra-budget ATX towers go….
360mm+potential 240mm rad space
Multiple grommets for cable routing
Flat mounting of ssd’s for airflow/neatness
Mobo panel is open behind the cpu for fan bracket mounting (so many budget cases don’t do this!)
Optional separate chamber for psu/cabling
Minimalistic, neat design, not overly tacky.
5 1/4″ bays removable
Little wider than average (shade over 200mm) leaves hopefully more room behind the mobo tray for cable routing and management
For £24? Hmm…. what’s the catch? Is it made of cardboard or rusted scrap metal or something? Does it shake and rattle like a beat up old engine when components are active inside it? The cynic in me can’t help but be skeptical at the price vs what’s on offer. Sure, it’s nothing spectacular, but it’s not missing anything essential either. There are cases £100 more expensive that couldn’t offer that sort of rad space or ssd mounting.
Compare to the towers competing at the price point:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cougar-mx200-midi-tower-gaming-case-black-ca-008-cu.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aerocool-v2x-black-edition-midi-tower-black-ca-121-ae.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kolink-victory-micro-atx-gaming-case-black-ca-001-kk.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xigmatek-recon-usb-3.0-midi-tower-black-ca-078-xg.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-nova-midi-tower-case-black-ca-222-bx.html
They all the suffer the same problems:
Mobo-facing racks that screw with cable management/neatness/aesthetics.
Lack of radiator space
Poor or non-existent cable routing options
Non-removable brackets and racks for 2.5″/3.5″/5.25″ drives
Tacky, plastic front panels that go for that “gamer” look. Ugh.
In comparison this tower seems off the charts. I hope the build quality holds up.
It’s made out of paper hahaha
They forgot to mention what steel is used? I presume the same (lower-)quality and thickness as e.g. Antec VSK 4000 budget case (SGCC and 0.6mm as is standard for this price point). I particularly liked the Antec NSK4400 because it used to have a high quality (SECC) and thicker 0.8mm steel.
Though I have seen 0.5mm SECC or SGCC China made PC cases which are ridiculously cheap. These are paperthin and bend like cardboard I guess. It’s unfortunate that I can’t expect a case in 2016 with thick (0.8mm) solid steel but at least if this RG1 has 0.6mm thick SECC steel then it is a very interesting case indeed.
Can anyone shed a light on the steel that’s been used in this case?
I’ve built several compoopers in this case. The main issue I have with it is the CPU power cable routing, you -need- to have flat cpu power cable to utilize the cutout “intended” for it. Otherwise you need to find alternative routing. (the cable has to slip under the mobo a little bit)
The HDD mounting solution is simple enough, one side slides into slit and other side you screw in with thumb screws. No vibration dampening to be seen. There is a windowed alternative, and due to the lovely PSU shroud, it isn’t that hard to make the case look asthetically nice.
I give it solid nice out of awesome, cheap, doable.