I hate this new UA-cam comments layout. Not sure if anyone else has it. Anyway, the case reviews are FULLY BACK into rotation! Super excited about this! We debuted the new testing with the North XL, but now we've 100% locked-in our test hardware, heat load, and tests. Will have a methods piece on it now that it's done. What's the interest level in the Antec C8 and the Corsair 6500? We're considering running those next. Let us know! Watch our Fractal North XL review that kicked off the new testing! We've updated some tests since then, too! ua-cam.com/video/aQHKCjuYTVQ/v-deo.html
It'd be nice if you could please check out the H6 Flow by NZXT, I'm curious as to if its diagonally-placed front fans are more effective as opposed to, say the Lian Li O11's front fan design. Additionally, at least here in Canada, it's a fair bit cheaper than most of the other panoramic cases, which makes it a unique option. Have a great day Steve!
For what its worth, I went from a mid/mid-full case to a Fractal Terra build recently and I love it. At least based on the Terra, Fractal really has some crazy good attention to detail and style, better than Corsair in my opinion right now, and before this Corsair was my go to.
@@joel6513I did two separate builds, one in the north and one in the terra. The north was tough to build in but I also put in a ASRock 7900xtx so that's my own damn fault. The terra was a breeze to build in and was a really enjoyable build! The toughest part was cable managing at least somewhat to make it all fit
I had to make sure the notification for this was Hyte and not the completely original and unique Hype cases, lol. Although to be fair to Hyte, they may, in fact, need the Hyte logo everywhere, so you know its infact actually Hyte and not the aforementioned incredibly unique Hype.
People get sucked into the brand thing, Hyte have obviously sold enough cases (with the help of certain youtube channels), to believe they are now a 'team' that the fanboys can go silly over.
Seeing the happy Steve face in the thumbnail made me feel good. Too many frustrating events has been going on in the pc industry recently and it's nice to see a new epsiode come out in my favorite series, case reviews!
I picked up a Fractal North XL Mesh after seeing your review for it... and it's legit the best made, coolest looking case I've ever owned. I don't think I would have come across it if it wasn't for your review of it, so I just wanted to say thanks for keeping me informed! Keep up the awesome work!
Your case testing is really my go-to when I’m in the market for a case. You all knock it out of the park with the dedication to actual fact collecting. Glad to see new cases are on the menu!
Random thought I had watching this, I appreciate how much context for the industry, history, and competitors you provide in your videos. I kind of fade in and out of keeping up with component releases and you make it very easy to jump back to.
Haven't had a chance to watch but so glad to see case reviews up! These were what got me into watching the channel and made me feel confident on two of my buys that I did not regret at all!
The phanteks p500a and then the lian lancool III, was happy with the 1st one, very happy as it was my 1st one but the tempation to go a white build was too much, and my uncle gladly bought the phanteks, both cases were great!
@@SpoonHurler Honestly its still way too much pixel density for such a small screen. They could use a lower res cheaper panel and nobody would know the difference.
Out of interest, what kinda things are you using the touchscreen for? I'm trying to justify the added expense for a touchscreen panel as opposed to just modding my own non-touch panel
Happy to spend an extra $20-40 to get a gorgeous looking case. Tend to keep mine for many years, so comes to pennies a day for something that is great to look at and brings a smile to my face every time I see it. But I realize it is tough to monetize that kind of ephemeral satisfaction.
Thanks for covering the non-touch version. Every review seems to be focused, not just on the touch version but the touch screen overall, forgetting to review the case itself.
I bought my first custom case back in 2002 and it was $250. The company took a regular case and added "punches" for more fans. They had different options for airflow and fan arrangement and they did it all in house. I still have it. I don't use it, but its awesome.
Built my 7800X3D/7900XTX build in the Y70 non-Touch and I absolutely love this thing. Very easy to build in, great build quality and it looks very good.
I just built my y70 and wish I had seen this review before hahaha... It works well for my application and looks amazing, but that noise! I chased that noise for a good min before seeing this. THANK YOU!
Glad to see my case the Fractal Torrent smoking the competition! Very happy with this beauty, got it in white with RGB and its been keeping temps of my furnace i9 pretty tame (I use an NH D15, air cooling for life babyyyy)
I just built a new rig (finally!) last week, and I was really torn between a Hyte case and the Fractal North. I ended getting the North XL cause it came 3 pre wired 120x fans. Saved me ~$45. But to be honest the real reason I chose fractal is I learned ibuypower was associated with Hyte. Maybe thats not fair, but its just how my thought process went. I will say though, in general, it is so worth paying a premium for a nice case. It just makes everything so much easier. Keep up the great work guys!!
It's their hurdle to beat preconceptions from a worst-of-the-worst parent company, not ours as consumers to make a leap of faith on a high price nascent brand.
Was lucky and got my hands on a Y70 Touch (Red) close to release, and holy hell I love this damned thing. Building in it was great, my GPU + CPU loop with dual 360 rads looks amazing in it, and the screen is a fun little thing to mess with and have my hardware info on, or a calculator, or play Tetris, lol. Plus their customer service was amazing; had a bad front I/O on my unit, and within an hour of my initial email, they'd written back twice and had a new front I/O kit sent out to me, only needing my case's serial number and an address to ship to. I'll fully admit, it's a vanity case that's more looks than anything, but so far my temps are holding great, and I couldn't be happier with how it looks on my desk.
I think theyre planning to sell the touch screen separately like they did with the y60. I got the non touch y70 and cant wait to upgrade but it's a nice case either way
I’ve recently decided to upgrade my case based on your review of the Fractal Torrent, as my old one was lacking in space, it turned into abit of a rebuild on everything but the GPU,CPU and PSU, but I’m looking forward to it arriving! Really appreciate the reviews even when I’m not interested in even buying anything.
