thats a really impressive looking chassis - they have really nailed the performance to price ratio and are showing the bigger players how to do it well!
The issues are minor, but nice of James to cover them at the end, always good to hear what they didnt quite get right. Looks to be definitely in the top 3 cases of 2024
One of the most perfect cases that he's ever seen and it's £75? That's crazy good value. I've seen James take apart so many cases costing 2x as much, this sounds like a bargain. Maybe if they fix the 3 cons it will be perfect?
The Montech King 65 Pro seems to embrace a subtle evolution rather than a complete overhaul. Dropping the curve in favor of clean lines and angles, it feels like a conscious decision to go back to the essentials of performance and airflow. I find it intriguing how Montech managed to keep the core elements intact while subtly refining the aesthetic and structural details. Do you think there’s a silent elegance to cases like this, where the focus shifts from bold design to practical refinements? The balance between beauty and functionality is always interesting in tech products like this.
It's definitely a subtle evolution, the core chassis is identical to the King 95. This is more about simplicity and value but it still has all the hardware and cooling support of the King 95.
Even the color matching is very good - fans included - glass, cools well, decent materials with little flex - how can they do this for £75 and Corsair struggle to do that at £200!
I come back from lunch to see a new KitGuru review; excellent! I purchased the King 95 Pro (in red) in large part thanks to your review and have been very pleased with it so I was most interested in your views of the 65 Pro. Cracking job. Shame about the lack of BTF support. One thing I didn't hear you mention early on is that the King 95 Pro comes with an extra three RGB fans in the bottom. The 95 Pro costs £115, only £40 more than the 65 Pro, so the 65 Pro doesn't seem such good value by comparison - if you can afford the 95 Pro. And with the 95 Pro you get the three bottom fans, the alternate front panel, and the curved glass. And red and blue options. All for £40 more. But if you can't afford the 95 Pro then for £75 the 65 Pro looks really good. I do dislike the bottom dust filter on the 65 Pro (and the 95 Pro): as a full-length filter it should be removable from the front. BTW is this the King 65 Pro or the King 65 Ultra? The article on your website mixes the two.
Thanks, I think the inclusion of decent fans for the asking price is pretty good. My pet hate is getting a. white case and parts of it are almost yellowish instead of white, so I like this one a lot
The King 95 was a winner, good to see the heritage and design ethic has been passed down to this smaller cheaper version. With those fans at 75 its hard to know it, although GN did (not a shock)
King 95 was epic, this is more of the same just a more viable form factor for a lot of people. clever tooling too to keep down costs and make sure they can include some quality fans without hitting the price too hard.
I just completed a 9950x, MSI X870e Carbon wifi mb and sapphire nitro + rx 7900 xtx build in the King 95 Pro case and love it. Looks absolutely amazing and the dual chamber provides plenty of room for cables. Only shortcoming for me is it lacks compatibility with iCUE or MSI RGB software controller for their fans. Building another pc and the King 65 is definitely on the short list since it's big brother build went so well!
To support back-connect Montech would have had to re-tool and the case wouldn't have been £75 any more. I still think back-connect is a solution looking for a problem and a fad that will die sooner rather than later. Those two black cables and not using or including a perforated steel rather than glass front panel are the only niggles as far as I'm concerned, and I think they are easily addressed oversights. I like the frames of Montech fans; so I won't even make my usual whinge about only a 120mm in the rear! I don't particularly like that it is just another box though.😡That is a step backwards! Good work as usual, James. 👍
Clearly the value proposition is very good. Still I'm super fatigued from all the aquarium cases being released, it's just not for me. I'd take the Lancool 207 over this at the same price.
Thanks James balanced review and fair, I think the 95 makes more sense for me as its a bit bigger inside which I always like, but this is a good case overall
Thermal performance seems pretty good, I dont understand why such huge differences between KG and GN on this one. very confusing as I love both sites. US price seems higher to me than UK??
I watched the GN video and was surprised - seems he had some damage on his, and rated it badly. Thermal performance is very good for the money - no point comparing it to cases much dearer
Montech king 65 pro have grommets for top and bottom on their website for that case. It might just be reviewers that got cases with not grommets for top and bottom.
Can anyone help me? I have a budget of £85 for a new case - For the price I dont see anything better than this King 65 - anyone got anything else I should be looking at for the same money?
Lian Li Lancool 207 is great if you don't need dual chamber and it's the same price as the King 65. But if you want a dual chamber case that includes fans, ARGB PWM fan hub, good build quality and hardware support the King 65 is your best bet for under £80.
it's not often i see kitgurutech & gamers nexus have such wildly different opinions about a case, in particular the completely opposite conclusions about thermal performance - where this case was at the bottom of multiple gn charts, and had a few build quality issues as well. strange.
