Phanteks Eclipse P200A

Das Phanteks Eclipse P200A ist ein geräumiges Gehäuse für ITX-Mainboards und bietet für seinen Preis eine sehr gut Ausstattung. Ein ultra-kompaktes System lässt sich im P200A aber nicht verwirklichen.

Unlike regular mid-towers, ITX cases generally take the board’s compact dimensions and use that to the designer’s benefit to craft some really funky cases. But sometimes you just want a classic layout but in a smaller form factor. For that audience, Phanteks just announced the P200A, which is really just a fairly standard-layout chassis for ITX systems. Indeed, the P200A isn’t the most exciting ITX case, but where it underwhelms in its layout, it excels in functional simplicity, RGB, and most importantly: cost. This chassis carries an MSRP of just $50 for the standard variant or $70 if you want the RGB bells and whistles. We have the latter on the test bench today, together with the optional riser cable, so let’s find out if it’s good enough for our Best PC Cases list.

The new Mini-ITX Phanteks Eclipse P200A chassis comes in two versions. The basic ‘Performance’ model costs £45, while this more luxurious ‘D-RGB’ version adds tempered glass, USB-C and Digital RGB and only costs £65. There is no denying those are both low prices, so the question is how well the Eclipse P200A lives up to its Phanteks heritage.