A Closer Look – Exterior
The Arx 500 doesn’t stir the pot too much when it comes to design, few cases really do these days, but it’s still ticking all of the right boxes. There’s a massive tempered glass window on the left side, with a black border to hide the boring parts of the frame.
The “Air” part of the model name holds true though, with some side ventilation running the height of the front panel on both sides of the case.
Rather than having a magnetic top panel, the top is fully metal with a fine mesh design. It still does the same job, but I think it looks much more neat and stylish like this.
It’s easily removable with a thumbscrew at the rear, allowing you to clean it, hoover it, or just to access the top fan mounts.
There’s support in the top for both 120mm or 140mm fan fans, up to a 240mm or 280mm slim radiator, such as an AIO cooler.
The top panel features a well-equipped I/O panel, with two USB 3 ports, and an additional Type-C port. There are separate mic and headphone audio jacks, power control, two LED indicators and a reset button. However, the reset button is wired up to an internal controller for the ARGB hub.
The front panel looks awesome, with a huge mesh front panel allowing for a lot of airflow. Plus, with three pre-installed 140mm fans, you’ll never have to worry about getting enough airflow to your components, and there’s another fan pre-installed in the back to get the heat gone too.
The right side panel is just a solid black metal panel, flush mounted, and held in place by two thumb screws. A simple design, but more than enough.
Branding is kept really minimalist too, with just a small Endorfy logo attached to the front panel mesh.
Around the back, you can see there’s support for both 120/140mm fans, with a 140mm pre-installed.
There are seven expansion slots, all are made from metal, ventilated and reusable. There’s also a quick-release cover on the side of them, covering the screws, and it gives you a little more wiggle room for larger GPUs when installing them.