The thing is I’ve seen Steve give positive review to the Hyte Y60, but thermal performance is within a couple of degrees C of the King 65, but the Y60 is more than twice as much to buy as this case. Looking into it. This case is £75 in uk but it’s 100 dollars in USA. I can’t see any issues with this case for such a low price in uk. James did mention some possible room for improvements at the end but I would agree with him. James even showed the flex in video and it seems well within acceptable for the low price. Certainly not as bad as the hyte was.
The King 65 seems to be better value in the UK compared with US pricing which is odd. Build quality is excellent, we had no problem with the bent steel at the top of the front glass like GN did. Panel alignment is perfect and the white is a great match between different materials. The included fans may be a little less powerful compared to the King 95 fans but thermal performance is better than some other dual chamber cases that we have tested using similar hardware. For £75 with excellent build quality, ease of use, good hardware and cooling support, three included fans and a 6 port AEGB PWM fan hub it's great value. It's a King 95 with square panels so if you are a fan of the King 95 but want a more subtle look it's ideal, plus it's more than half the price of some of the competition. What's not to like? 👍
Steve is way off the mark. I don’t know what on earth he wants for £75. It’s just negativity sells. It’s the whole motto of his channel. And if you are saying he is right then look at the hyte 60 review. That case is twice the price and only has moderately better thermals and much worse build quality. I am pretty sure gn case was damaged in shipping as well.
@@inlovewithmycar7085 i definitely wasn't saying "steve is right." i do think, as alluded to above, that his review was at least partially based on the case being more expensive in the US - making it worse value compared to other regional pricing. that price difference puts the king 65 against a different tier of cases, and at least marginally hurts its value proposition. as far as the bent corner gn experienced - if it was shipping damage, it would be strange for them to receive two cases with identical bends as they did. assuming it was shipping damage, packaging might be an area montech could look to improve upon to minimize that possibility. definitely some unknown factors there, so hard for me to speculate, of course. personally, i do like the case and would have no problem recommending it (depending on price). i hope you & your car have a good week!
@@KitGuruTech i feel like this is a great example why it's so important to watch multiple reviews from different sources - had i only watched the gn review, i likely would have been left with a more negative opinion on this case. hopefully montech can get the price down a bit on the king 65 for those of us across the pond from you - but that might not be feasible depending on shipping, tariffs, etc. thanks so much for your response and consistently excellent, honest reviews. i certainly appreciate all the hard work the entire kitguru team puts into each video.
Very different hardware being tested - GN use an air cooler and only the fans that come with the case, plus they didn’t try bottom mounted fans (they use a standard setup for all case tests)
Personally I don't think you can have a "best" case in any category. A case isn't a performance part, it can only allow the parts to achieve their limits or hinder them. Don't think we should congratulate a company basically doing what everyone else is, just another fish tank case really?
In our thermal tests it's not terrible. It performs better than the be quiet! Light Base 600 LX with similar hardware spec for example. Value for money is excellent, it's a very easy case to build a system with, has excellent storage support, especially for 2.5-inch drives, good cable management, includes fans and ARGB PWM hub, build quality is very good considering the price. We take all these things into account when reviewing a case as well as thermal performance.
I don't think it's as good value in the states, $100 ish compared to £75. That makes it £25 more than the lancool 207, but uk lancool 207 and king 65 are the same price approx
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It’s great I think for the price
Wow MONTECH is killing with this King 65🎉
I like the case. It’s only £75 in uk. Amazing price for what you get
thats a really impressive looking chassis - they have really nailed the performance to price ratio and are showing the bigger players how to do it well!
Making some great cases for the last 2 years. Such good value for money. 💯
Really impressed with that. Montech have been delivering now for the last year at the top level
Good case !
The issues are minor, but nice of James to cover them at the end, always good to hear what they didnt quite get right. Looks to be definitely in the top 3 cases of 2024
Really put a lot of thought into this, unlike some other companies right now
Amazing value on this one !
Montech are great, love my King 95- best case I have owned
Its a decent case for the money
What features does it have that the 65 doesn't? Curious to know if getting the 95 would be worth it for me 😅
Its rare to see a case that balances price and performance so well 🤩
Agreed but I wish the bottom fan bracket was removable.. still a great case!
It's well priced without being cheap but it's got a lot of competition.
One of the most perfect cases that he's ever seen and it's £75?
That's crazy good value.