I've been thinking the same. I'm considering the Fractal Pop, but I don't know how it works once you populate that bay with a drive. Can you still put the cover over the top to keep it looking classy, is that cover weird to remove over and over whenever you need the drive, does it look super silly if you leave the cover off... etc etc. Seems like all the reviews I've seen just say "yep, it as a 5.25 bay if you're some weirdo who still wants it..." and I say "Well, I'm that weirdo... so... how well does it work?" EDIT/UPDATE: I hadn't looked into it in a while, and after a quick search: it doesn't look too bad with the cover removed (but definitely not as sleek). It would be pretty cool if they sold a faceplate (or two side wings) that class it up a little. I suppose I don't use an optical drive THAT often (couple dozen times a year?), so I could just remove the cover when needed. I mostly burn discs for old systems or occasionally access old file/video backups. As a bonus I see people using the second bay to slap-in a flash memory reader which I definitely miss having on my old build (instead of a random USB thing flopped on my desk).
You can still get fractal core 1000s. No space for cable management, but you can route them behind the mounting bracket for your storage drives, or under the 5.25 Bay. Only has two 120mm intake fan mounts on the front and side, though. And one 92mm rear fan. So I wouldn't put top spec components inside it.
@@alecjahn You can still put the cover on the pop if you put a 5.25 drive into it, the clips for the cover are not blocked by the drive but the cover will obviously prevent use of the drive if its on. Problem is the huge PSU shroud makes it so your GPU has no airflow, id pass if you have a 3 slot or bigger card.
Looking forward to the testing methodology piece, equal parts nerdy curiosity and cause I wanted to get the first GPU later down the line. Seeing how it got y'all seal of approval for long term use.
I massively appreiate your recap of your other feviews concerning Hyte or, the company in question. Its a MUCH needed stage setup so that we dont forget what these companies are doing elsewhere
I've got a black Y60 and absolutely love it! The build quality as you said Steve is outstanding. I'm happy to see them continue that route while making improvements. I'm torn about the fans not being included, they probably realize that most people who are building a PC are going to either have their own fans or want to install an entire ecosystem like Corsair. So rather than the consumer having to uninstall all the case fans to put their own in they just stopped putting them in. Granted they need to be charging less for this because of that, I can't see the size making the components that much more than the Y60. That AIO they make is amazing and wish I had waited a few months before I built my system kus I would have saved a lot of time and money dealing with Corsair -_- I'd never buy a Corsair case especially if it's got that classic Corsair markup, with a crappy build quality... just like all their other products. HYTE is killing it! I can't believe a company copied them completely, didn't even try to hide it... and failed lol the case looks like it was made by children lol
YES! Case reviews again finally! I love your other work of course by my favourites will be the case reviews! May I ask what's going on with the fan testing?
Thank you for this review! I just bought one of these for my son's first computer build. He's a young teen so looks were highest on his priority list while not cooking expensive components were highest on my priority list. Seems like this case was an okay compromise.
I never was much for this style of case, even after building in a Montech Sky Two. I got to build in a Y70 Touch yesterday and my goodness was it a pleasure to build in and looked great by the time I was done. The guy kitted it out with Lian Li infinity uni fans all around, with reversed blades on the side and bottom, and they are a perfect fit for looks. He also had a Lian Li edge PSU, which also worked perfectly in this case. I've now been thinking about switching up my wishlist to something similar to that one. Having the best thermals is fine and all, but I'd be willing to give up a bit of that to have a Y70 now with a similar layout. It really is a case to strongly consider if you want good looks and ease of use features.
@@ChaosGoddessRaven easily. 3 up top, 3 on the side, and 1 rear (or a 140mm). The bottom can fit 3 120mm, but takes some work due to the cutout. You first have to put the fans in the case loose and run the wires. If using the uni-fans, you can slot two together, but you'll have to get them and the last one into the case before you can slot the last one together. You need to be able to overlap them to get in it. After all that, THEN you remount the fan frame and start screwing the fans to the frame. Not every fan hole will be able to be used due to the cutout, but wasn't a problem in this instance. The rubber bumpers on the fans prevented vibration noise and they all fit rigidly. The instructions make it look like you can mount the fans to the bottom frame first and then slide it all in, but that is not possible with 3 fans.
@@Nareimooncatt Thanks for the info. I'm pretty much building my second PC and while I would like to go cheaper, I figured if I'm gonna be building a whole new PC I might as well just go all out as much as my paycheck allows without going into financial risk. Not to mention, I don't want to have to upgrade for years to come so my best bet is upgrading now to more recent parts. Plus most of mine were recommended by a friend of mine.
@@Nareimooncatt Would I want the fans on the bottom to be reverse blades? Because if I'm going for 10 fans, and with 3 on top and the side, I'd assume the 140mm in the rear would be outtake, and the other 6, (top and side) would be intake. I doubt anybody would be wanting intake from the bottom due to risk of dust and particulate small enough to go through. This is only my second build, and I want to be able to have enough cooling power for my GPU (GeForce RTX 4070ti Super) and CPU (AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D) and I'm also doing a lot of research, which I never did with my current and I'm bottlenecking my cpu a bit (the poor thing xD)
@@ChaosGoddessRaven the ones on the bottom would be largely hidden by the case slats. Ideally they would be reverse blades, but not essential. There's is a filter to keep stuff out, but you do have to put the case on its side to remove it to clean. If you are using an AIO cooler. I would do bottom and side as intake reverse blades, then rear and top as exhaust with normal blades if the AIO is top mounted. If the AIO will be side mounted, then I would set that as exhaust with normal blades, top and bottom intake with reverse blades. If using an air cooler, I would do side and bottom intake with reverse blades and rear exhaust with normal blades. I probably wouldn't even use the top slots at all. The only reason I would use more fans with an AIO would be to ensure I maintain a positive pressure airflow. Negative pressure can let dust in through the rear due to lack of filter.
I never thought I would be without my Corsair Crystal 680X. That is until just last week I was lucky enough to get a Boxed as new Hyte Y70 Touch in the Panda colour way (Black & White) from a guy just 2 miles away from me for £300 & I'm extremely happy with it.
Whenever I see those dual chamber cases I always envy the cable management space, nice to see the openings to the other chamber are good as well. Still feel this is underrated, having had several builds with rear panels that wouldn't quite close and currently a 24-pin routed through the front because it wouldn't fit through the standard hole.
Honestly I went for the Fractal Torrent after you reviewed it a couple of years ago for my recent build and it's the greatest case I've ever owned. It's kinda criminal it doesn't get more hype.
