InWin Dubili - Review and build guide
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- Review of the InWin Dubili case.
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Just finished building my new workstation with this case after searching high and low for an E-ATX case with handles (I got used to the handles on the 2019 Mac Pro). A few observations:
1. The lack of PSU shroud doesn’t bother me.
2. The lack of cable tie-downs (there are no horizontal tie-downs) in the back makes cable management challenging.
3. The included RGB fans are garbage. You need to budget new fans into the build.
4. The included GPU support bracket is also garbage. It’s like an after though.
Thanks for the review. Great info.
The case is so nice! Great video man Ive consider getting this case for myself!
Thank you! If you did I would love to see how you build with it!
Bought this case about 3 months ago and yes I agree My fans are blasting for no reason so I just plugged into the motherboard. Those two extra steel pieces to hold the screws I use one of them to hide the wires inside.
After 3 months I do realize that the mesh panels do restrict quite a bit of flow.
Also I did the mistake of or not sure if it was but bottom facing my PSU I recommend facing up like this gentleman has in his video. And then another fan facing upward pushing air into the case. I'm switching this right now after 3 months and noticing the back fan is the only one without a mesh panel.
The lack of a psu cover is kinda a deal breaker for me.
Go to a car shop with the glass panel and ask them to add a ceramic tint sliver on that side. As dark as they come 🤔
@@professorh8398 It's a >$200 case... I expect basic features like a PSU cable cover out of the box.
@@paskowitz Valid point
Thanks for the comment! I can understand that, yeah I personally would prefer to see the PSU cover, in fact the two screw holder trays is really non essential, I think they could do away with that and spend the money/resources towards the PSU cover instead.
You mentioned the case also being >$200 and doesn't have PSU cover. I think the cost of the case doesn't really matter much for this feature, the feature should be included because it's something you want and something that makes sense for the case.
I'll give you an example, if you seen my Valkyrie case that I designed, it's an open air case, I sold it for $400+, but I did not include a PSU cover in my design. I do have a PSU bracket though and sort of looks like a cover from top side, but the PSU is visible which is intentional. Check out my Valkyrie build and let me know your thoughts
@@hardlinenexus Walmart sells black vinyl adhesive. That's a cheap solution to covering the psu area 👍
Excellent video! love the background (: (:
I love the titanium grey one, the industrial(ish) style is my thing, would definitely buy it, BUT the orange accents on it are absolutely killing the vibe for me, sadly. :(
I like big cases with lots of empty room for air cooling, I find it easier to work on and tinker with. I avoid RGB as much as possible. I have a CaseLabs TH-10V with a micro atx motherboard and an AIO, haha now that's extreme.
Do you think the front interior panel with the fan mounting holes could be modified to fit the noctua 200mm NF-A20 fans? I was recently given a 2010 Mac Pro that I was going to mod to convert into a modern gaming pc but I ended up making it a network file server since I can jam so many hard drives and PCIE SSDs I've accumulated into it haha but I really like how this looks so similar!
I haven't tried putting a 200mm fan up front, I probably wouldn't either for both aesthetic purposes and also the effort to is unnecessary lol. But I think as a modder myself, if you just wanted to see if it could be done purely for that point alone, I would support the endeavor. However, I actually don't think it would fit well.
Nice, still at it!
Thanks for this review
Yes! from Horn
I would love if they would have used a better lock down mechanism like the 905 case to hold in the glass and something to enclose the PSU assembly. At this price point they should have included more also they could have put in extra holes around the motherboard. So i will have to do alot of cutting to make this thing work, but this is the closest i can get to the mac cheese grater pc case.
I wonder if you could use the two extra pieces of hardware to hide the PSU?
Nope, doesn't mount that way there. They should have included a cover for most people's preferences. But I will also say, a DIY PSU cover is pretty easy to do though. Then again, I am an experienced PC modder... so I can't really speak for everyone lol
I bought this case about 3 months ago The hub is really lag don't use it.
Yes you can hide with those extra pieces there's two screws that is specifically made for that to hide the wires I have a picture if you would like it. But just one as there's only two screws
Just use a fan guard on the bottom fans if needed.
It seems like this case of design aesthetically to be pleasing, but not much thought in the layout after that, I think with more time spent on re-designing it would make it a home run
I agree. I don't think there even needs to be a lot of redesigning done to it, there were just a couple spots and features that I felt could either been better or just didn't need it...
NICE REVIEW..CONGRATS
Thank you!
I love InWin Dubili Chassis much.
designers these days they go for aesthetics at the expense of practical use, I was an inwin fan and I hate to see it happening with inwin. The product is an eye catcher no doubt, makes you wanna buy it but that's about it. after watching your review and spotting some design flaws, im gonna stick to my old GRone V2. I never understand the idea they pack the HDD and SSD in the back where there is no ventilation at all. this is a big no for me.
Good points. So my idea of building in this case is just custom water cooling, to fill up the space, but that's about it. And yes, I do agree that the harddrive placement is a bit off. In fact, the harddrives should be placed at the bottom panel instead of fans, that way it can at least sit in front of the fans on the front panel for airflow
the front is more designed for 3x140 rather than 3x120. As the 3x120 looks a bit sad with those gaps.
got to wait for the WC built on this one.
