In the field of PC hardware, many users should know the name "XPG", as a high-performance brand under the Weigang Group, XPG from the storage field in the early days, after years of hard work and continue to expand the product line with the theme of "e-sports", launched a series of products including power supply, radiator, chassis, even keyboard, mouse and other peripherals involved in many products, rich product lines have also accumulated excellent reputation and a large number of user groups.
XPG's chassis in the past two years is also very eye-catching, such as last year's launch of the Intruder PRO chassis is eye-catching, magnetic quick-release front panel, graphics card vertical mounting, ARGB lighting control system are its highlights. The illusion of full transparency chassis as the latest high-end e-sports chassis launched by XPG has distinctive characteristics, unique design and high value, and the four sides are made of tempered glass with aluminum alloy side strips, showing high-end temperament. It also brings ARGB lighting effects, excellent air duct design, 4 XPG VENTO 120 ARGB fans, the highest support for E-ATX specification motherboards, 360 specifications of water cooling, graphics card vertical plug, rich configuration, excellent functionality and compatibility.
XPG Mirage Fully transparent chassis is available in both black and white versions, the one we have in hand is a black version, four-sided tempered glass design, with a deep black and XPG LOGO, quite esports style. The graphics card mounting position has a space of 400mm, the air cooling limit is 170mm, and the water cooling can be up to 360mm.
Chassis appearance: four sides of glass, awe-inspiring atmosphere
The full-sided transparent chassis is a kind of chassis shape that many players are hotly sought after, and the fully transparent design can create a more cool personalized host, showing a more differentiated and private exclusive style. For the current mainstream chassis type in the market, single-sided side-through chassis is the most common, double-sided glass is already much rarer, and four-sided transparent glass chassis is even rarer, because there are higher requirements in design and manufacturing costs. At a glance, the XPG Mirage fully transparent e-sports chassis is such a high-end e-sports wind chassis, atmospheric and informal.
XPG Mirage Fully transparent chassis belongs to the medium tower chassis, the three-dimensional size is 485 (H) x 225 (W) x 506mm (L), all four sides are surrounded by tempered glass, the overall gives people an atmospheric, cool feeling. The black version we got our hands on is more mysterious, calm and elegant than the relatively snow-white, beautiful white version, and there is also a hint of e-sports flavor in the cool black.
It can be seen that XPG has carried out a careful and careful design on the front panel of the chassis, using removable tempered glass, and the streamlined aluminum alloy side strips in the front are also designed with a very conspicuous XPG Logo, highlighting the brand personality and showing the high-end temperament of the chassis.
The fan position at the top of the chassis has a dust mesh for easy disassembly. After removing the dust screen on the top of the chassis, you can see that the fan installation space is very large, and it is possible to install 2 140mm fans or 3 120mm fans, supporting 360 water cooling.
The top-mounted I/O interface not only provides 2 USB 3.0 ports, but also a Type-C Gen2 3.1 high-speed interface and a light effect control key. Vents are available on the bottom of the chassis to meet the heat dissipation needs of the extended ATX power supply.
Internal structure: reasonable design and distribution
When you open the side glass and see the internal structure of the XPG Mirage fully transparent gaming chassis, the first feeling is that it is clean, the landing design of each position is also reasonable, and the water cooling and fans can also be installed in the desired position according to the player's own ideas.
XPG Mirage Fully transparent gaming chassis length of 48.5cm, the internal space is quite large, the maximum can support E-ATX motherboards, the minimum is mini-ITX, but also to meet the needs of three-fan graphics card installation, follow-up I used an ASUS ROG Strix 3070 graphics card when installing the machine experience, the volume is quite large, but this chassis can still be easily controlled, and reserves sufficient space, graphics card length is limited to 400mm. In addition, if the CPU uses a tower air-cooled radiator, it supports a height limit length of 170mm, which can meet the vast majority of air-cooled products.
In terms of fan mounting positions, XPG Mirage Esports chassis provides four sets of fan mounting positions for the front, top, rear and bottom, of which the front can be installed with up to 3 12cm or 2 14cm fans, or up to 360mm water cooling. A 12cm fan position can be installed in the rear, and a 120mm water cooling drain can be installed. The top can be installed with up to 3 12cm or 2 14cm fans, supports a maximum of 360mm water cooling, and the bottom can be placed in a 12cm fan position, and water cooling cannot be installed. XPG also comes with 4 XPG's own fan products that support ARGB lighting effects.
Some of the details of the chassis design are also quite in place, such as the power cord routing space, openings, etc., to support the back routing design. The back of the motherboard adopts transparent glass, so it is necessary to design the cable in advance when installing the machine, and even customize the special power connection cable to avoid the situation that the length of the power cord is not suitable when installing the machine.
The bottommost part of the chassis also has a hard disk shelf, it is supported removable, can install 2 (+1) 3.5-inch HDDs, two of which HDDs can be installed in the bottom of the independent hard disk bay, the hard disk compartment can be shifted according to the length of the power supply, in the subsequent installation experience, due to the use of SSD, in order to facilitate cable management, this hard disk shelf I chose to remove it. The chassis also has plenty of power potential space, supporting up to 225mm long ATX power supplies.