@@StrikeWarlock By that you mean to say, "they do get hype"? If so, I absolutely agree, I have an old Fractal case from 8 years ago and it's been solid this whole time, and was recommended to me at the time as a trustworthy brand.
I shudder to think about how aggressive HYTE would go with its branding were it to branch out to other components... They really missed an opportunity to have a great big H for a power button, though. I finally got around to getting a Fractal Torrent after years of dreaming about getting one, all thanks to seeing your channel review it when it first came out onto the market. Definitely made a huge difference to thermals, and it's really nice to finally have a quiet system that doesn't struggle to keep cool.
I bought the Y60 last year. I added a LCD screen inside the case (with a 3D printed piece). I chose the Y60 over the Lian-Li 011D as I thought it was more aesthetically pleasing especially with my end goal of a high-end liquid cooled build. I looked at the Fractal North and while beautiful wasn't for me, as I'm not into the minimalist aesthetic and it would hide components I wanted to display. Your review is spot on though. The thermals are an issue especially with the 40 series of GPUs as I've had to remove the side glass panel to allow for better airflow until I find the time to modify my GPU to be liquid cooled.
Finally ordered one of these after a while. Was debating on the h6 flow and y60 before, but couldnt ever get my hands on one. Got lucky enough to get my y70ww while it was in stick and on sale
Someone else mentioned they bought a case due to these review. This is also how I decoded to buy the Pop Air for myself, and I'm quite happy with the choice
love my y70 looks great easy to build in is very sturdy and well constructed and i have zero thermal issues but i do use a aio for cpu cooling over a tower cooler i just fell in love with the look and design but it is infact very well made and put together
I recently moved my stuff into the Y70 non touch screen from the Phanteks NV7, and I LOVE this case! One of the nicer cases I have used and allowed me to easily vertical mount my 4090 and still have room for some decor inside of it. For me the touchscreen would take away from whats inside for me personally. I really liked how easy it was to pass cables through the gromets for sure. The branding on the black for my build, is mostly hidden other than the riser connector and no fans, I would have installed different ones anyhow.
money invested in a good case is not wasted - I'm re-using cases all the time - not much so in cpus and gpus still using an original cooler master stacker and a cosmos 1000
I purchased the Y60 not long after launch. I love this case. GPU rarely gets over 60c and the CPU runs in the low 50c range. Air cooled only with quality components.
I have been dreaming of the Hyte Touch since it came out. I WILL get me one when I can afford to build a new PC. I pray soon. Or, maybe when the 5K series video cards coem out heh.
I looked at all the dual chamber cases Steve reviewed, except the Fractal Designs, I settled for NZXT H9 Flow, preferred this to the Elite, which had a glass panel on the top. Cheaper and better airflow than its more expensive brethren.
In a day and age where phones sell $800-1000 over their real value, simply because there is a specific logo on them, I get that a case series like this exists and gets sold. And I'm actually pleasantly surprised that Hyte puts real effort in not only looking good and striving to be a premium namebrand, but also puts effort in actually improving the function of what they sell. Even with the rather crummy airflow, the Y60 sells rather well. So for them to step up their game with the Y70, not in looks, but in improving almost every cooling characteristic of the case, that gets a genuine bravo from me.
Had this come earlier (late 2022) I'd have picked one up as it has more space than my Y60. I'm a huge Armored Core fan and with 6 finally coming out, I wanted the space in the case to put one of my Kotobukiya model kits and set the RGB lights up to look like a hangar. It's a tight fit in the Y60, but this has plenty of space. It gave me the opportunity to have an illuminated display case on my desk and a PC in one. I knew going into it the thermals wouldn't be nearly as good as my previous gaming PC, but they're still well within what I deem acceptable. Under any other circumstances I'd have picked up something focused on thermals, but being able to set up a PC theme to match a game series I've played since the first game was too difficult to ignore. I am this case's target market right now. 😂
Don't like a case that is big, just for the sake of being big. My Rosewill Thor V2 in white is very big, but for a reason, it has six 3.5" hard drive bays of which I am using 4 at the moment, and has six external 5.25" bays, plus can accommodate motherboards with 10 expansion slots. Also has three 230mm fans (Top, Side, and Front) and one 140mm fan at the rear. Cooling is never an issue, it is fantastic with that huge mesh side panel and 230mm fan blowing onto GPU and motherboard. If a case is going to be big, it better have a lot of drive bay slots and cooling!! Love it, have had it for years now.
Every time I look at these case reviews, it always reinforces my decision to run the PC caseless. Been running like this for 15 months and still works.
I bet on that bottom filter on the Y60 you can easily snap off every other "fin" to open up the airflow a bit. Mine's arriving soon and I'll definitely look into doing that.
What I like most about this case is the LP GPU riser and the fact that they have a bunch of other half height slots so you could run a capture card, a second GPU like the A310 or A380 for Plex transcoding or streaming, a 10Gb NIC or even... a sound card, I guess. Seriously though, I like that they do vertical GPU's while not completely making the rest of the PCIe slots useless.
I just built one and it does make the other pcie slots useless. You dont have a ton of clearance to begin with and the riser cables will block the second pcie slot. And anyways the rear panel will not support a second gpu bc theyre not the correct side. Idk about capture cards maybe those use the smaller rear panel footprint but you'd have to bend the riser cables in an unnatural way. Even my intel wifi add in card wouldn't fit due to the rear panel size, fortunately i got a motherboard with a built in wifi since i didnt want to deal with add in cards anymore. You could probably jury rig something with buying separate pcie cables but its not a drop in solution for sure.
@@rodiculous9464 Those are half height slots. As long as the card is a half height card, I see no reason they would not fit and would interfere with the PCIe riser cable. The A310 is a half height only GPU and there are half height A380 models. There are a lot of half height WiFi cards, network adapters, sound cards and capture cards. Sounds like you tried to fit a full height card into a half height slot then complained that it wouldn't fit when you just don't understand how it works.
I personally think the standardize fan test is better because most people who buy these cases don't use the fans that come with the case. They replace them. A better way might be to fully populate all the fans (with the same brand just different sizes depending on what the case supports) and standardize for noise.
