Cougar Conquer Case Review

[Crashman]

Is Conquer the case for anyone who can’t decide whether they want a case, or is it specifically for someone who wants an open-air chassis in a mid-tower layout? We take a closer look.

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[rtrski]

Could you please clarify about the 'could fit EATX motherboard but no support'? (Paraphrasing). I've seriously considered re-housing my current build into this case with the one exception being I have the MSI X-power AC EATX motherboard, and all the specs for the case promise only ATX compatibility. A couple missing standoffs alone wouldn't be enough to stop me...just have to support the backside when plugging in things like CPU, RAM, etc. But if it physically interferes with getting the case built, that's another story of course.

 

[rtrski]

Sorry, I should have been more specific. MSI X99S X-power AC from Haswell-E/Broadwell-E days, dimensions are 12"x10.7".

 

[Crashman]

Could you please clarify about the 'could fit EATX motherboard but no support'? (Paraphrasing). I've seriously considered re-housing my current build into this case with the one exception being I have the MSI X-power AC EATX motherboard, and all the specs for the case promise only ATX compatibility. A couple missing standoffs alone wouldn't be enough to stop me...just have to support the backside when plugging in things like CPU, RAM, etc. But if it physically interferes with getting the case built, that's another story of course.

To be clear, your board will fit this chassis, and the chassis has all the standoffs for your board. Likewise, your board isn't actually EATX, it's a prioprietary depth in between ATX and EATX. It's only about an inch deeper than ATX, and far less than the 13"-deep EATX specification. Take a look:

You can clearly see that there's around 3" of extra space in front of the board, at the closest corner

Here is an EATX board, with the extra standoffs:

The reason for these lengthy discussions is that a case must support the above board to be labeled fully EATX compliant, and must have standoffs 12.7" forward of the rear edge. Since a 10.7"-deep board doesn't cover those extra standoffs, it doesn't need those extra standoffs.

 

[BaRoMeTrIc]

300 bucks and they couldnt throw in a usb type c in the front?

 

[antishill]

What is with all these oversized giant cases. Price too high, too big, and generally pointless.

 

[rtrski]

Thanks very much, Crashman!

Now I just have to figure out if I can mod in an optical disk easily, since I'm a Luddite that still wants one. (Yes, misuse of Luddite. ;-P ) If nothing else just use an external and place it underneath that center gap between the case legs with the tray turned sideways.

 

[milkod2001]

Looke very sexy yes but in a few months time dust will kill it inside, who is going to clean it all the time?

 

[modusoperandi00]

Pah! Back in my day, we liked our cases like we liked our women; closed-off and rectangular!

 

[JamesSneed]

You know what they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder and this eye thinks this case looks like junk. Course the terrible noise levels and no dust filters just add to the no thank you column from me. Thanks for reviewing it i'm sure some people will like a case geared 100% to cooling that has this funky look to it.