I've seen James take apart so many cases costing 2x as much, this sounds like a bargain. Maybe if they fix the 3 cons it will be perfect?
Their fans are really good too - not the best, but really worth using and dont need replaced.
I love Montech, had great success with their products so far
excellent bit of work from montech, the 95 was a stellar chassis, this looks to be using the same core principles.
Montech knocking out some really competitive and decent cases
Almost a perfect score, wow james isnt easy to please either, awesome stuff
Thanks Kitguru - its making my shortlist for the end of the year, no question about that
Montech - King of Cases !
The name is naff lol
Great review james!! Looks great and the ARGB fan hub is a nice bonus at this price ❤
James's build makes it look really good. Not sure if I could achieve that at home!
To get that look you need to get matching components. Really helps.
that looks great ! such a good company now. really are releasing so many quality products.
looks great, love this company
excellent job. hard to believe they can make any money on that for the price, even including good fans
The Montech King 65 Pro seems to embrace a subtle evolution rather than a complete overhaul. Dropping the curve in favor of clean lines and angles, it feels like a conscious decision to go back to the essentials of performance and airflow. I find it intriguing how Montech managed to keep the core elements intact while subtly refining the aesthetic and structural details. Do you think there’s a silent elegance to cases like this, where the focus shifts from bold design to practical refinements? The balance between beauty and functionality is always interesting in tech products like this.
It's definitely a subtle evolution, the core chassis is identical to the King 95. This is more about simplicity and value but it still has all the hardware and cooling support of the King 95.
Awesome review, and even better case
Looks amazing - very impressed
Even the color matching is very good - fans included - glass, cools well, decent materials with little flex - how can they do this for £75 and Corsair struggle to do that at £200!
they deserve a little crowd wave for this one 😮
I come back from lunch to see a new KitGuru review; excellent!
I purchased the King 95 Pro (in red) in large part thanks to your review and have been very pleased with it so I was most interested in your views of the 65 Pro. Cracking job. Shame about the lack of BTF support.
One thing I didn't hear you mention early on is that the King 95 Pro comes with an extra three RGB fans in the bottom. The 95 Pro costs £115, only £40 more than the 65 Pro, so the 65 Pro doesn't seem such good value by comparison - if you can afford the 95 Pro. And with the 95 Pro you get the three bottom fans, the alternate front panel, and the curved glass. And red and blue options. All for £40 more. But if you can't afford the 95 Pro then for £75 the 65 Pro looks really good.
I do dislike the bottom dust filter on the 65 Pro (and the 95 Pro): as a full-length filter it should be removable from the front.
BTW is this the King 65 Pro or the King 65 Ultra? The article on your website mixes the two.
This is the King 65 Pro.
Thanks for the closing thoughts and what they can improve, very fair
Thanks, I think the inclusion of decent fans for the asking price is pretty good. My pet hate is getting a. white case and parts of it are almost yellowish instead of white, so I like this one a lot
Great review James, as always, truly excellent!
Good review James, thanks for the efforts
My pleasure!
Montech are great - I was a big fan of their 95 king pro as well, this one seems to perform well for the price
That build looked super. hard to find any negatives with that for 75 quid
For 75 quid you could buy it and throw it away and it would still be OK
very well put together, quality products - hard to knock them, that price point is really so competitive.
Had to do a double take when I saw the price! Its pretty good value for money.
@@festerleech4952 You can see where they have cut costs such as the lack of removable dust filters which is kind of a pain in the backside.
The King 95 was a winner, good to see the heritage and design ethic has been passed down to this smaller cheaper version. With those fans at 75 its hard to know it, although GN did (not a shock)
Most impressive case I've ever known especially considering the relatively low price.
King 95 was epic, this is more of the same just a more viable form factor for a lot of people. clever tooling too to keep down costs and make sure they can include some quality fans without hitting the price too hard.
I just completed a 9950x, MSI X870e Carbon wifi mb and sapphire nitro + rx 7900 xtx build in the King 95 Pro case and love it. Looks absolutely amazing and the dual chamber provides plenty of room for cables.
Only shortcoming for me is it lacks compatibility with iCUE or MSI RGB software controller for their fans.
Building another pc and the King 65 is definitely on the short list since it's big brother build went so well!
Both great cases. 😊
Fair review and I agree even with a few shortcomings for the price of between 70 and 75 it’s great value.
King 95 is a great case, this one seems very good. like how they reused the case parts with clip ons to save costs and passed it onto the customer
👍🏻
Mountain king of the north! Free cable management all the way to the top! Hail to the king, baby! cheers.
great job James - enjoyed that one !
Great review James 🎉
thanks 😊
To support back-connect Montech would have had to re-tool and the case wouldn't have been £75 any more. I still think back-connect is a solution looking for a problem and a fad that will die sooner rather than later. Those two black cables and not using or including a perforated steel rather than glass front panel are the only niggles as far as I'm concerned, and I think they are easily addressed oversights. I like the frames of Montech fans; so I won't even make my usual whinge about only a 120mm in the rear! I don't particularly like that it is just another box though.😡That is a step backwards! Good work as usual, James. 👍
James, well done ! great review
Thanks 😊
Clearly the value proposition is very good. Still I'm super fatigued from all the aquarium cases being released, it's just not for me.
I'd take the Lancool 207 over this at the same price.
Really good value 👌🏻
Love it! going to order one
£75, Montech really has impressed here. Agreed on the hinged fans, would be nice to test with a mesh front. Maybe as an add on, or alternative SKU.
Airflow is good too - has to be one of the best cases I have seen this year
Its got really good airflow this one.
Looks like its really very well made overall. Not sure I would want it, prefer the 95 version but its going to sell well at that price
Thanks James balanced review and fair, I think the 95 makes more sense for me as its a bit bigger inside which I always like, but this is a good case overall
Internal dimensions of the King 95 and King 65 are identical. Only real differences are the curved glass and the side/top panels. 👍
Great case. Some package for the price
It sure is!
I personally like that the shape of the included fans is nicer than on the 95 pro
Montech Doing it again
Great review
Thank you
Hard to beat that price ppoint
Killer - 360mm radiator at the top as well !
Even the price is around perfect, not too small, not too high.
Thanks for the indepth testing James, i dont get why GN tested a case with damage from shipping
I like that motherboard and GPU - looks good in the case.
Looks lovely. I dont think the square glass front is quite as appealing as the curved edges but its still very well made
Agree prefer the curved edges the square glass is a bit run of the mill but at that price...
Super chassis. I like it a lot
👍🏻
Balanced and thoughtful analysis without trying to jump on the hits algorithm. At the price point in uk seems solid. Why is the us price higher ?😮
Thats a really nice clean looking case.
Their curvy one is nicer
Loads of space inside this one should make doing a build nice and easy.
Hey, the Montech HS01 isn't out yet! That might be another candidate for the best budget case this year :D
Thermal performance seems pretty good, I dont understand why such huge differences between KG and GN on this one. very confusing as I love both sites. US price seems higher to me than UK??
I watched the GN video and was surprised - seems he had some damage on his, and rated it badly. Thermal performance is very good for the money - no point comparing it to cases much dearer
Montech king 65 pro have grommets for top and bottom on their website for that case. It might just be reviewers that got cases with not grommets for top and bottom.
Umm, thanks for pointing that out. 👍
I wouldn’t use this case unless it could be fitted with a front mesh front - maybe an optional extra sometime in the future
It would be good to see Montech offer the mesh front version, or as an optional extra.
same it doesnt support project zero boards, as I just bought one, does the king 95? struggling to find that info out
No, the King 95 doesn't support back connect motherboards either.
Please montech make a king 45 Matx version
I'd like to see that too.
But with the curved panels not the square ones.
Is this out now in the UK? cant find it on ebuyer
It’s on scan
Good
Show ! Fans must be worth £20 at least.
Gives you an idea of what good fans really cost to make!!
@@PCPro2017 Yeah and 20 quid is middle range pricing for fans now!
More like 40 quid!
Not for me, but you can't knock montech, they came into this industry in the right way and keep releasing great chassis designs
Better than the lian li vision compact?
I've not reviewed that one yet. Maybe soon.😊
This or the Montech Sky Two GX?
No flex either - thats how you do it, surprising how many parts of the case they got right for the limited price point
Good
They seem to make very good cases for very little money
Yes they do
Imagine paying double for the Corsair case in the same Sector
montech are great in this sector, never perfect - but they are so inexpensive
Horizontal GPU only is a shame. Can you get brackets from them to allow for a vertical GPU?
You could possibly use something like this: amzn.eu/d/ij0kzCn
@@KitGuruTech That would do the job but it costs more than half the case!
I prefer the hyte to the king
The color matching is really good, my own white case is very poor in regards to this, and some of the panel gaps are tesla level garbage
😬
At this price it is a steal. Too bad there is a price inflation of about 25-30% for montech cases for the EU countries.
Can anyone help me? I have a budget of £85 for a new case - For the price I dont see anything better than this King 65 - anyone got anything else I should be looking at for the same money?
Lian Li Lancool 207 is great if you don't need dual chamber and it's the same price as the King 65.