Great review as usual, thank you. I would still be very interested in seeing GN review the TUF GT502 case. It would fit the comparison well, considering its appearance, pricing and features, and I would love to see how well it does when it has to go through all of your tests.
I want the Y70 Touch. Hopefully they become available at some point. Would be my first non-Corsair Obsidian case in well over a decade. 800D-900D-1000D
You've already convinced me to get the Torrent, but then I saw the North XL, and now this? My eastern european pay can't suffice the urges to get a new case. If I keep watching your videos on case reviews, I'll soon start a collection of cases I want and/or wanted in the past. Going to end up homeless and have to make myself a house out of pc cases.
09:04 Hey, that's SR-3 Dark, I have one of those! No one makes crazy mobos like that anymore, there are WRX90 and W790 Sage, but those don't have a cool VRM waterblock... A bit outdated, but I'm still using a W-3175X build with that board. And that EK CPU block too, had to sand 1.5mm from the sides to be able to use DIMMs with heatsinks in the slots closest to the CPU. The block is in direct-die mode, had to machine a custom frame to make that happen. And the only good looking case I could outfit with enough cooling for W-3175X to be relatively cool was Corsair 1000D, took out the upper rails to be able to cram 4x Quantum Surface P480M rads.
I have a strix 4090... so I'm glad to see they made it to fit massive cards. About to build a new pc so looking into the hyte y70 touch for my new build
A lot of people who got the touch say the screen barely works half the time and that the software for it either crashes A LOT, or it sucks up resources really badly. Thus why I got the screen-less version and bought a different screen to put inside it (turzx turing screen, runs everything off a single internal USB connector, so it doesnt suck up any graphics card resources).
I bought a Y60 a year ago when I was deciding to go the water-cooled route. I get why they made the Y70 (adding a 4th PCI slot) and like some of the improvements, but if you are using these cases like how they were intended (a water-cooled GPU), you'll never need more than a couple PCI slots anyways.
Reminds me of OLD school Antec cases.......just good build quality. IF I didn't have a H500M case already I would BUY this 100%......its a great FEATURE case to FEATURE your PC components.
I think a cool addition - no pun intended - would be to populate the max fan slots with maybe thermalright fans for budget and to keep it fair. It would be nice to see the Y70 decked out with fans vs say the Fractal Torrent that comes decked out with full fans basically. I doubt anybody spending Y70 money wouldn't populate all if not most of the fan slots.
Ant Esports have released cases that have same design as hyte series but way.. WAY.. cheaper, so that people who love the aesthetic of the case but cannot afford the OG, can still enjoy it at normal price. Ofcourse they have it for O11 dynamic as well, But i would really love to see a review on it on this channel, since we already got a similar case review one more can't hurt, and if it's good it's really good for us customers. Though i can only hope. Love your work GN. Love from India.
I hate this new UA-cam comments layout. Not sure if anyone else has it. Anyway, the case reviews are FULLY BACK into rotation! Super excited about this! We debuted the new testing with the North XL, but now we've 100% locked-in our test hardware, heat load, and tests. Will have a methods piece on it now that it's done. What's the interest level in the Antec C8 and the Corsair 6500? We're considering running those next. Let us know!
Watch our Fractal North XL review that kicked off the new testing! We've updated some tests since then, too! ua-cam.com/video/aQHKCjuYTVQ/v-deo.html
It's just rolling out, I don't have it but I have seen friends on discord talking about it.
New comments layout? I feel relevant.
It seems like UA-cam/Google only ever make things worse.
It'd be nice if you could please check out the H6 Flow by NZXT, I'm curious as to if its diagonally-placed front fans are more effective as opposed to, say the Lian Li O11's front fan design. Additionally, at least here in Canada, it's a fair bit cheaper than most of the other panoramic cases, which makes it a unique option. Have a great day Steve!
I had it months ago and went away at some point
Never before could you get so many logos at such a low price.
Nice case, torn between this and the fractal north.
The North and Torrent are both revolutionary in the more traditional layout categories!
For what its worth, I went from a mid/mid-full case to a Fractal Terra build recently and I love it. At least based on the Terra, Fractal really has some crazy good attention to detail and style, better than Corsair in my opinion right now, and before this Corsair was my go to.
@@joel6513I did two separate builds, one in the north and one in the terra. The north was tough to build in but I also put in a ASRock 7900xtx so that's my own damn fault. The terra was a breeze to build in and was a really enjoyable build! The toughest part was cable managing at least somewhat to make it all fit
It's almost like the manufacturing plant gets a bonus for every logo appearing on the case.
@@GamersNexus 3.5' is giving space for 5.25' ....You were supposed to bring knowledge to youtube, not drown it in lapsus errors :D
I had to make sure the notification for this was Hyte and not the completely original and unique Hype cases, lol. Although to be fair to Hyte, they may, in fact, need the Hyte logo everywhere, so you know its infact actually Hyte and not the aforementioned incredibly unique Hype.
hahaha, fair enough!
People get sucked into the brand thing, Hyte have obviously sold enough cases (with the help of certain youtube channels), to believe they are now a 'team' that the fanboys can go silly over.
Seeing the happy Steve face in the thumbnail made me feel good. Too many frustrating events has been going on in the pc industry recently and it's nice to see a new epsiode come out in my favorite series, case reviews!
I was half-expecting the sponsor call at 1:25 to legitimately be
" Before that, this video's brought to you by *_HYTE LOGO!_* "
"Yes, that's right, Hyte literally paid us a sponsorship to advertise their logo, no not any of their products or services, but their actual logo."
Me 131. I say this because you said it first and got 130 likes!
This isn't Linus Tech Tips lol
I picked up a Fractal North XL Mesh after seeing your review for it... and it's legit the best made, coolest looking case I've ever owned. I don't think I would have come across it if it wasn't for your review of it, so I just wanted to say thanks for keeping me informed! Keep up the awesome work!
That's awesome to have helped! Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching the review! Excited to keep bringing case content forward!
Ditto
I picked up the non-XL based on your reviews too. My go to place for when I or a friend needs a case recomendation
Your case testing is really my go-to when I’m in the market for a case. You all knock it out of the park with the dedication to actual fact collecting. Glad to see new cases are on the menu!
What about the wobbly top?