Installation experience: Back cable management needs to be careful
If you want to install this mid-tower fully transparent chassis, you need to think carefully and do the best in everything. Considering the special design of the XPG Mirage fully transparent chassis (four-sided side transparency), in order to make the chassis look more concise and comfortable after installation, especially the back cable must also be kept neat and clean. This time we specially made a power supply custom line on the Internet, and the length and cable management of the power supply custom line have been determined in advance. So as soon as the wire arrives, I can complete the thread management according to the previous design of the idea, the whole process becomes much easier, the wire is repeated and a lot of words are tied up, and the overall look of the back after installation is indeed very simple, simple and comfortable.
As the high-end chassis of the 2022 XPG main e-sports wind, this time we have also chosen the products of THE XPG home in the selection of installed accessories, the memory stick is four XPG Longyao D50 DDR4 8GB titanium gray, the power supply is XPG Magic Core Gold Medal 850W power supply, the water cooling is XPG Frost Shield Brilliant Edition 360 water cooling, try to form an XPG family barrel.
However, it should be noted that when installing water cooling on the top of the chassis, I installed the fan above the water cooling, that is, the fan and the cold drain are located above and below the chassis, respectively, because when installing in the normal way, the water cooling drain will be stuck by the motherboard. In addition, if you want to be more convenient, you can also place the 360 water cooling on the front of the chassis, and then install three fans on the top. Also, if you have an SSD, you can remove the hard drive bits on the bottom of the chassis to make the chassis look cleaner.
Heat dissipation test: the performance is acceptable, can meet the daily use
In the heat dissipation test, in order to better show the heat dissipation level of the XPG Mirage fully permeable gaming chassis, we filled the chassis with fans, using our customized chassis heat dissipation test device for testing, and sure enough, it did not disappoint, XPG Mirage The heat dissipation performance of the fully permeable gaming chassis should be quite good, and the super energy index can be 77.1, which is a medium level, which can meet the daily use needs of players.
Although the super energy index of 77.1 points is not very high, but think about it from another angle, considering the design of this chassis, the fully transparent glass blocks all sides of the chassis, and can only rely on the gaps, holes in the rear of the chassis, fans and water cooling to export heat, so it is reasonable for the XPG Mirage fully permeable gaming chassis to achieve this result.
Fan testing
In addition, the XPG Mirage Esports chassis comes standard with four XPG VENTO 120 ARGB fans, so I tested one of the individual VENTO 120 ARGB fans for maximum fan, maximum static pressure, and noise. In the fan test, the data comes from the ultra-energy network self-made air volume wind pressure test device, this test device is prepared according to the relevant national standards and ISO standards, through the pipeline test air chamber multi-nozzle / orifice plate to measure the fan air volume and wind pressure, as well as with different system impedance (ordinary cold drain, ordinary tower radiator) under the air volume, through the speed tester to monitor the immediate speed of the fan, and in the special silent cabinet to measure the full speed of the fan and the noise value under the ordinary cold drain.
The maximum speed of the standard fan of the XPG Phantom fully permeable e-sports chassis is about 1750 RPM, the maximum static pressure is 2.06mmH2O, and the maximum air volume is 73.6CFM. If the air volume, wind pressure, and system impedance are still relatively vague, you can refer to our popular science article "Truly understanding the air volume and wind pressure of the cooling fan".
XpG Mirage The XPG VENTO 120 ARGB fan comes standard with a noise of 52.1dBA when idling at full speed. The noise test can only be used as a reference, and the user's use environment is related to the chassis style.
Summary: Full of charm and esports atmosphere, it is one of the first choices for high-end players
As the beginning of the XPG new product, XPG Mirage fully transparent e-sports chassis side leakage a breath of atmosphere and simple style, while its details are also very full, because it is the use of four-sided tempered glass design, so the back of the cable must not be sloppy, but fortunately this chassis for the details of the control is really in place, the cable port, cable management buckle, quick disassembly panel, ARGB lighting effect control system, the accompanying 4 ARGB fans to ensure that I will not be too difficult to deal with when installing the machine.
Moreover, due to the medium-tower design, this XPG Mirage all-permeable gaming chassis has a relatively large installation space, can be compatible with E-ATX size motherboards, very user-friendly to installed, compared to the traditional compact chassis, the former installation process is more convenient and handy. In addition, even with a four-sided tempered glass design, the ventilation may not be so good, but with the clever design, fan and large internal space, the XPG Mirage fully permeable gaming chassis still has a moderate level of heat dissipation performance, with a super energy index of 77.1.
In other aspects, the standard dust screen, fan and lighting effect fully reflect the value of XPG Mirage fully permeable e-sports chassis, in general, the elegant metal material fuselage with four-sided glass surround and the interior installation after the bright machine are unobstructed, showing the e-sports atmosphere and charm, is one of the preferred chassis for high-end players. If you also like a mid-tower chassis that can be DIY, then this new XPG is a good choice.