Game Max Spectrum RGB Tempered Glass Chassis Review

Final Thoughts

How Much Does it Cost?

Priced at £109.99, the Game Max Spectrum is priced competitively with similar specification chassis, at least on paper. I think it’s just a bit too expensive for what it is, and should be about £30 cheaper. I’ll go into why in a moment.

Overview

The Game Max Spectrum gets a lot right, as many people are falling in love with the whole tempered glass and RGB trends right now. For wow factor alone, it’s got a lot going for it, and the front panel RGB fans do look pretty stylish. With added value from the fans being pre-installed, as well as a pretty fantastic fan-hub and RGB controller. These are expensive components on their own, and it takes away the pain of installing them yourself.

Build Quality

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the way this chassis is built. I’ve seen what they’ve done here countless times by almost every brand. The glaring holes, which admittedly are easier to see in real life, really bug me. I can see the light shining through the metal behind the glass, for rather large slots that were meant for a slide-on panel. Then I can see the 5.25″ bays behind the glass or from the interior. OK, I have to kind of look for them, but regardless, I like to show my systems off, and I can see them. It feels like they’ve taken a much cheaper case tooling, bolted the glass on and haphazardly thrown in their own fans; including leaving the old fan cable system in-place, despite it being redundant.

Aesthetics

I could go back and forth between the monitor faults and the bigger picture here all day long. However, if you want a lot of glass and lighting, this chassis certainly has plenty of both. Once the system was installed, it does look great. Cable routing was a challenge, but worth the effort as the main compartment looked neat and tidy.

Performance

Airflow is vast in this chassis, with speed control on the front panels (and up to 7 more), making performance or silence and easy thing to accomplish. There’s plenty of breathing room for your GPU, and your CPU cooler too. If you wanted to get a radiator in here, the front panel does have a weird inner mount system, but it’s doable, as is the top panel mount and rear, which would be ideal for an AIO rather than custom loop cooling.

Should I Buy One

If you can find one cheaper, I think the few issues can be overlooked. A lot of consumers likely wouldn’t notice the issues I had, but some will. At this price, you have to be even more critical, and it’s priced against the likes of Fractal, Corsair, InWin, Lian Li and more, who all have premium products in this price range without the kind of issues seen on the Spectrum.

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