Random thought I had watching this, I appreciate how much context for the industry, history, and competitors you provide in your videos. I kind of fade in and out of keeping up with component releases and you make it very easy to jump back to.
Your case reviews are second to none. Glad they're back!
its hard to be second when you are the only one doing it lol.
This is a happy Steve in his natural habitat: benchmarking pc cases and making charts
The amount of logos would make the Toyota Corolla Cross blush
Haven't had a chance to watch but so glad to see case reviews up! These were what got me into watching the channel and made me feel confident on two of my buys that I did not regret at all!
Which ones were those?!
The phanteks p500a and then the lian lancool III, was happy with the 1st one, very happy as it was my 1st one but the tempation to go a white build was too much, and my uncle gladly bought the phanteks, both cases were great!
The competition between Fractal and Hyte is getting us the best possible case designs. Its great.
I have a HYTE Y70 4K touch white and I freaking love it
1/4K but it still looks sweet 😂
@@SpoonHurler Honestly its still way too much pixel density for such a small screen. They could use a lower res cheaper panel and nobody would know the difference.
Just don’t buy your computer from Xotic PC
Out of interest, what kinda things are you using the touchscreen for? I'm trying to justify the added expense for a touchscreen panel as opposed to just modding my own non-touch panel
Happy to spend an extra $20-40 to get a gorgeous looking case. Tend to keep mine for many years, so comes to pennies a day for something that is great to look at and brings a smile to my face every time I see it. But I realize it is tough to monetize that kind of ephemeral satisfaction.
Thanks for covering the non-touch version. Every review seems to be focused, not just on the touch version but the touch screen overall, forgetting to review the case itself.
We haven't even started and Hyte Y70 already won the coveted Happy Steve Thumbnail award. Not bad Hyte.
5:33 Intentionally setting up for an jab at Tesla only to make an accidental car pun is one of writing's happy little accidents. Thanks, Steve!
I bought my first custom case back in 2002 and it was $250. The company took a regular case and added "punches" for more fans. They had different options for airflow and fan arrangement and they did it all in house. I still have it. I don't use it, but its awesome.
Built my 7800X3D/7900XTX build in the Y70 non-Touch and I absolutely love this thing. Very easy to build in, great build quality and it looks very good.
What ended up being your full budget? I'm looking to get a similar build. But still deciding between 4070 ti super and the 7900 XTX.
After almost 2 years, i absolutely LOVE my Fractal Torrent! EATX case!
I just built my y70 and wish I had seen this review before hahaha... It works well for my application and looks amazing, but that noise! I chased that noise for a good min before seeing this. THANK YOU!
I built my system in the Y70 touch back in January. Happy with every penny I spent.
same im so glad i went with the y70
10 years later
GN: Once again Fractal Torrent reign supreme
It's a good case! Have had zero complaints with mine.
Fractal screwed me over, so no.
@@hagbard72what happened
You can only make so many improvements to PC cases. Even models from 30 years ago are still viable.
Glad to see my case the Fractal Torrent smoking the competition! Very happy with this beauty, got it in white with RGB and its been keeping temps of my furnace i9 pretty tame (I use an NH D15, air cooling for life babyyyy)
I just built a new rig (finally!) last week, and I was really torn between a Hyte case and the Fractal North. I ended getting the North XL cause it came 3 pre wired 120x fans. Saved me ~$45. But to be honest the real reason I chose fractal is I learned ibuypower was associated with Hyte. Maybe thats not fair, but its just how my thought process went. I will say though, in general, it is so worth paying a premium for a nice case. It just makes everything so much easier.
Keep up the great work guys!!
It's their hurdle to beat preconceptions from a worst-of-the-worst parent company, not ours as consumers to make a leap of faith on a high price nascent brand.
@@PanderingSlats Agree, thats the conclusion I came to as well.
Was lucky and got my hands on a Y70 Touch (Red) close to release, and holy hell I love this damned thing. Building in it was great, my GPU + CPU loop with dual 360 rads looks amazing in it, and the screen is a fun little thing to mess with and have my hardware info on, or a calculator, or play Tetris, lol. Plus their customer service was amazing; had a bad front I/O on my unit, and within an hour of my initial email, they'd written back twice and had a new front I/O kit sent out to me, only needing my case's serial number and an address to ship to. I'll fully admit, it's a vanity case that's more looks than anything, but so far my temps are holding great, and I couldn't be happier with how it looks on my desk.
I’m glad I preordered the y70 touch before it sold out
You will love it. I have the Y70 touch with 14900k and a 4090, i have no issues with temps and looks great.
@@brettcoles5262 I have the same configuration but with a 13900k
I think theyre planning to sell the touch screen separately like they did with the y60. I got the non touch y70 and cant wait to upgrade but it's a nice case either way
Love your case reviews! Thank you for continuing them!
I love the corner of desk touching the wall style of brain case
I’ve recently decided to upgrade my case based on your review of the Fractal Torrent, as my old one was lacking in space, it turned into abit of a rebuild on everything but the GPU,CPU and PSU, but I’m looking forward to it arriving! Really appreciate the reviews even when I’m not interested in even buying anything.
Man, I need a good case that still has room for my Blu-Ray optical drive.
Hmmm. I think the Fractal Pop has a 5.25 bay!
Get an external enclosure. I have an OWC Mercury. It's been great for 7 years now.
I've been thinking the same. I'm considering the Fractal Pop, but I don't know how it works once you populate that bay with a drive. Can you still put the cover over the top to keep it looking classy, is that cover weird to remove over and over whenever you need the drive, does it look super silly if you leave the cover off... etc etc. Seems like all the reviews I've seen just say "yep, it as a 5.25 bay if you're some weirdo who still wants it..." and I say "Well, I'm that weirdo... so... how well does it work?"
EDIT/UPDATE:
I hadn't looked into it in a while, and after a quick search:
it doesn't look too bad with the cover removed (but definitely not as sleek). It would be pretty cool if they sold a faceplate (or two side wings) that class it up a little. I suppose I don't use an optical drive THAT often (couple dozen times a year?), so I could just remove the cover when needed. I mostly burn discs for old systems or occasionally access old file/video backups.
