Phanteks managed to establish itself in under a decade of providing computer peripherals by keeping its two main goals in mind ? ?High-end quality and innovative products in thermal solutions.? Its first offering was a CPU thermal cooling solution for the overclocking community that proved so successful that the Phanteks team has continued to improve and provide more cooling peripherals, even expanding their offerings to include a full line up of cases. The one on our review bench today is the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX chassis, designed with innovative features for a budget price.

By the ITX in the model name, we know that this case is designed for small form factor builds. In spite of this, the case is in fact wide enough to hold a 200mm front mounted fan. Thanks to that, you can get high air flow with low flow noise, thus making this case more attractive as a platform for your otherwise cramped HTPC. Although the outer case structure is made from steel, the case is still lightweight, making for easy transport without fear of crushing anything that might be under the case.

Further inspection of the Evolv ITX case shows a very open interior design allowing the front mounted 200mm fan to pull air through the front filter, then drawing it over the CPU/motherboard and GPU areas for efficient cooling performance. Although the case doesn't include a rear mounted fan, the wide case design features a large perforated area in the rear panel for any CPU heatsink/fan to help exhaust the accumulated heat generated by CPU/motherboard and GPU.