Kingwin KT-424 Aluminum Case
by Kristopher Kubicki on August 18, 2003 11:18 PM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
External Construction
The overall construction of the KT-424 is similar to any other aluminum case on the market right now. Kingwin uses 2.00mm think aluminum-magnesium sheets that are primarily folded. The KT-424 has only one very Lian Li-looking side window, rather than two on the KT-436. The top acrylic window has also been eliminated.
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| 1 | No power supply | |
| 2 | Drive Bays x 10
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| 3 | 80mmx80mmx25mm, 1 x Exhaust | |
| 4 | Variable Fan Control | |
| 5 | 80mmx80mmx25mm, 2 x Intake | |
| 6 | up to 2.85V (in 0.1V increments) | |
This is a more subdued case than the KT-436. Each external bay came with an aluminum face plate, which goes a long way in appearance. These plates are actually screwed in, and must be removed after taking off the face plate. Some might say this is an annoyance, but we think it gives the case an even sturdier look and feel, particularly if you are always fiddling for buttons on your DVD/CD drives.
The horizontal intake has been replaced by a vertical 2-fan intake behind dense metal mesh. In our opinion, this meshed look is identical to the CoolerMaster ATC series intake.
Kingwin took a bit of heat on their last case because the power and reset buttons would get stuck on the acrylic face. Some engineer somewhere must have shook his fist and returned with the most sturdy button design that we have seen. The smooth plastic buttons are inlaid inside the aluminum housing, and do not stick. The whole component is made of a single piece of plastic that requires you to actually break it in order to remove it.
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Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - link
#3 - no need for a grounding cable, remember there's two grounds in the power connector.kris - is the typo the only comment worthy of a response from you?
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
Yak,Thanks for the typo! I have fixed the article.
Kristopher
yak8998 - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
On the benchmarks page, under decibel measurements, you list "Kingwin KT-436-BK-WM Aluminum" as the first and last case. I'm assuming one of these should be the 424...?Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
i want to adress something off topic does anybody know if the case from ocsystem the OCSystem Diamond Warp Super 10bay Tower Case anygood its for 55$ sounds pretty good looking at the specsAnonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
Wouldn't the harddrives need grounding cables? (because of the rubber mounting grommets)Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
you make fun of them for typos, why not fix your own? think? thick? etc...Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
one thing that would make this review a lot better - higher res pictures. MUCH higher res. just make them clickable to enlarge like the old days of ATaodfan - Sunday, January 6, 2019 - link
I have had this case for 15 years this month and I still love it. I have managed to have several builds in it and it never fails me. Though I through multiple moves I have been able to maintain most of the parts, but albeit some HDD screws have been lost, but that doesn't really seem to matter at this point since mounting SSD are more flexible. I have even contacted KingWin themselves to see if they have and NOS parts and they were so surprised that I still had one and going strong, that says something for a product that they designed and built so well. I have thought of getting a different case at some point when a new build refresh comes along, but I cannot help but not love the aesthetics of this case. I mean it doesn't seem like they make them like this anymore! I will definitely, even if it does ever get replaced, keep it around.