Hyte Y40 Review | PCMag

Trendy among show systems, PC builds with vertically mounted graphics cards are becoming more and more common. The card parallel to the motherboard design has only one major problem that is preventing it from being adopted by more buyers. Some cases might allow it, but the expensive PCI Express 4.0 riser cable required to make it possible is usually sold separately. Of the several cases recently reviewed that support vertical mounting as an aesthetic option, some require the purchaser to splurge on an additional bracket to mount the card and the cable is included in the box. No. Brand new Hyte changed that with the glass-shiny Y40 ATX mid-tower ($149.99), which combines a lot of glass with a bundled riser cable for a PC build with a vertical card mount. Provides a smooth foundation.

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Design: Red Rover

Available in a red, white, or black finish and clad in tinted tempered glass on both sides, the Y40 has fan mounts on the top, bottom, right, and rear panels, with separate bottom intake fans and power supply air. equipped with dust filters. entrance.

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(Credit: Thomas Soderstrom)

Hyte puts the front panel ports on the bottom edge, so it’s clear the company wants the case above the desk instead of under it. A single audio jack combines stereo headphone output and mono microphone input, two Type-A USB ports connect to USB 3.x Gen 1 cables, and a single Type-C port connects to USB 3.x Gen 2 cables Use the. Power-on indicator light surrounding the power button.

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A unique double set of expansion slots on the back includes 7 half-height slots in normal position and 4 “remote” slots in full height. This design allows the builder to fill all but one of his seven half-height slots with expansion cards, holding full-height graphics cards up to 422mm in length.

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(Credit: Kyle Cobian)

The part that makes it super easy to easily leave 6 of the original 7 slot positions open (even for half-height cards) is a piece of plastic and metal that guides the included PCIe 4.0 extension cable. It seems to be nothing more than a bracket. Top of nearby card. It can be placed in any half-height slot, but the cable bends tighter down. Four full-height slot covers designed to hold graphics cards with extra-thick coolers accommodate only one PCIe x16 physical connector through that cable. But if you have one of his latest Mega Beast GeForce RTX 4090 cards, you’ve got girth.

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As for motherboard support, this is actually an ATX case. He pointed out that there are no obstacles preventing the use of larger boards, but his PCBs, which are more than the ATX’s standard 9.6″ depth, obscure the Y40’s cable passages, and anything over 10.8″ is on dual boards. Blocks the placement of 140mm fans. fan side mount. So, here we will focus on ATX.

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Radiator up to 280mm format can be placed inside the side mounts, but for those who want something bigger, there is a 360mm format mount on the top panel, which actually allows radiators up to 410mm long (including end caps) can hold The large radiator, offset to the left from the motherboard standoffs, cleared about 52mm from the motherboard surface, leaving a 6.6mm clearance between the radiator fans and the top of the 44mm high memory heat spreader. If you choose this space for your radiator, you will need a lot of that offset regardless of how tall your memory module is. This is because the space between the motherboard and the top panel is 20mm, thinner than most of the devices users mount here.

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The dual 140mm/120mm fan mounts are offset approximately 18mm from the surface of the motherboard tray. That distance, combined with the length of the standoffs, allows a 25mm-thick fan to (barely) clear the edges of an oversized motherboard, but cabling wasn’t an issue. A drive tray that fits behind the motherboard tray has holes for installing a single 3.5-inch drive or two 2.5-inch drives.

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Hyte’s stated power supply depth limit of 224mm extends from the power supply mount to the intake fan. With the fan removed, the included 120mm model lines up with the rear edge of the optional 140mm mount, giving the user 140mm of extra space.

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(Credit: Kyle Cobian)

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Built with Y40

The Y40 includes folding instructions, a convenient Phillips-hex socket for repositioning the standoffs, an individual bag of resealable screws, and individual headphone/mic leads for connecting to the headset combo jack. breakout adapter and 5 ratcheting cable ties are included. May not be Zip branded.

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Cables from the chassis itself include two 3-pin fans (one shown below), HD audio (for front panel headset jack), FPANEL combination block (for power button and LED), USB Includes 3.2 Gen 1 (for 2 types). -A front panel port) and USB 3.2 Gen 2 (for Type-C front panel port). The mated FPANEL connector still confuses some builders, but this is his 24-year-old Intel spec adopted by most motherboard brands over 24 years ago.

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Today’s sample build inside the Hyte case uses the ATX motherboard option in our standardized test configuration.

The graphics card does a great job of hiding the cable entry points along the bottom edge of the motherboard from this angle. I put a Corsair radiator there to help cool the motherboard’s CPU voltage regulator. Also, if you are using a side mount for your closed loop liquid cooler, we recommend that you consider placing at least one additional 120mm fan on the top panel above the CPU socket.

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Again, a full set of fans makes the case look more complete in a show build, and it’s a builder’s concern whether to put the 360mm radiator on top or the 280mm unit on the side. To create a comparison, we tested this sample using the same set of components that we used previously to test similarly sized cases.

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Testing the Hyte Y40: benchmark results

Lian Li’s O11 Dynamic EVO was the closest review sample to the Y40’s glass faces and sides, but unfortunately it features enlarged side chambers similar to NZXT’s H9 Elite, so we’ve included both. By the time the chart was constructed, the Y40’s noise data prompted me to add a Fractal Design Pop XL Silent to the mix, but unfortunately all four samples fell within 3 degrees Fahrenheit of each other in terms of CPU temperature. I was. There is not much to do.

The Y40 has the worst relationship with the O11 Dynamic EVO in voltage regulator temperature. This is mainly due to the dimensional relationship between what provides airflow (the radiator fan) and what needs it (the heatsink surrounding the CPU socket). In the case of the Y40, the extreme left offset and low position can push the motherboard’s top heatsink out of the fan flow path.

In terms of GPU temps, the Y40 finishes nearly three way tie with the Pop XL Silent and H9 Elite, all three being outscored by the O11 Dynamic EVO.

The sound pressure level results show that the Y40’s glass front panel closely matches the Pop XL Silent’s anti-vibration plastic front panel in terms of how much noise it can reject.Glass reflects more noise into the case, so anyone standing behind Case may consider it larger. (We don’t do that.)

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Verdict: let’s go vertical

Like the O11 Dynamic EVO that came before it, the Hyte Y40 works well without filling the side vents with fans. Likewise, building one of these cases as intended will increase cooling performance and noise.Conversely, the Hyte Y40 does things we’ve never seen Any Supports vertical graphics card brackets and cables without precluding the use of other expansion slots.

Again, competitors are forcing builders to choose one vertical, Also When supporting multiple horizontal full-height cards, the Y40 expands your options by simultaneously supporting one full-height card vertically and multiple half-height cards horizontally. Like the top radiator mount with enough offset to accommodate radiators over 50mm tall DIMMs, the offset is low enough for what is actually needed and the sides support 280mm format radiators but not long radiators Like the panel, it’s all a balancing act. It’s a $150 case, but includes $40 to $60 worth of special cables. In short, it performs on par with its spiritual kin, is the perfect case if you like the look and know you’ll be using cables.