As a bonus I see people using the second bay to slap-in a flash memory reader which I definitely miss having on my old build (instead of a random USB thing flopped on my desk).
You can still get fractal core 1000s. No space for cable management, but you can route them behind the mounting bracket for your storage drives, or under the 5.25 Bay. Only has two 120mm intake fan mounts on the front and side, though. And one 92mm rear fan. So I wouldn't put top spec components inside it.
@@alecjahn You can still put the cover on the pop if you put a 5.25 drive into it, the clips for the cover are not blocked by the drive but the cover will obviously prevent use of the drive if its on. Problem is the huge PSU shroud makes it so your GPU has no airflow, id pass if you have a 3 slot or bigger card.
Looking forward to the testing methodology piece, equal parts nerdy curiosity and cause I wanted to get the first GPU later down the line. Seeing how it got y'all seal of approval for long term use.
What a wild looking case. My computer is built for utmost silence and zero light, but I will admit that is a nice looking box.
I massively appreiate your recap of your other feviews concerning Hyte or, the company in question. Its a MUCH needed stage setup so that we dont forget what these companies are doing elsewhere
I've got a black Y60 and absolutely love it! The build quality as you said Steve is outstanding. I'm happy to see them continue that route while making improvements. I'm torn about the fans not being included, they probably realize that most people who are building a PC are going to either have their own fans or want to install an entire ecosystem like Corsair. So rather than the consumer having to uninstall all the case fans to put their own in they just stopped putting them in. Granted they need to be charging less for this because of that, I can't see the size making the components that much more than the Y60.
That AIO they make is amazing and wish I had waited a few months before I built my system kus I would have saved a lot of time and money dealing with Corsair -_- I'd never buy a Corsair case especially if it's got that classic Corsair markup, with a crappy build quality... just like all their other products. HYTE is killing it! I can't believe a company copied them completely, didn't even try to hide it... and failed lol the case looks like it was made by children lol
Did my full AMD water cooled build with the Y70 touch. I'm more then happy with the case and the touch screen is worth the price.
YES! Case reviews again finally! I love your other work of course by my favourites will be the case reviews! May I ask what's going on with the fan testing?
You missed a Hyte logo, but thanks Steve
Thanks, Steeeve
Thank you for this review! I just bought one of these for my son's first computer build. He's a young teen so looks were highest on his priority list while not cooking expensive components were highest on my priority list. Seems like this case was an okay compromise.
A happy Steve in the thumbnail seems like a good thing.
I never was much for this style of case, even after building in a Montech Sky Two. I got to build in a Y70 Touch yesterday and my goodness was it a pleasure to build in and looked great by the time I was done. The guy kitted it out with Lian Li infinity uni fans all around, with reversed blades on the side and bottom, and they are a perfect fit for looks. He also had a Lian Li edge PSU, which also worked perfectly in this case.
I've now been thinking about switching up my wishlist to something similar to that one. Having the best thermals is fine and all, but I'd be willing to give up a bit of that to have a Y70 now with a similar layout. It really is a case to strongly consider if you want good looks and ease of use features.
Do you think it's possible to fit 10 120mm fans in each slot and have more than enough room for everything else?
@@ChaosGoddessRaven easily. 3 up top, 3 on the side, and 1 rear (or a 140mm).
The bottom can fit 3 120mm, but takes some work due to the cutout. You first have to put the fans in the case loose and run the wires. If using the uni-fans, you can slot two together, but you'll have to get them and the last one into the case before you can slot the last one together. You need to be able to overlap them to get in it. After all that, THEN you remount the fan frame and start screwing the fans to the frame. Not every fan hole will be able to be used due to the cutout, but wasn't a problem in this instance. The rubber bumpers on the fans prevented vibration noise and they all fit rigidly.
The instructions make it look like you can mount the fans to the bottom frame first and then slide it all in, but that is not possible with 3 fans.
@@Nareimooncatt Thanks for the info. I'm pretty much building my second PC and while I would like to go cheaper, I figured if I'm gonna be building a whole new PC I might as well just go all out as much as my paycheck allows without going into financial risk. Not to mention, I don't want to have to upgrade for years to come so my best bet is upgrading now to more recent parts. Plus most of mine were recommended by a friend of mine.
@@Nareimooncatt Would I want the fans on the bottom to be reverse blades? Because if I'm going for 10 fans, and with 3 on top and the side, I'd assume the 140mm in the rear would be outtake, and the other 6, (top and side) would be intake.
I doubt anybody would be wanting intake from the bottom due to risk of dust and particulate small enough to go through.
This is only my second build, and I want to be able to have enough cooling power for my GPU (GeForce RTX 4070ti Super) and CPU (AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D) and I'm also doing a lot of research, which I never did with my current and I'm bottlenecking my cpu a bit (the poor thing xD)
@@ChaosGoddessRaven the ones on the bottom would be largely hidden by the case slats. Ideally they would be reverse blades, but not essential. There's is a filter to keep stuff out, but you do have to put the case on its side to remove it to clean.
If you are using an AIO cooler. I would do bottom and side as intake reverse blades, then rear and top as exhaust with normal blades if the AIO is top mounted. If the AIO will be side mounted, then I would set that as exhaust with normal blades, top and bottom intake with reverse blades.
If using an air cooler, I would do side and bottom intake with reverse blades and rear exhaust with normal blades. I probably wouldn't even use the top slots at all. The only reason I would use more fans with an AIO would be to ensure I maintain a positive pressure airflow. Negative pressure can let dust in through the rear due to lack of filter.
I never thought I would be without my Corsair Crystal 680X. That is until just last week I was lucky enough to get a Boxed as new Hyte Y70 Touch in the Panda colour way (Black & White) from a guy just 2 miles away from me for £300 & I'm extremely happy with it.
I was sold as soon as I saw that implied Hyte logo.
I looped Hyte Logo and now I'm hooked.
Whenever I see those dual chamber cases I always envy the cable management space, nice to see the openings to the other chamber are good as well.
Still feel this is underrated, having had several builds with rear panels that wouldn't quite close and currently a 24-pin routed through the front because it wouldn't fit through the standard hole.
