Tempered glass and ventilation panels on all sides
The Hyte 40 may resemble the Lian Li O11 Dynamic, but it’s a very different beast with some interesting features. The tempered glass front panel is certainly interesting, but Hyte has cut the vents on the top and back of the case so that it doesn’t affect the thermal performance of the case. The Hyte 40 has a large cutout behind the motherboard that allows you to install a CPU cooler without removing the motherboard. Lastly, it comes with a built-in PCIe 4.0 riser, allowing you to mount your GPU and other cards vertically if desired.
The Hyte 40 comes with two 120mm fans, but you can add up to two 120/140mm fans on the sides and three 120mm fans on top. This equates to radiators of up to 280 mm on the sides, 360 mm on top and 120 mm on the back. The power button is on the bottom, and there are two USB 3.0, USB 3.2 Type-C, and audio jacks, which are somewhat inconvenient, but look good.
Cooling wasn’t bad with the two included fans, but both Guru 3D and Hyte recommend adding at least two intake fans to the case. We could have included them, but doing so would increase the $150 price tag attached to the Hyte 40 and give us the opportunity to use the fan of our choice.
Full review can be found here.
