Raijintek Agos Mid-Tower Chassis Review

Peter Donnell / 10 years ago

Final Thoughts

Pricing

The Raijintek Agos is a very reasonable £39.95 from Overclockers UK, which may not sound incredibly cheap, but just take a look on Google at other chassis that cost between £35 – £45 and you’ll soon see that this is of a much higher quality than most other chassis in this price range.

Overview

Raijintek have proved time and time again that they can produce an award-winning, premium quality product at an affordable price and the Raijintek Agos is a prime example of this. The Agos is cheap to buy, but still comes with all of the features you would expect to find on a chassis that costs at least 50% more; you’ve got removable hard drive bays, tool free drive trays, cable routing with rubber grommets, radiator support, high quality pre-installed fans, dust filters and more!

Build quality isn’t the best in the world, but it’s certainly some of the best in this price range. The panels are nicely finished and everything fits and locks into place easy enough. There are no noticeable rattles or squeaky panels, and everything feels nice and solid; you can’t really ask for anything else in this price range.

The Agos is nicely styled too, with both the interior and exterior being treated to a well finished paint job that will make any build look neat and tidy. The front panel easily bears the look of a more expensive chassis and you certainly wouldn’t feel ashamed to have it sat on top of your desk where everyone can see it. If I had to pick one fault with the design, it would be the cheap looking red and greed LED indicators in the top right hand corner of the front panel; surely these would have been better as white LEDs, or any other matching pair.

There isn’t much else to say about the Agos, it’s just budget chassis after all, so it’s not exactly packed full of crazy features and gimmicks. It has everything you would need for a budget rig as much as it does a high-end gaming rig; so while it lacks anything truly unique, it’s got more than enough to satisfy the needs for your next build.

Pros

Nice overall design
Very competitive price
Good build quality
Modular storage bays
Room for very long graphics cards (with drive bays removed)
Good quality pre-installed fans
Cable management
Dust filters

Cons

Front panel LEDs look a little cheap (although you could always disconnect the headers from the motherboard)

“Raijintek are quickly making a name for themselves in the PC component industry; their coolers are some of the best we’ve ever tested and their first entry into the chassis market is fiercely competitive. This is a simple chassis done very well and the price makes this one of the best budget chassis available today.”