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IN WIN 909 Full-Tower Case Preview

Cases & PSU/Cases by leeghoofd @ 2015-12-29

Last month we introduced the marvelous IN WIN 805 enclosure. For those that are not familiar with this Taiwanese company here's a small snippet from the previous article: IN WIN is one of those manufacturers which really continues to innovate. Last year they stole the Computex show with their highly acclaimed S-Frame, an open air chassis made from a single sheet of aluminum. This year at Computex they surprised friend and foe again with the H-frame case -> compare it with a hydraulic operated transformer case. Many of their prototypes and retail products have won lots of awards at many international trade shows. If you want to house your precious hardware in a luxurious case, have a look at the IN WIN catalog. Today we are taking a look at one of their latest breath taking case solutions, the IN WIN 909 Full-tower case.

Hardware Installation

The Madshrimps hardware comprises of the following components:

ASUS Rampage IV Extreme X79 motherboard
Intel i7-3960X OC'ed at 4.5Ghz 1.37Vcore
Corsair Hydro110i cooling
16GB CORSAIR 2666C10 RAMs
1 x AMD 7970HD graphics card
2 x Western Digital 1TB Caviar Green Hard Drives
2 x HyperX 120GB SSD
Corsair AX1200i Power Supply.

The build was at first glance pretty straightforward. Though instead of mounting the Corsair pump in the normal orientation we had to turn it over 90°, otherwise the radiator couldn't be mounted on the rear panel as the tubing was a tad too short. For the same reason we had to mount the fans behind the radiator too in a pull position. The cable routing and co. was a smooth ride. Normal as the cable management with these panoramic, see-through cases is a must.

Now looking at the above I'm puzzled for the air flow. Let me clarify: If we opted to mount the radiator in the front, we would be dumping the heat inside the case; not an ideal solution, so we opted to go for the rear mount. Now focus on the rear chamber only, imagine it with both the tempered glass side panels mounted. There's no ventilation in the rear chamber besides the one provided by the middle 120mm fan. Once we have more time to conduct proper thermal tests it will become clearer if our skeptical thoughts are justified yes or no. To be honest I would have opted if I was IN WIN to make a cutout in one of the side panels to provide better ambient airflow.

Our Corsair AX1200i is measuring 200mm in length and you notice in the below picture it is already getting pretty cramped in there. So when installing a 220mm one it will be a very very tight fit.

The four cut-outs allow easy access to the storage devices from the rear. There's no need for angled SATA cables as there is plenty of room (2cm) between the tray and the glass side panel.

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