It has just been released and has a windowed side panel with perforations

Jul 8, 2013 09:41 GMT  ·  By

Usually, case makers choose between side windows and ventilation holes when designing the side panel for a desktop PC case, but AeroCool combined the two when it made the GT-S Black Edition.

A full-tower enclosure, the AeroCool GT-S Black Edition can be colored black or white (despite the name) and has a red or blue interior.

In both cases, LED-lit fans are used, to make the inside light up and add to the atmosphere of a gamer's abode.

Unlike the new Anidees model, this is a large chassis, large enough for motherboards of the XL-ATX, Flex-ATX, SSI-CEB, and E-ATX form-factors.

There are ten expansion slots (for graphics cards or whatever else ends up in the PCI/ PCI Express slots) and enough room of 333 mm-long graphics cards and 185 mm-tall CPU coolers.

Five 5.25-inch bays are available as well (optical disk drives, fan controllers, water cooling reservoirs, etc.), and seven 3.5-inch bays as well.

There are trays included of course, turning the 3.5-inch bays into 2.5-inch compartments.

There is even a cutout on the motherboard tray, for easy CPU cooler management. The valved holes that allow cables and tubes to pass through help with internal layout and component installation too.

Everything is held together by a 1.2mm-thick SECC steel skeleton and ABS plastic panels.

As for cooling, the internal temperature is kept more or less low thanks to the fans on the front panel (two 120 mm spinners or one 140/200/230 mm fan), the 120 mm exhaust fan and the 140 mm spinner at the bottom.

There is one 230 mm fan on the side window too, or a pair of 140 mm spinners. It all boils down to buyer choice.

That said, the AeroCool GT-S Black Edition has a front panel with two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0/1.1 ports, and HD audio front-panel jacks.

All in all, not bad for a product that measures 255 mm x 640 mm x 560 mm (10.03 x 25.19 x 22.04 inches), although the price still has to be discovered.