Complete System
Building a system inside the XPG Starker AIR BTF was pretty straightforward, with plenty of room for high-end components, and lots of practical, easy-to-use features that cater towards BTF motherboard and cable routing, making it very easy to get a clean-looking build.
One of the nice additions is the amount of RGB, and while I prefer a stealthy build myself, I can certainly appreciate something vibrant and colourful from time to time too.
There’s an RGB button on the front panel, and a press will cycle through colours and effects. However, it’s a little tricky to press as it’s quite small. However, I suppose it does stop it from being triggered every time your cat jumps on top of your PC case.
With four fans pre-installed, airflow is plentiful, and there’s extra ventilation and airflow on the bottom, right side and top, ensuring you can get even more passive airflow, more fans, or in my case, a 360mm radiator to complement your build.
I love that there’s plenty of room for larger GPUs, although if you’re rocking something like the bigger 40 and 50-series GPUs you’ll use up pretty much all this space, and likely wouldn’t get a radiator in the front of the case; but hey, there’s room in the top for one anyway.
Still not really a fan of the removable SSD tray here, I think leaving it removed would have looked better, opening up that airflow on the right side, but I guess that’s subjective if you’re still using SSDs.
Overall, I really like this case, it’s not oversized, it has plenty of features, and the RGB fans are both colourful, and run quietly.
But the real aesthetic star of the show has to be that aggressive front panel design.
There’s obviously RGB shining through from the fans, but then there’s a vibrant RGB bar near the top that cuts through it like a lightning bolt. If you want a case that really pops, you’ll find a lot to love here.
