DeepCool CH780: Wide viewing angles at the core

Interior

Aquarium or terrarium? In short, a proper glass (panoramic?) case with a good view of the components. It is not only the appearance that is supposed to be “attractive”, but also the abundant options for cooling, or rather installation of liquid coolers. And reconfiguring the system fans can also make sense with the DeepCool CH780. We chart the differences in the comparison tests as well.

Interior

The inside of the case offers a huge open space with a protruding tray for the motherboard. You can fit almost all motherboard formats on it. From Mini-ITX through mATX, ATX and even E-ATX up to a width of 285 mm. Due to the protruding tray, the selection of a tower CPU cooler is limited to only 132 mm. For graphics cards, there is again more space than would be needed, up to 480 mm. This guarantees compatibility for future generations of graphics cards as well. For the heavier ones, there is also a support bracket on the tray that can be adjusted in height for wider graphics cards.

0.95 mm thick solid metal plates compensate (only) for the lateral mounting of the tray. This makes the tray sturdy and it shows no signs of flexing, despite the two 40 mm side holes for cabling.

   

Due to space constraints, most graphics cards are mounted in a vertical position. An adapter for such positioning can be found in the accessories with the PCIe slot extension. This is supplied in the PCIe 4.0 standard. Seven of the nine caps need to be removed to mount the graphics card in the vertical position. You then screw the adapter into these free positions. The retaining screw of the bottom cap is illogically covered by the wider frame of the case. You can’t loosen it with an ordinary screwdriver, and you have to reach for a small ratchet or an angled tool.

   

Since the case does not have a tunnel, you have rails underneath on which you can place fans up to 200 mm in size or a liquid cooler radiator of up to 360/420 mm.

Although there are three 140 mm fans included, they are mounted in one common frame on the side of the case. As a result, only two cables are routed out instead of six. One for their power supply and the other for the RGB backlight. From the factory, they are oriented as exhaust fans to get heated air out of the case. The side panel without the dust filter is made for this as well.

   

For a “clear” view of and into the case, the front support, where the side and front glass meet, can be removed. This will serve you in transport so that there is no damage to the glass by crossing or to the case frame itself in the event of a collision.

In addition to the motherboard, graphics card and processor, the tray must also carry the hardware which is usually located in the tunnel. Here you have two hybrid compartments for 2.5″ or 3.5″ storage. The first one is screwed directly onto the tray from the opposite side, so when you need to replace the storage in it, you also need to remove the mounted motherboard. The second compartment is fixed directly on the first one, so it can be easily handled.

   

A cage for the PSU is attached to the frame and tray by four screws. The PSu can be in ATX or SFX format. There is 260 mm of space available for the power supply with connected cabling.

With an SFX power supply mounted, you get room on the tray for two 2.5″ storage drives. With an ATX one, there is no more space between it and the tray for thin storage. Mounting it is easy, using the special screws in the accessories. These can be screwed into the holes in the tray tool-free after screwing them into the storage drives.

   

The bottom of the case also hides a small chip for backlight control. Thanks to it, you have 17 different backlight modes and colours at your disposal. It is powered by a SATA cable directly from the PSU. You also have the option to control and power the backlight directly from the motherboard.

The left side belongs to the opening with two rails, where the supplied triple fan is also mounted. In addition to the three 120/140 mm fans, it is possible to place the last of the three liquid cooler radiators here. As with the previous positions, a large 360/420 mm radiator fits here as well.

All of this is held together by the metal plates of the case frame, which are even thicker than the ones on the tray, up to 1.15 mm thick.

Installing the hardware into the case was convenient except for one small detail. Namely, I was “wrestling” a bit with the length of the supplied PCI Express riser when connecting a rather slim graphics card. The rest of it went together intuitively, so to speak. The three pre-prepared Velcro pull-tabs were good enough to manage the cabling. Everything else was already arranged by the space behind the tray itself, which is 95 mm wide, counting from the side panel.

   

• Contents
• Exterior
• Interior
• Testing methodology
• CPU and GPU cooling tests
• Motherboard cooling tests
• SSD cooling tests
• Conclusion

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