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2010 has been a fantastic year for quality chassis design and today we are going to have our first look at a chassis from Xigmatek, a company better known for their coolers and power supplies.
Following with traditional Xigmatek marketing concepts, the Utgard is a product clearly paying homage to Tolkien fantasy roots. The case is a hybrid SECC and steel mesh design allowing for a maximum of 9 fans to be connected.
The case is offered in three versions: A solid side panel, a window and a metal mesh. We received the solid side panel flavour with dual fan mounts (pictured below).
Product Overview
- All mesh design on front panel.
- Screw-less tooling for 5.25″ bay installation.
- Screw-less tooling for expansion slot installation.
- Four 3.5″ HDD in three 5.25″ bay adapter.
- Preinstalled 170mm top orange fan with white LED.
- Preinstalled 120mm front and rear orange fans with white LED.
- Two RPM speed control knobs for six fans.
- Back window for easy CPU cooler back plate.
- Back holes and clips for cable management.
- Anti-vibration rubber for PSU.
- 222(W) x 515(H) x 490(D) mm (8.7*20.3*19.3 inches)
Again, hard to fault with the price. Just never understood their weird naming conventions.
They are from the netherlands, as far as I know. which would explain the fantasy style nonsense they always factor into their designs.
Actual product seems pretty solid for the cost. about same price as thermaltake armor cases and I think this looks better
Great review, love the cooling tests on this site.
Overall design is good, why two esatas? not that im complaining, but that is really weird to see on a front panel.
I quite like it, but I agree with the side panel concerns. that looks a mess without it being populated.
It has a bit of a feeling of ‘coolermaster HAF’ about it. not sure if thats just me tho. I quite like it. the orange accenting looks cool.
Great timing for this, our local store has these on sale for £49.99 and I had no idea if it was crap or not. The box looks terrible and I thought it was a chinese knock off.
They really need to work on their box artwork. I shall pick this up tomorrow.
Nice too see them putting so much front panel connecivity in place. i hate it when a case comes without ports at front. I have about 4 devices I have connected most of the time. I never use esata tho. but it cant hurt.