IN WIN Fanqua
Category : Cases
Published by Tanya Rothenburg on 10.02.10
With the Fanqua IN WIN presents a steel midi tower which comes with practical features as well as a fancy design. The case is kept in black and yellow and wether the product is able to convince or not, that's what you can find out if you read on. 
On the following pages we will show you the strengths and weaknesses of the IN WIN Fanqua.
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Preview
Specifications
| Model | IN WIN Fanqua |
| Case Type | Mid Tower |
| Dimensions | 456 x 225 x 480 mm(H x W x D) |
| Material | SECC Steel (0,6mm) |
| Color | black |
| Weight | 6.6kg |
| 5.25'' drive bay | 5 or 2 |
| 3.5'' drive bay | 3 or 6 |
| Expansion slots | 7 |
| Form factors | ATX, M-ATX |
| Cooling | Front HDD 12 cm Fan*1 (Max. support 12 cm Fan*2), Side cover 22 cm LED Fan with LED switch*1 (Support 12 cm Fan*2), Top 12 cm Fan*1, Rear 12 cm Fan*1 |
| I/O ports | eSATA × 1, USB2.0 × 2, HD/AC' 97 Audio |
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Front
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| The front is equipped with nine 5.25 inch bezels. Three of them cover a fan which provides the hard drives with fresh air. Looking at the whole front area the perforated bezels give the Fanqua it's individual looks. | In the upper area of the front you find the I/O Panel as well as the ON / OFF and Reset buttons. Not mounted on top the I/O Panel isn't as easy to access as it could be. |
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| All the bezeles are fixed in the front by a "two point clamping" which makes exchanging drives childrens play. The intake fans are aligned with inlet-holes on the bezels. These are equipped with air filters to stop dust. | Also the drives are being fixed using a "two point clamping". Therefore the mechanism in the center of the fixing bar can be rotated by 90 degree to get released. |
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Back
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| On the backside you find an outtake fan with a diameter of 120 millimeters. Right below there are seven slot bezels located which unfortunately need to be broken out before you can install a card. After you did that you cannot put them in anymore. | If you want to remove the side panels you can do that by releasing the thumbscrews. You will notice that IN WIN provided the Fanqua with very good screw threads. |
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| Centered on the bottom edge of the left side
panel you can find ventilation holes. Apparently it looks like they
aren't of any direct use. Directly below the power supply unit we also find ventilation holes which are covered by a plastic air filter. |
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Left Side part 1
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| Integrated into the left side panel you find a 220 millimeter fan which can be activated by a dip switch. A special goodie are the LED's which illuminate the comfortably silent fan. | To exchange PCI cards, IN WIN has added snap closing clips. The part, where the clip-mechanism gets contact to the card, is equipped with rubber pads to reduce noise and keep it safe and tight in place. Unfortunately dual-slot cards can only be tightened with one clip. | ||
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| The cage where the hard drives are mounted seems very practical at a first glance but if you take a closer look you'll see that there are issues. When you install the drives before you've installed the motherboard there is no problem but if you would like to exchange or add a hard drive when the motherboard is already in palce you wont be able to take the cage out anymore unless you remove the motherboard. | The 220 mm fan is very silent and can be exchanged by two 120 mm fans if you should prefer that solution. | ||
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Left Side part 2
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| Using the internal hard drive cage you can put up to three hard drives into the Fanqua. Furthermore IN WIN provided the Fanqua with a 5.25'' carrier for 2.5'' drives. | The hard drive cage is equipped with a 120 mm fan which also is of a silent breed. |
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| The hard drives need to be attached to the cage using screws which might be a small issue because you have to put each screw through a small hole which isn't very ergonomic. On the other side standard 5.25'' drives can be installed very easily. After you slid the drive in you take the two-point-clamping-bar and rotated the yellow know in the middle by 90 degrees. | If you own a tower cooler which comes with a 120 mm fan you wont be able to close the side panel when it is equipped with the 220 mm fan. At this point we would wish that the case was two centimeters wider. |
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Right Side
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| Very practical is the fact that the mainboard tray comes with a hole where you mount the CPU cooler. If you ever assebled a PC yourself you'll also appreciate the folded edges. |
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Top
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| Integrated into the top you find one more 120
millimeter fan. Also this one is silent and isn't disturbing at all.
Furthermore the yellow fan blades underline the Fanquas fresh and a bit
funky design. To provied cases inside with some more space IN WIN created an extension where they put the 120 millimeter fan in. It also generates an interesting silhouette. |
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Bottom
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| In the bottom of the case, directly below the power supply unit there is an airduct which is covered with a removable airfilter. | You also find four rubber feet which provide the case with a safe stand. |
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Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| With the Fanqua IN WIN shows a good case which unfortunately has some issues. But as soon as you start looking at the price you wont be bothered anymore. | - Price | - Ergonomic issues | |
| Manufacturing quality / Ergonomics | + | - | |
| The Fanqua is astonishingly well manufactured.
Therefore the build quality is on a high level especially for such a cheap
price. Every single piece fits perfectly and even the screw thread for all the
screws are brilliant. But unfortunately as soon as you start installing your hardware you will notice that there are some issues. At the beginning everything goes well but when you for example want to exchange hard drives when you already installed an ATX mainboard you wont be able to remove the hard drive cage anymore. Furthermore the clips for the expansion card only work with single-slot cards. If you use a dual slot-slot graphics card you wont be able to tighten one of the two clips. |
- Manufacturing quality | - Hard drive cage - Tightening mechanism for expansion cards |
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| With the Fanqua IN WIN really succeeded in creating a gaming case that has a characteristic but not junky design. The yellow spots are well chosen and generate a fresh and even a bit fancy overall picture. Especially the fans with their yellow blades are nice to look at. | - Homogenous | ||
| Recommendation | + | - | |
| The IN WIN Fanqua we recommend to gamer who are looking for a cheap but good home to put their precious hardware in. | - Gamer | - Desktop-PC |
The IN WIN Fanqua can be bought at Brack to a price of CHF 81.- (est. EUR 54.-).
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Author: t.rothenburg@ocaholic.ch Redacted by: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch