Welcome, everyone, to our third case review. Today we're looking at Montech's X1 case, which popped up out of nowhere and boomed in popularity for a while, which I can see why.
This case is an ATX form factor case with 4 included RGB fans. Also, the front panel is mesh. There's also a PSU shroud and tempered glass. On paper, what's not to love?!
So, here's the case fresh out of the box. I've had this thing lying around for about 2 months, but have never gotten around to using it. The tempered glass doesn't stretch across the full side, but that's not a big deal because you're not going to look inside the power supply shroud or anything.

Here's a shot of the inside of the case, we can see that it is completely black. The PCIe brackets are punch out, which isn't something to totally complain about at this price point.
You can actually fit an extra 2 fans at the top of this case as well, so, that's a plus maybe if you want a 240mm radiator.
Nothing much else to say here. Looks pretty standard and plain from a glance.

Once again I return with my horrible cable management.
We can see here that I was right, on the left there is a spot for cables, but virtually no cable management anywhere else. Everything else is barely enough room for the CPU power cable and the USB headers and whatnot.
We can also see that the 4 fans are all molex, daisy chained together. Not a pretty sight to see.
So, cable management is terrible. I'm obviously not good at cable management, and first time builders aren't either. The reason I say this is because I believe that this case will mainly be bought by first time builders.
Definitely going to be taking off points for this one.

Here's a picture of a build in this case. The build has an EVGA 1060 3gb, an i5-4690, 12gb DDR3, an Asus B85m-g motherboard, an ID-Cooling SE-234-ARGB cooler, and a Thermaltake Smart 500w PSU.
But anyways, here's it with a build in it and the fans on. It definitely does look cool from a glance. The honeycomb shapes that appear at the front are a big turn-off for me, but that's whatever to be honest.
The fans are totally static, this is the color they are and they don't change, They don't even move.
Not to mention they may be considered "loud" for some people.
The airflow in this case is exceptional, though. With mesh at the front and 4 fans included, this will definitely keep your PC cooler than other front panel cases.