Review: Tuniq 3 PC system case

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As we started to look closely at the Tuniq 3 we became ever more sceptical. It just seemed to be your average chassis from the Far East, with little in the way of selling-points.

Then things got worse when we discovered that its one significant selling-point wasn't compatible with the graphics card in our test rig - nor a large number of other graphics cards.

Astonishingly, though, the Tuniq turned in figures for thermal performance that put it ahead of some of the heavy-hitters and made us have to reconsider.

But what we're left with is the conclusion that Tuniq managed to make a pretty decent chassis and then added in some features that made it worse - certainly in terms of value-for-money.

After all, who wants to pay for a feature such as the 3D core fan assembly only to have to rip it out?

So why include it as standard in the first place? Ditto those blue cold cathodes in the feet. Lights are very much a matter of personal taste so, to our way of thinking, there's little sense including them when, for sure, a considerable number of potential buyers of the case will leave them switched off.

In the USA, the case is pretty cheap. Hopefully, it will be no less competitive when it does hit our shores. But it would be more competitive still if the unnecessary fans and lights were left out.

Doing that might make the case cheaper by £5 or more - and that, we believe, would help the company secure distribution and ensure a considerably higher volume of sales than the current configuration is likely to achieve.

As a potential first foot in UK waters, though, the Tuniq 3 is a good effort. We think it confirms that Tuniq has the skill to make well-engineered products, as the success of its Tower 120 CPU coolers seemed to suggest.

We've already said what we think would make Tuniq's first system case better value - and an easier sell - but what should the company do next?

Well, we think that a version of this same case in all-aluminium and without the unneeded frills might turn out to be a popular choice - and we'd also like to see variants with no doors.

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But we're here to judge the Tuniq 3 and we believe that, at the anticipated price of £40-£50, it merits a Good Value award. Let's just hope that Tuniq finds some effective distributors for its first chassis in the UK and that they'll also offer sound advice on what the company should be doing next.

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