Honestly I went for the Fractal Torrent after you reviewed it a couple of years ago for my recent build and it's the greatest case I've ever owned. It's kinda criminal it doesn't get more hype.
It can't, otherwise people might think it was copied by GameMax 😁
The Torrent is amazing!
I somewhat disagree with this, if CPU cases had a meta, Fractal cases are up there, especially the Torrent.
@@StrikeWarlock By that you mean to say, "they do get hype"? If so, I absolutely agree, I have an old Fractal case from 8 years ago and it's been solid this whole time, and was recommended to me at the time as a trustworthy brand.
I have the meshify 2 and love it. 😊
Thanks, Steve.
..I understood that reference
Great review, just recently found the channel and been loving it ever since, with the wealth of info you have.
I shudder to think about how aggressive HYTE would go with its branding were it to branch out to other components... They really missed an opportunity to have a great big H for a power button, though.
I finally got around to getting a Fractal Torrent after years of dreaming about getting one, all thanks to seeing your channel review it when it first came out onto the market. Definitely made a huge difference to thermals, and it's really nice to finally have a quiet system that doesn't struggle to keep cool.
I have the original hyte y70 and though the screen lags a bit I love the case. It’s so easy to clean and it’s just gorgeous.
I bought the Y60 last year. I added a LCD screen inside the case (with a 3D printed piece). I chose the Y60 over the Lian-Li 011D as I thought it was more aesthetically pleasing especially with my end goal of a high-end liquid cooled build. I looked at the Fractal North and while beautiful wasn't for me, as I'm not into the minimalist aesthetic and it would hide components I wanted to display. Your review is spot on though. The thermals are an issue especially with the 40 series of GPUs as I've had to remove the side glass panel to allow for better airflow until I find the time to modify my GPU to be liquid cooled.
I was literally searching this right now n you just dropped a whole review on it. Time to check it out.
Finally ordered one of these after a while. Was debating on the h6 flow and y60 before, but couldnt ever get my hands on one. Got lucky enough to get my y70ww while it was in stick and on sale
Someone else mentioned they bought a case due to these review. This is also how I decoded to buy the Pop Air for myself, and I'm quite happy with the choice
thanks for the review. i've been curious about the hyte cases for years.
love my y70 looks great easy to build in is very sturdy and well constructed and i have zero thermal issues but i do use a aio for cpu cooling over a tower cooler i just fell in love with the look and design but it is infact very well made and put together
I recently moved my stuff into the Y70 non touch screen from the Phanteks NV7, and I LOVE this case! One of the nicer cases I have used and allowed me to easily vertical mount my 4090 and still have room for some decor inside of it. For me the touchscreen would take away from whats inside for me personally. I really liked how easy it was to pass cables through the gromets for sure. The branding on the black for my build, is mostly hidden other than the riser connector and no fans, I would have installed different ones anyhow.
honestly nothing I dislike more than having logos all over my stuff, just makes me feel like I am advertising for them
And for that, you don't even get a fan with it ...
Seeing happy steve on a thumbnail is enough to know its a good product
Just Built a 7800x3d on MSI Project zero in the new Corsair 6500X and I love the case, really good thermals and those one turn fan screws are magical
Very tempted by the 6500x for the build I plan doing now. Really tough to choose a case!
money invested in a good case is not wasted - I'm re-using cases all the time - not much so in cpus and gpus still using an original cooler master stacker and a cosmos 1000
Looking forward to seeing the Corsair 6500 review as I'm thinking of picking one up for my next build.
Worse O11D Evo RGB
I purchased the Y60 not long after launch. I love this case. GPU rarely gets over 60c and the CPU runs in the low 50c range. Air cooled only with quality components.
Love the content as usual ❤ would love to see a video on the NZXT H6 Flow as well!
GN Case review - Come for the Snarky Comments (TM) and stay for the outtakes and bloopers. 5 out of 5 dropped case screws. Would watch again.
Love my y60. Hyte cases are well put together
I have been dreaming of the Hyte Touch since it came out. I WILL get me one when I can afford to build a new PC. I pray soon. Or, maybe when the 5K series video cards coem out heh.
Finally got my Touch upgrade around late July. It is definitely something of a luxury buy. But I enjoy the whole experience!
how are the temps?
@@ManCaveMike2099 Not bad. Even with this summer heat, it's hanging mostly around 50-60 C.
I'm dying with that intro and the prices 😂
I got a Lian li o11 mini air white and I love the case and air flow. It came with 2 140 mm fans and one 120 rear.
Love the case reviews! Need your 6500X review!!
I looked at all the dual chamber cases Steve reviewed, except the Fractal Designs, I settled for NZXT H9 Flow, preferred this to the Elite, which had a glass panel on the top. Cheaper and better airflow than its more expensive brethren.
Fuck yeahhh been waiting for this review for months
Edit: They're sold out just over an hour after the video dropped
Is it the regular or the touch bc the touch has been sold out for months
@@rodiculous9464 the regular snow white and red has been sold out for a while as well lol
@@rodiculous9464 Both of them. Amazon had 1 screenless in stock when I checked but Hyte and everywhere else was sold out.
i was almost expecting the add read to end with "and it has a Hyte logo" after that intro.
Nice video as always ! Im very interested in the Antec performance 1 Silent, hope you guys make a dedicated review
In a day and age where phones sell $800-1000 over their real value, simply because there is a specific logo on them, I get that a case series like this exists and gets sold.
And I'm actually pleasantly surprised that Hyte puts real effort in not only looking good and striving to be a premium namebrand, but also puts effort in actually improving the function of what they sell.
Even with the rather crummy airflow, the Y60 sells rather well. So for them to step up their game with the Y70, not in looks, but in improving almost every cooling characteristic of the case, that gets a genuine bravo from me.
Had this come earlier (late 2022) I'd have picked one up as it has more space than my Y60. I'm a huge Armored Core fan and with 6 finally coming out, I wanted the space in the case to put one of my Kotobukiya model kits and set the RGB lights up to look like a hangar. It's a tight fit in the Y60, but this has plenty of space. It gave me the opportunity to have an illuminated display case on my desk and a PC in one. I knew going into it the thermals wouldn't be nearly as good as my previous gaming PC, but they're still well within what I deem acceptable.
