Xigmatek Asgard 381 Mid-Tower Chassis Review

Build time on the Asgard 381 was around 30 mins, which is pretty good considering I decided to have bit of a change around of some of the fans. As you can see I have mounted our Antec 920 water cooler in place of the rear exhaust fan. I had to mount the radiator upside down though due to the quick release mechanism on the expansion slot covers conflicting with the radiator.

This chassis is fairly compact, but that doesn’t mean we couldn’t find just enough room for this big CPU cooler, I’ve also splashed out an fitted a red 120mm BitFenix Spectre fan in the top of the chassis, which goes nicely with the black and orange theme and will help improve air flow inside the chassis.

The limited cable management has done a great job on this build, to the point where it doesn’t seem fair to call it limited. While I could have mounted our SSD directly to the base of the chassis I have chosen to use the adaptor bracket that it came with, as should I need to, this will allow for quick removal of the drive. Also since the chassis had no air intake fans, I have taken the 120mm fan we removed from the rear and installed it behind our SSD.

Around the back of the chassis everything is looking neat and tidy and thanks to the extra fans I have installed, our GTX 560Ti and Antec 620M PSU should get plenty of airflow.

With everything back in place we can see very little of the system inside, the only thing that is really on display is the BitFenix Spectre fan in the top of the chassis. Unfortunately due to the water cooling pipes we installed, I was unable to installed a 2nd fan in the top rear section of the chassis, but I don’t think this build would require it.