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NZXT Beta Evo Mid Tower Black Steel Computer Case

The NZXT Beta EVO is a mid tower black steel chassis that comes at a budget price of $29.99. Beta EVO features advanced cooling performance with support for up to 6 120mm fans with an option of a 140mm fan at the top. Beta EVO also provides external dual radiator support along with a meshed front panel allowing for enhanced cooling potential.



Article Title: NZXT Beta Evo Mid Tower Black Steel Computer Case
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1116/1/
Pricing At Time of Print: $29.99 after rebate

Great review! I was laughing during the whole read.
I do have one question, is the inside painted black!?

Thanks guys, you may have found the case I have been looking for.

yup it is black as well and uses the same process as the outside from what I understand. I can e-mail and ask specifically how it is done if you'd like.

How many times have you gone out looking for a new case for your computer, only to find that all of the cool looking cases are way out of your budget range? Yep... just about every time you go, am I right? I have always thought to myself, "Why can't someone make a case that has all of the looks and the features I want, and not charge me a fortune for it?" Or, better yet, remove some of the features of the case that have been grossly overdone and sell it to me for a reasonable price. Do I really need you to include twelve case fans when I really only need two? Let's be real, I want a computer case that can keep my system at a reasonable operating temperature, not a freaking jet engine where I have to scream over the fans to talk to my family.

A friend's folding rig, he says the fan controller keeps all the fans on low and quiet:
parts

- NZXT Beta Evo chassis
- Power Supply, Cooler Master Real Power ESA 1000W (RSA00-EFAMA3-US)
- Motherboard, EVGA X58 SLI LE (141-BL-E757-TR)
- CPU. Intel Core i7 Quad-Core 975 Extreme Edition Bloomfield 3.33GHz (BX80601975)
- CPU Cooler, Corsair H50 (CWCH50)
- Memory. OCZ Blade Series 6 GB DDR3 PC3-16000 2000 MHz Triple Channel Kit OCZ3B2000LV6GK)
- Memory Cooler. Corsair Dominator Fan (left over from a friend's previous build)
- Storage. Optical. One Installed. LG Blu-Ray writer, HD-DVD Reader, Super Multi (GGW-H20L)
- Storage. Solid State Drive (SSD). Two Installed. Patriot Torqx, 256GB (PFZ256GS25SSDR)
- Storage. Hard Drive. Two Installed. Hitachi Deskstar 2 TB (HD32000)
- Storage. Flash Reader. Atech Flash Technology (AFT) internal card reader. (XM-35U BLACK)
- Graphics Cards. Triple EVGA. All are the GeForce GTX 295 CO-OP Superclocked (017-P3-1296-AR)
- Chassis Fan. Front 120mm (12cm). Cooler Master 120 mm 90CFM (R4-L2S-122B-GP)
- Chassis Fan. Rear 120mm (12cm). Cooler Master 120 mm 90CFM (R4-L2S-122B-GP)
- Chassis Fan. Side 120mm (12cm). One installed. Cooler Master 120 mm 90 CFM (R4-L2S-122B-GP)
- Chassis Fan. Top 140mm (14cm). Two installed. Masscool ball bearing 140 mm 57.12 CFM (FD14025B1L3/4)
- Fan Controller. 5.25 inch bay, 7 Channel. Sunbeam Chromatic Windmill Black (CW-BK)

Temps on a mild overclock:

Motherboard : 43 C

CPU : 57 C
CPU 1, Core 1 : About 68 C
CPU 1, Core 2 : About 68 C
CPU 1, Core 3 : About 68 C
CPU 1, Core 4 : About 68 C

Northbridge : 58 C

GPU 1 : About 63 C
GPU 2 : About 61 C
GPU 3 : About 77 C
GPU 4 : About 66 C
GPU 5 : About 68 C
GPU 6 : About 66 C

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It seems to work exactly as you say!!

damn you need to recruit him into folding... lol

He has a beefy system!

ckthecerealkiller wrote:Great review! I was laughing during the whole read.
I do have one question, is the inside painted black!?

Thanks guys, you may have found the case I have been looking for.

I talked to the owner of NZXT via e-mail this morning and this is what he had to say on the inside finish:

Yup, before the steel is assembled the pieces are separated painted black

Thanks Nate. I was more or less poking fun at Brian. I think he mentioned that the case is black on the inside about 4 times during the review

But that is great to know! I am surprised it is painted by the piece and not as a whole chassis.

yeah, sorry I was going through the forums answers questions that day and my mindset was on that