Deepcool continues to innovate in the PC case market, and while they have an impressive range of ATX cases, today we’re focusing on the smaller end of their range, with the CH160 and the CH170 mini-ITX cases. Their latest offerings present a compelling option for Mini-ITX enthusiasts, with the CH160 offering an interesting blend of tempered glass and a built-in carry handle, making it well-suited for those who move their PC around a lot. This makes it ideal for the occasional LAN events, or perhaps just moving your PC from the bedroom to the big TV in the living room with ease. Meanwhile, the CH170 ditches the tempered glass in favour of durable mesh panels and has a vertical orientation, so it takes up less desktop or floor space, making it ideal for the home office where space may be limited, but still offers up the airflow required to cool high-end hardware.
DeepCool CH160
The CH160 may be small, but it’s certainly very capable with room for up to a 172mm tall air cooler and a mini-ITX motherboard. It can handle up to a 305mm long graphics card (dual slot), and some additional cooling. Despite the smaller size, it can handle SFX, SFX-L and up to a 140mm ATX power supply; only one of those at a time, though. With built-in dust filtering, a handy carry handle, and tempered glass, it’s a pretty complete package despite the smaller size.
DeepCool CH170 Digital
The CH170 is a little bit bigger than the CH160, but it shares a lot of features with the CH160. It supports the same size CPU cooler (172mm), also has a full range of dusty filters, a similar I/O panel design with USB 3.0, and even supports the same 305mm length dual slot graphics card and power supplies. But it also has room for a 240mm AIO cooler, more storage, and comes with their unique Digital display, allowing you to see real-time system stats, such as the CPU, GPU and power supply information at a glance.
Portable or Practical
Despite their differences in design, these are in many ways the same case but aimed at different uses. One is designed to be more portable, and with the tempered glass, I’d argue targeted a little more at the gamers out there who want to see their lovely PC hardware on show. While the CH170 is designed more at the professional market, with its all-mesh design and digital display, making it well suited to a compact workstation, allowing you to monitor system performance while rendering videos, for example.
