Game Max Onyx RGB Tempered Glass Chassis Review

Final Thoughts

Price

The new Game Max Onyx certainly ticks all the right boxes when it comes to features, but what’s most impressive is that it does it for just £78.99. That’s a pretty competitive price for a chassis with so much tempered glass and 3 x high-quality fans pre-installed. It’s cheaper than the Corsair 460X, the Phanteks P400, the InWin 905, the InWin 303, the BitFenix Aurora, the Thermaltake View 31 TG, and more. Does it look or feel cheaper than them? Nope.

Overview

The Onyx is an impressive chassis, to say the least, in the ever-growing market for chassis with tempered glass and colourful lighting, it’s pretty much one of the best options on the market right now. Not everyone wants to spend well over a £100 just to get some glass on their chassis. Go back a few years ago and the price of the Onyx would have gotten you a very plastic heavy glossy chassis with acrylic windows, so to get a durable steel and glass finish now, with RGB LED fans, is pretty fantastic value.

The build quality is very good, it’s nothing incredible, but it’s unlikely to falter anytime soon. However, it’s very builder friendly, with lots of cable routeing grommets to help get a clean-looking build, as well as a little extra space under the PSU cover to hide cable excess. The fan hub behind the motherboard is another big help too, as it means you don’t have to try to find every motherboard header for every fan or have those cables on show.

The overall size of the chassis is quite tight, limiting support for water cooling. While I would have liked to see it be just a bit taller on the interior to fit a 240mm radiator in the top, or a little wider to support a 120mm fitting in the rear, these are not problems for everyone. Not everyone wants their chassis to be bigger, especially to support hardware they may not even want, so it’s really up to you if this chassis literally fits your requirements.

My favourite feature is still those three 120mm fans. 3 x 120mm fans don’t come cheap, especially once you add multi-colour LED lighting to them, so having them pre-installed certainly adds a lot of value for money. The front panel honeycomb design looks fantastic once the lights are on, and the warm glow from the lighting does a nice job of lighting up your build, while the tinted glass prevents it from looking too bright.

Pros

• Durable build quality
• Exceptional value for money
• Room for extra-long expansion cards
• Lots of cable routeing grommets
• 3 x 120mm LED fans pre-installed
• Built-in fan hub
• PSU cover
• Tempered glass panels
• All-black interior and exterior metalwork

Cons

• None

Neutral

• Limited radiator support
• No rear fan pre-installed
• Super bright power LED

“The Game Max Onyx is one of the best value for money tempered glass chassis on the market right now. Just because they price is low, don’t think this is a cheaper product, it’s just as durable and stylish as it’s more expensive competitors, making it a great choice for anyone who wants plenty of features at a competitive price.”