Under any other circumstances I'd have picked up something focused on thermals, but being able to set up a PC theme to match a game series I've played since the first game was too difficult to ignore. I am this case's target market right now. 😂
Still love my Y60, a true beauty
Don't like a case that is big, just for the sake of being big. My Rosewill Thor V2 in white is very big, but for a reason, it has six 3.5" hard drive bays of which I am using 4 at the moment, and has six external 5.25" bays, plus can accommodate motherboards with 10 expansion slots. Also has three 230mm fans (Top, Side, and Front) and one 140mm fan at the rear. Cooling is never an issue, it is fantastic with that huge mesh side panel and 230mm fan blowing onto GPU and motherboard. If a case is going to be big, it better have a lot of drive bay slots and cooling!! Love it, have had it for years now.
Crazy timing on this video because this is the case im currently using in my build. still havent decided on a mobo though
If I am buying case next time I build PC, I will definitely consider Hyte.
Hololive Collab must continue!
Every time I look at these case reviews, it always reinforces my decision to run the PC caseless. Been running like this for 15 months and still works.
I bet on that bottom filter on the Y60 you can easily snap off every other "fin" to open up the airflow a bit. Mine's arriving soon and I'll definitely look into doing that.
What I like most about this case is the LP GPU riser and the fact that they have a bunch of other half height slots so you could run a capture card, a second GPU like the A310 or A380 for Plex transcoding or streaming, a 10Gb NIC or even... a sound card, I guess.
Seriously though, I like that they do vertical GPU's while not completely making the rest of the PCIe slots useless.
I just built one and it does make the other pcie slots useless. You dont have a ton of clearance to begin with and the riser cables will block the second pcie slot. And anyways the rear panel will not support a second gpu bc theyre not the correct side. Idk about capture cards maybe those use the smaller rear panel footprint but you'd have to bend the riser cables in an unnatural way. Even my intel wifi add in card wouldn't fit due to the rear panel size, fortunately i got a motherboard with a built in wifi since i didnt want to deal with add in cards anymore. You could probably jury rig something with buying separate pcie cables but its not a drop in solution for sure.
@@rodiculous9464 Those are half height slots. As long as the card is a half height card, I see no reason they would not fit and would interfere with the PCIe riser cable. The A310 is a half height only GPU and there are half height A380 models. There are a lot of half height WiFi cards, network adapters, sound cards and capture cards. Sounds like you tried to fit a full height card into a half height slot then complained that it wouldn't fit when you just don't understand how it works.
I personally think the standardize fan test is better because most people who buy these cases don't use the fans that come with the case. They replace them. A better way might be to fully populate all the fans (with the same brand just different sizes depending on what the case supports) and standardize for noise.
Great review as usual, thank you. I would still be very interested in seeing GN review the TUF GT502 case. It would fit the comparison well, considering its appearance, pricing and features, and I would love to see how well it does when it has to go through all of your tests.
Case reviews coming back make me wonder how the be quiet! cases hold up to new/current kings in the case space
I want the Y70 Touch. Hopefully they become available at some point. Would be my first non-Corsair Obsidian case in well over a decade.
800D-900D-1000D
You've already convinced me to get the Torrent, but then I saw the North XL, and now this? My eastern european pay can't suffice the urges to get a new case.
If I keep watching your videos on case reviews, I'll soon start a collection of cases I want and/or wanted in the past. Going to end up homeless and have to make myself a house out of pc cases.
Car puns hit home. Don't ever let people tell you to stay in your lane! :D
09:04 Hey, that's SR-3 Dark, I have one of those!
No one makes crazy mobos like that anymore, there are WRX90 and W790 Sage, but those don't have a cool VRM waterblock...
A bit outdated, but I'm still using a W-3175X build with that board.
And that EK CPU block too, had to sand 1.5mm from the sides to be able to use DIMMs with heatsinks in the slots closest to the CPU.
The block is in direct-die mode, had to machine a custom frame to make that happen.
And the only good looking case I could outfit with enough cooling for W-3175X to be relatively cool was Corsair 1000D, took out the upper rails to be able to cram 4x Quantum Surface P480M rads.
I have a strix 4090... so I'm glad to see they made it to fit massive cards. About to build a new pc so looking into the hyte y70 touch for my new build
A lot of people who got the touch say the screen barely works half the time and that the software for it either crashes A LOT, or it sucks up resources really badly. Thus why I got the screen-less version and bought a different screen to put inside it (turzx turing screen, runs everything off a single internal USB connector, so it doesnt suck up any graphics card resources).
I'm definitely function first - but a nice looking case doesn't hurt. I'm very happy with my Lian Li O11!
I bought a Y60 a year ago when I was deciding to go the water-cooled route. I get why they made the Y70 (adding a 4th PCI slot) and like some of the improvements, but if you are using these cases like how they were intended (a water-cooled GPU), you'll never need more than a couple PCI slots anyways.
Reminds me of OLD school Antec cases.......just good build quality. IF I didn't have a H500M case already I would BUY this 100%......its a great FEATURE case to FEATURE your PC components.
7:50 HEY they got a shout out!
After seeing this I do wish HYTE would upgrade their collaboration cases from the Y60 to the Y70.
I went to vacuum the floor and cleaned my dust filters after this. It's clean™.
"HYTE LOGO!" The god of reviews returned
I think a cool addition - no pun intended - would be to populate the max fan slots with maybe thermalright fans for budget and to keep it fair.
It would be nice to see the Y70 decked out with fans vs say the Fractal Torrent that comes decked out with full fans basically.
I doubt anybody spending Y70 money wouldn't populate all if not most of the fan slots.
Ant Esports have released cases that have same design as hyte series but way.. WAY.. cheaper, so that people who love the aesthetic of the case but cannot afford the OG, can still enjoy it at normal price. Ofcourse they have it for O11 dynamic as well, But i would really love to see a review on it on this channel, since we already got a similar case review one more can't hurt, and if it's good it's really good for us customers. Though i can only hope. Love your work GN. Love from India.
5:48 I was also thinking of Tesla. Seems to just be a synonym for wide panel gaps
This Y70 review just reaffirmed my descision to buy a Torrent for my next build instead.