It's going to look sick :)
This case look so cleannn, fit well with high end custom water cooling. Imagine this case in silver with all metallic theme pc part with some pink on the ram and cpu block 👌perfect for apple's lover girls
This is the case I want. This is what I've been waiting for.
BUT: What am I supposed to do with a modular case that can only be ordered as a whole? I want to configure my order and buy separate parts! They really need to introduce more parts for this as soon as possible. A PSU shroud, vertical GPU mounting, water pump mounting brackets or different front- and side panels come to mind. you could easily do a full closed version or full glass or full mesh or different mesh pattern etc...
what if I want different color accents than orange? or i want the inside to be black instead of white (like the gold version has).
This is a reaaaally good base to build on BUT they need to release more accessories for it and make it available as single parts!!! so many parts that could be added...
That's a lot of SKUs to ask for lol. But what you can also do is learn how to mod your hardware and create custom panels. It's actually not that hard, basic power drill, Dremel, spray paint, DIY space is endless and it's also a fun creative process. Hard acrylic sheets is an easy start if you want to make your own panels and custom mounting points for various components, same idea for PSU shroud too. There's a free website called onshape.com that I use to 3D autocad parts. I also learned how to Autocad in less than a week before I started designing my own PC cases fully from scratch. Give it a shot, let me know if you have any questions. And thank you for the comment here too!
I was seriously considering this case up until recently as I live in a remote area, and the promise of a compact package looked very interesting from a shipping cost perspective. I'm probably as close as it gets to their target market. I will however not be going with this case for a few reasons:
1- The weight (32.19 pounds) defeats the purpose of a flat pack being cheaper to ship. 32 pounds for a case is very heavy and makes this case expensive to ship even with the smaller size. I did a few tests using major shipper's package calculators comparing the cost of this to another case, and the difference between this and a regular case is minor. They should have designed this (and the packaging) while factoring common carrier weight thresholds. I'm sure the flat pack design is great for InWin's internal logistics (via SeaCan), but that's clearly not a saving that's reflected in the price paid by consumers. It only makes this project ('s failure) less costly for the company.
2- Very poor customization (for builds or design):
2.1 For builds: No optional kits to facilitate exotic water cooling or multiple HDDs (two common builds that use big cases). No options for non-standard layouts: you can't invert the Mobo, you can't mount the GPU vertically, you can't mount bottom fans for a bottom-up vent configuration, etc. If these could be "technically possible", these scenarios need to be outright researched and tested by InWin, facilitated and documented for prospective builders, because these options are not shown anywhere presently.
2.2 For design: You only get two colours, you only get the selected hex screws (of the selected colour), you can't have anything engraved or customized, you only get a glass side panel option, you can't mix and match or order individual panels, parts, screws, or colours, etc.
3- InWin charges $75(!) for shipping the disassembled version without fans ($230).
4- The fully assembled version is sold for $250 on Amazon and ships for free. It's also sold for the same price on InWin's website + the $75 shipping... 😐
This is an expensive case regardless of which option you take. The top-rated cases on the markets for enthusiasts presently (Fractal Torrent, Lian Li Lancool 216) go for significantly less ($192, and $114 respectively) and include very good fans. The Hyte Y60, which Gamers Nexus ranked as one of their best cases of 2022 and is optimized for watercooled builds (so direct competitor), is $189 with free shipping on Amazon and weights 21 pounds.
So why would I (or anyone) buy this case? Aesthetics? With that PSU situation to boot and those customization "options"?
How could they fix this?
1- First they need to shift their mindset from "we are selling a computer case and will make our money on each unit sold" to "we are selling a computer case platform and will make our money on add-ons and customization".
2- Lower (significantly) the price for the base models and offer personalization options, barebone kits, and addons: make your money there. Quite frankly you want as many people as possible to pull the trigger on the barebone kits. Those are your trojan horses.
3- Redesign the case to accommodate different layouts and reduce the weight.
4- Ditch the glass panel as the default option to have a more tightly packed package that requires less padding and protection when shipped.
3- Partner up with other vendors (Noctua for example) to make matching fans and parts that can be sold as compatible with the platform.
2- Go for a more popular size such as a mid-tower or better yet design it to have adjustable sizing.
4- Fix the shipping.
This has the potential to be great, but half-assing it won't work. They need to take a very careful look at what Framework has been doing with their modular laptops and how they've designed their business around their product. There is potential here for InWin to, like Corsair with their ROG product line, build themselves an ecosystem.
This would be my pitch: "The last case you'll ever need to own. Infinitely adjustable and upgradeable to meet your present and future needs". This is not a new case design, this is a new business model. They need to embrace it and make this their identity.
The PSU with random wires and huge empty space to the right for E-ATX which nobody uses, are so extremely ugly for such a beautiful case.
For simple builds yeah. Have you seen my custom water cooling build with the gold case? It's on my channel, easy to find, I make use of that space with pump/res unit.
Damn, they use painted steel panels. What a piece of crap.