Cougar Archon 2 RGB: The budget tower is the cheapest with white glass 15 comments
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The Archon 2 RGB midi tower box from Cougar is positioned in the entry-level segment. Behind the mesh or glass is a compact chassis for ATX components that provides enough space for current hardware. The price is paradoxical: as a white glass tower, the Archon 2 costs the least, while the black and mesh are significantly more expensive.
ATX motherboards with 170 millimeter high CPU coolers can be used in the Archon 2. The graphics card, on the other hand, can be a maximum of 315 millimeters long – a small restriction in the high-end range, due to volume. less than 40 liters.
For cooling, Cougar has included three 120mm fans with ARGB LEDs on the front. They can be supplemented with additional fans under the lid and on the back. For water cooling, a 240mm radiator on the cover and a 360mm model on the front are possible.
Radiators take up space
However, this reduces the length of the power supply: instead of 160 mm, only 140 mm long models can be used. The space for the graphics card will then also be reduced by the thickness of the radiator. – a model of the caliber of an RTX 4080 would then already be too big, there are in principle only mid-range GPUs left for this case.
Cougar Archon 2 RGB Mesh (Image: Cougar) Image 1 of 5
For hard drives, the Archon 2 has a bracket at the bottom of the case that accommodates one 3.5″ and another 3.5″ or 2.5″ drive. Additionally, two additional brackets can be installed behind the motherboard for two more 2.5″ drives can be used Despite the price range there are dust filters everywhere but Cougar does not use USB-C instead there is a old USB port 2.0 in addition to USB 3.0;
White mesh is the cheapest
The case currently starts at around 59 euros in retail stores for the white mesh glass version; with a mesh front, the model in the same color costs around 3 euros more. In black however, the glass version only starts at around 69 euros, with mesh it’s even 78 euros, which brings it dangerously close to the Fractal Design Pop Silent or Air (test) or the Phanteks Eclipse G360A or the Phanteks XT Pro Ultra all offer more space and convenience.
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