Review: Gigabyte 3DAurora 570 system chassis

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Some enthusiasts might not include the Gigabyte 570 on their shortlists but, from our own hands-on experience and the results of our testing, we tend to think that's a serious mistake.

Gigabyte has built a high-quality solution for high-end kit that includes nearly everything you need right out of the box.

We really like the fact that both mesh and clear side options are there right out of the box. Thanks to this Gigabyte innovation, buyers can save a lot of money. It would be nice to see other makers being more generous of spirit and coming up with copycat solutions.

The thermal performance of the chassis was pleasing, too, especially around the CPU area. The fact that Gigabyte has included pre-routed cables out of the box also helps make it easy to build a system with efficient airflow.

At a bit over £100 for the silver version, the Aurora 570 is by no means cheap - and the black version can cost £10 more, which isn't an unusual situation but is still a mystery to us.

In comparison, the Antec P182 is around £85 and the Cooler Master Stacker 830 a pretty serious £163. Then you need to factor in Lian-Li but that company doesn't tend to 'do' windows on its cases, let alone two different types.

Our criticisms of the Aurora 570 case are pretty limited. Not having a removable PSU fitting plate does make it harder than it should be to install and remove a large power supply and we think Gigabyte needs to rethink that element of the design given that it's highly unlikely to buck the unfortunate trend for not fitting removable top panels.

And, being picky, we'd like to see some significant use of noise-absorption material around the HDD area.

Overall, though, we were very impressed with the Gigabyte Aurora 570. The design is simple, yet effective and most of the features we'd look for are there, along with some that we'd not expected but welcomed.

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