XPG Starker Mid-Tower PC Case Review

Peter Donnell / 3 years ago

A Closer Look – Interior

Opening up the Starker, and you’re treated to a stunning interior design. You can see there’s a large cut-out behind the motherboard, allowing for easy installation/changes to your CPU cooler mount.

Cable routing options are interesting too, with three large grommets running along the top of the case.

Plus, a further two large grommets along the right side of the motherboard.

The PSU shroud also offers up three cut-outs along the bottom edge of the motherboard. As well as a single cut-out to pass GPU power cables up vertically; I love this one, all cases should have this cut-out!

The PSU shroud its self is pretty cool looking too, with loads of ventilation, which is certainly a bit of a theme with this case. However, as you can see, it has a huge cut-out to view the PSU its self.

Plus, that cool offset XPG logo design.

The shroud can have two 120mm fans mounted directly to it, that’ll pull air in from the bottom ventilation on the case. There are also some holes here to mount a vertical GPU bracket.

In the rear, you’ll find a single ARGB 120mm fan is pre-installed.

And a single 120mm fan is pre-installed in the front.

Behind the motherboard, you’ll find a decent amount of cable routing space, and there are cable tie loops dotted around to help keep things neat and tidy.

Of course, the PSU shroud will hide some cables too, so getting a clean looking build shouldn’t be too difficult.

There are two drive mounts located directly behind the motherboard, with a tray that can be removed for easy installation.

Plus, there’s another drive cage below the shroud.

The built-in RGB features of the case need power, so make sure you’ve got a spare SATA header for those. Other than that, it’s not time to get on with the build!

Removing the front panel, which is held on by magnets, you’ll find a full-height dust filter is integrated into the case, giving us three filters in total.