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Coolerguys Windtunnel IV Case

    How many of us has heard of ?  I for one hadn't heard of them until asked me if I would like to review one of their cases.  Lets look at a brief history of this company.  According to the Coolerguys website, they were formed in 1998 and were originally called ChipCool but changed their name to Coolerguys in November of that year.  They are not a 'garage' company as some people may think but rather are a professional style company with literal offices and a 5000sq ft warehouse to modify the cases that we, the consumer will buy.  This helps to instill confidence in the customer as they can actually go to the business and see it for themselves unlike some other companies.

    Many people wish to modify their case for at least one of two basic reasons, to increase the cooling ability or to make the computer look more appealing.   The first choice, cooling, seems to be a motivator behind most of the mods we see so far.  But the growth of the business of increasing the aesthetics of a computer is growing and Coolerguys seems to understand this as well as or better any other company.

    Coolerguys' main business is to modify cases so that they look and/or perform better.  They also sell many other pieces, most of which pertain to the modifying of computer cases (lights, window kits, case fans, etc.).  Today we will be looking at one of their most popular cases, which incidentally includes many of the mods that you can pick up from them individually.  This case is the Windtunnel IV (with side window).

The Windtunnel IV Case

    When you first pull the case out of its box and look at the front it would not be silly to ask, what makes this case different than my old generic case?   Then you look at the side of the case as well as the top and you begin to get an idea as to what the differences are between this case and many other cases.  The Windtunnel measures in at 454mm  * 494mm* 195mm (H*D*W) or approximately 17 5/6" * 19 5/12" * 7 2/3".  One thing to note is the depth of this case, it is much deeper than most other cases, thus potentially allowing more space between a full ATX board and the hard drives.  For Coolerguys information on this case please .

    The external coloring of the case is fairly bland and is only brightened up by the side window/fans and the top 'blow hole'.  The window itself is fairly big, being 271mm wide (10 2/3") by 261mm (10 1/4") high.  I preferred this window to that of the C6 Black Hawk that I reviewed earlier, as you do not just get a look at the CPU socket area, but rather this cases window allowed you to see the entire motherboard area, and in my case this included the diagnostic LED on my Epox 8K3A+.  The windows' trim is a nice 22mm wide strip of a black material, which helps the window look professional and frames the window very well.

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