Page 3: Armor A60 Exterior
Armor A60 Exterior
Similar to the Armor A90, the entire case has been designed to give off the effect of a stealth fighter to make it stand out from your typical case without straying too far from typical case dimensions. Each panel is made of up raised angled portions that fit together to give off the look. However, the design of the Armor A60 just doesn't carry as well as the one on the A90 did. That isn't to say there aren't some nice design touches, but there simply isn't any cohesion to them.
For example, the front of the case has several really nifty design ideas. Our favorite is the double honeycomb grill with the smaller black grill being in front of a silver large grill. However, it just doesn't look like something that was designed for this case. It seems too busy for its own good. The lack of a door for the optical bays like on the Armor A90 also hurts the design quite a bit because everything on the front shroud above the power button looks so anonymous that it might as well be from a different case. That being said, optical bay doors aren't for everyone regardless of what they contribute to the design.
Moving the the left side of the case, you can see small door for the swappable hard drive bay. Further back and up a bit is the raised window section, which gives you a good view of the CPU. Below that is the 120mm fan mount and is roughly over where the GPU would be mounted. Similar to the front of the case, the side of the case lacks cohesion to the design. The stampings and parts don't seem like they are supposed to go together and the overall effect makes everything look a little weird. This side panel doesn't really look like it even goes to the same case as the front panel does since it is made up of right angles and squares rather than triangles.
The right side of the case is basically the left side rotated 180 degrees but without the window or vents. Once you notice that, it not only sticks out for the same reasons as the left side does, but it also comes off as feeling a bit cheap.
Another thing to note is that none of the panels have the solidity of construction that they do in the Armor A90. While they don't feel like tin or anything to the effect, they just don't have the same "feel" of quality that they did on the Armor A90.
Similar to the Armor A90, the entire case has been designed to give off the effect of a stealth fighter to make it stand out from your typical case without straying too far from typical case dimensions. Each panel is made of up raised angled portions that fit together to give off the look. However, the design of the Armor A60 just doesn't carry as well as the one on the A90 did. That isn't to say there aren't some nice design touches, but there simply isn't any cohesion to them.
For example, the front of the case has several really nifty design ideas. Our favorite is the double honeycomb grill with the smaller black grill being in front of a silver large grill. However, it just doesn't look like something that was designed for this case. It seems too busy for its own good. The lack of a door for the optical bays like on the Armor A90 also hurts the design quite a bit because everything on the front shroud above the power button looks so anonymous that it might as well be from a different case. That being said, optical bay doors aren't for everyone regardless of what they contribute to the design.
Moving the the left side of the case, you can see small door for the swappable hard drive bay. Further back and up a bit is the raised window section, which gives you a good view of the CPU. Below that is the 120mm fan mount and is roughly over where the GPU would be mounted. Similar to the front of the case, the side of the case lacks cohesion to the design. The stampings and parts don't seem like they are supposed to go together and the overall effect makes everything look a little weird. This side panel doesn't really look like it even goes to the same case as the front panel does since it is made up of right angles and squares rather than triangles.
The right side of the case is basically the left side rotated 180 degrees but without the window or vents. Once you notice that, it not only sticks out for the same reasons as the left side does, but it also comes off as feeling a bit cheap.
Another thing to note is that none of the panels have the solidity of construction that they do in the Armor A90. While they don't feel like tin or anything to the effect, they just don't have the same "feel" of quality that they did on the Armor A90.