But if you want a dual chamber case that includes fans, ARGB PWM fan hub, good build quality and hardware support the King 65 is your best bet for under £80.
King 95 Mega pro when?
Your guess is as good as mine 😊
Looks like a $140 CAD + taxes here in Canada
How does that price compare to something like the Antec C8 ? I feel like the UK is getting better value from Montech than some other regions maybe.
Montech XR case looks a deal for even cheaper.
I mean you could argue it doesnt support back motherboards like Project Zero, but at this price point I dont even think its relevant
Shame really as project zero just needs a few extra cut outs.
it's not often i see kitgurutech & gamers nexus have such wildly different opinions about a case, in particular the completely opposite conclusions about thermal performance - where this case was at the bottom of multiple gn charts, and had a few build quality issues as well. strange.
The thing is I’ve seen Steve give positive review to the Hyte Y60, but thermal performance is within a couple of degrees C of the King 65, but the Y60 is more than twice as much to buy as this case. Looking into it. This case is £75 in uk but it’s 100 dollars in USA. I can’t see any issues with this case for such a low price in uk. James did mention some possible room for improvements at the end but I would agree with him. James even showed the flex in video and it seems well within acceptable for the low price. Certainly not as bad as the hyte was.
The King 65 seems to be better value in the UK compared with US pricing which is odd.
Build quality is excellent, we had no problem with the bent steel at the top of the front glass like GN did. Panel alignment is perfect and the white is a great match between different materials.
The included fans may be a little less powerful compared to the King 95 fans but thermal performance is better than some other dual chamber cases that we have tested using similar hardware.
For £75 with excellent build quality, ease of use, good hardware and cooling support, three included fans and a 6 port AEGB PWM fan hub it's great value.
It's a King 95 with square panels so if you are a fan of the King 95 but want a more subtle look it's ideal, plus it's more than half the price of some of the competition. What's not to like? 👍
Steve is way off the mark. I don’t know what on earth he wants for £75. It’s just negativity sells. It’s the whole motto of his channel. And if you are saying he is right then look at the hyte 60 review. That case is twice the price and only has moderately better thermals and much worse build quality. I am pretty sure gn case was damaged in shipping as well.
@@inlovewithmycar7085 i definitely wasn't saying "steve is right." i do think, as alluded to above, that his review was at least partially based on the case being more expensive in the US - making it worse value compared to other regional pricing. that price difference puts the king 65 against a different tier of cases, and at least marginally hurts its value proposition.
as far as the bent corner gn experienced - if it was shipping damage, it would be strange for them to receive two cases with identical bends as they did. assuming it was shipping damage, packaging might be an area montech could look to improve upon to minimize that possibility. definitely some unknown factors there, so hard for me to speculate, of course. personally, i do like the case and would have no problem recommending it (depending on price).
i hope you & your car have a good week!
@@KitGuruTech i feel like this is a great example why it's so important to watch multiple reviews from different sources - had i only watched the gn review, i likely would have been left with a more negative opinion on this case. hopefully montech can get the price down a bit on the king 65 for those of us across the pond from you - but that might not be feasible depending on shipping, tariffs, etc.
thanks so much for your response and consistently excellent, honest reviews. i certainly appreciate all the hard work the entire kitguru team puts into each video.
It’s not quite big enough for me inside I’m afraid.
KitGuru: best case of 2024
Gamers Nexus: worst case of 2024
Difference of opinion between engineers and journalists?
Going to go and watch the gn review to see why.
Very different hardware being tested - GN use an air cooler and only the fans that come with the case, plus they didn’t try bottom mounted fans (they use a standard setup for all case tests)
Personally I don't think you can have a "best" case in any category.
A case isn't a performance part, it can only allow the parts to achieve their limits or hinder them.
Don't think we should congratulate a company basically doing what everyone else is, just another fish tank case really?
Eh, Lian Li is better. This is ok
Bit more expensive though
its got terrible thermal performance - see the GN video
In our thermal tests it's not terrible. It performs better than the be quiet! Light Base 600 LX with similar hardware spec for example.
Value for money is excellent, it's a very easy case to build a system with, has excellent storage support, especially for 2.5-inch drives, good cable management, includes fans and ARGB PWM hub, build quality is very good considering the price.
We take all these things into account when reviewing a case as well as thermal performance.
I don't think it's as good value in the states, $100 ish compared to £75. That makes it £25 more than the lancool 207, but uk lancool 207 and king 65 are the same price approx
Would love to know why they have arrived at such different conclusions on this.
@@Bellestronsse agreed, they seem to be very divided about this one 😅