G.Skill Teases New Dual Chamber Tempered Glass ITX Chassis

G.Skill Z5i
(Image credit: G.Skill)

Popular memory maker G.Skill just announced its first PC case ever, the Z5i, a mini-ITX enclosure that features dual tempered glass side panels and a vertical form factor, with enough room to fit a triple slot RTX 3090. So, not-so-mini-ITX I guess.

G.Skill's first go at building an ITX chassis looks very competitive against other rivals in the market. The layout of the case is both conventional and rather unique. The chassis functions on a dual-chamber design, with one chamber dedicated to the mini-ITX motherboard and SFX PSU, and the other is completely dedicated to a discrete graphics card.

On both sides of the case, you have angled tempered glass side panels that are 4mm thick. They swing out like doors when opened and can easily be taken off their hinges by pulling them upward. The rest of the case is made out of a single piece of brushed aluminum. The front I/O is made up of dual USB 3.0 ports and a single 3.1 Type-C port.

For cooling, there are two 140mm intake mounts for dual 140mm fans or a single 280mm radiator, depending on your configuration. Again, not so mini-ITX in practice, but it's a nice option for people that want a powerful PC in the most compact form factor possible. The intake is aluminum but features a lot of triangle-like holes, so airflow shouldn't be a problem. At the top is a full mesh opening, allowing hot air to escape.

For storage, the Z5i has three 2.5-inch slots for SSDs or smaller HDDs. The first two are located directly behind the intake fans and sit in between the two chambers, the final one is located inside the graphics card chamber.

The case also includes a G.Skill logo with RGB lighting, as well as an RGB light bar that bounces light off your desk. All told, it's an attractive looking take on a large ITX case.

Pricing and availability are unknown at this time, but we'll see about reviewing one when they become available.

Aaron Klotz
Contributing Writer

Aaron Klotz is a contributing writer for Tom’s Hardware, covering news related to computer hardware such as CPUs, and graphics cards.

  • littlechipsbigchips
    Some case Designs are really stupid and waste volume ... this case for example , puts the power supply inside above the motherboard and wastes all that Area .. while at the same time they make a huge base of the case in which the power supply can be placed there .. This case Dimensions is and EATX case not itx case.
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  • hotaru.hino
    littlechipsbigchips said:
    Some case Designs are really stupid and waste volume ... this case for example , puts the power supply inside above the motherboard and wastes all that Area .. while at the same time they make a huge base of the case in which the power supply can be placed there .. This case Dimensions is and EATX case not itx case.
    I'd be more concerned about why the intake fan has what is probably less than an inch of clearance.
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  • littlechipsbigchips
    hotaru.hino said:
    I'd be more concerned about why the intake fan has what is probably less than an inch of clearance.

    True . They just care about the look of the case , not the performance of the case.
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  • hushnecampus
    I wish PC case and motherboard makers would stop including USB-A ports. The industry needs to bite the bullet and push itself to fully adopt USB-C. Yes people would have to use dongles for a couple of years, but if we’d started that when we should have it’d be over by now and all modern devices would use USB-C.
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  • littlechipsbigchips
    hushnecampus said:
    I wish PC case and motherboard makers would stop including USB-A ports. The industry needs to bite the bullet and push itself to fully adopt USB-C. Yes people would have to use dongles for a couple of years, but if we’d started that when we should have it’d be over by now and all modern devices would use USB-C.

    I Disagree , I want USB-A size ports with USB-C speed ... I dont like the tiny size of USB-C on desktops they break easily if the flash drive is big.
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