INTRODUCTION

   Even though mid-towers have been leading the market in sales for as far back as i can remember and most people i know do indeed prefer them when building a new system, it's no secret that I’ve always favoured full towers. You see for me interior space must be enough for 4 things, to house every hardware component out there, to have optimal airflow potential (multiple intake/exhaust fans), to have mounting areas for at least 2 long radiators and to be easy to work in. Now there are some mid-towers who tend to be more on the full-tower side that tick all 4 boxes but they can't compete with full and super towers (at least not the good ones). ABKONCORE may not be among the leading manufacturers in the market but their products have grown quite popular lately, especially among gamers. Because of that today we'll be looking at one of their top-end full tower models, the RAMESSES 760.

   ABKONCORE is a Korean provider of high performance PC components and gaming peripherals. Many years of professional production experience and strong background of gaming PC components and peripherals which are tested by Korean game enthusiasts and PC cafe users, ABKONCORE is proudly introducing the gaming gears and PC peripherals. In a rather short time of years, ABKONCORE has extended its reach to the global market, having distributors and retailers. There are three different offices: HQ in Seoul, South Korea, Branch Office in Guangzhou, China and European Sales & Logistics Office in the Netherlands.

   The RAMESSES 760 is a 16Kg heavy full tower with support for up to E-ATX sized mainboards that features two thick tempered glass panels (left/right), a total of eight SP120 Spectrum Sync RGB 120mm fans (1300RPM/34.34CFM/1.51mmH2O/25BA - remote controlled with 60 RGB modes/effects), top PSU mounting area, vertical steel drive trays, horizontal plastic drive trays with anti-vibration rubber suspensions, fan hub/RGB controller for up to 10 fans and a removable magnetic air-filter at the base. Interior space is as expected quite ample with enough room for up to twelve 3.5" drives and/or fifteen 2.5” drives, eleven 120mm fans (or 7x120mm & 4x140mm fans) and/or 3 radiators (120/140/240/280mm), 195mm tall CPU coolers, 380mm long graphics cards and 385mm long power supply units. Sounds interesting right? Well it does to us so the time has come to get up close and personal with the RAMESSES 760 by ABKONCORE.

SPECIFICATIONS AND FEATURES

PACKAGING AND CONTENTS

The RAMESSES 760 gets shipped inside a plain cardboard box that just has the product name and company logo at the front and rear of the box.

Some words about the product are printed on the left side of the box in 12 languages.

As usual the case is wrapped inside a plastic bag and is placed between two thick foam spacers.

In a plastic bag located inside one of the horizontal drive trays you will find the user manual, cleaning cloth (for the tempered glass panels), soft fabric gloves (to handle the case without leaving fingerprints on the panels), fan remote control, mainboard speaker, 10 cable ties, 4 USB rubber covers, headphones and microphone port rubber covers, 9 washers and a plastic bag filled with screws.

THE RAMESSES 760 EXTERIOR

Standing 545mm tall, 570mm long and 240mm wide the RAMESSES 760 is certainly larger than your average full tower.

Both the left and right side panels are held in place via 4 thumbscrews.

The fascia is very simple and just has the company logo and the I/O on it.

The RGB illuminated I/O includes two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, headphone and microphone ports and the on/off and reset buttons.

At the rear we find the two pre-installed SP120 Spectrum RGB fans, PSU area and 9 PCI expansion slots.

Taking a look at the base of the RAMESSES 760 we see 4 round rubber feet and a long magnetic air-filter.

THE RAMESSES 760 INTERIOR

What makes the RAMESSES 760 stand out compared to most full towers are the 8 pre-installed SP120 Spectrum RGB fans.

Four of them are placed at the front and are used to cool the 3.5/2.5" drive trays, two are used to push air towards the power supply unit which in turn pushes it outside of the case and the final two are the exhaust ones at the rear of the case.

On the interior of the base there's room for three more 120mm fans or an 240/360mm radiator (not all 360mm radiators are compatible however).

The mainboard tray has a total of 7 rubber grommets for cable management plus the large CPU cut-out and another smaller cut-out just over it.

Turning the case around we see the 12 horizontal drive trays, 3 vertical drive trays, fan hub/RGB controller (you can control the speed of the fans, the speed of the RGB effects and the RGB effects from the three buttons on it) and the PSU area.

As mentioned earlier the vertical trays are made out of steel whereas the horizontal ones are made out of plastic and feature anti-vibration rubber suspensions.

BUILDING THE SYSTEM

As always, the purpose of this section is not to build a functional system but rather to showcase what you can expect from the case at hand in terms of interior space.

With enough room for 385mm long power supply units there's not a single model out there that will not fit in the RAMESSES 760.

Same deal with the mainboard since our ATX model leaves plenty of room around it.

With a clearance of 195mm mounting any CPU cooler in the market shouldn't be a problem.

You can mount radiators at the top and bottom of the tower (rear too) and for this review we mounted a 280mm at the top (using long screws you can mount the radiator in front of the fans as seen above) and a 240mm at the base.

As for graphics cards well i don't know any cards close to being 380mm long so the RAMESSES 760 has you covered there as well.

Here you can see some of the effects of the 8 pre-installed SP120 Spectrum fans.

NOISE LEVEL TEST

After giving it much thought we decided on performing noise tests with each PC Case we receive by placing our ExTech HD600 vertically on top of each case to measure the noise levels emanating from the pre-installed fans at both 50% and 100% with the help of a fan controller (if the case doesn't have one, we use our own).

CONCLUSION

   The RAMESSES 760 actually caught my eye months ago so when ABKONCORE asked which case they should send to us next it was on top of my list. Certainly, as many of you have probably noticed by now the lack of top perforation means that airflow levels are not what they could be and even though it does come with 8 pre-installed SP120 Spectrum RGB fans the configuration is far from optimal. That being said by adding three intake fans at the base of the tower (or moving three fans from the horizontal trays) airflow levels increase significantly and that's our recommendation to current and upcoming owners. With that out of the way however everything else is actually very good, the 8 SP120 Spectrum RGB fans with their 60 modes/effects look great (not quite as great as some of the latest ARGB fans we see lately but minimal is actually what some people are looking for) and are almost inaudible while in terms of interior space being able to fit up to E-ATX mainboards, 15 drives, 11 fans and the largest CPU coolers (195mm tall), graphics cards (380mm long) and power supply units (385mm) is certainly not something to be taken lightly.

   ABKONCORE launched the RAMESSES 760 roughly a year ago and even though we were unable to track it down inside the USA it is currently available in the EU for 259.95Euros (X2Products) a price tag which is just a tad over the top for what you're getting in return. That being said also keep in mind that ABKONCORE just announced the RAMESSES 760 fitted with 5V ARGB Sync SP120 fans which are compatible with most (if not all) of the mainboard sync technologies. At the end of the day however if interior space and goo (but toned down) looks is what you're looking for in a tower then the RAMESSES 760 by ABKONCORE will not disappoint and that's why it gets our Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality
- Looks (Tempered Glass Side Panels / 8 SP120 Spectrum RGB RC Fans)
- Spacious Interior (380mm Long Graphics Cards / 195mm Tall CPU Coolers / 385mm Long PSUs)
- Can Accommodate Up To 15 Drives (12x3.5"/ 3x2.5")
- Room for Up To 11 Fans or Three 240/280mm Radiators
- Bottom Magnetic Air Filter
- 10 Port RGB Controller
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- USA Availability (Current)
- No Top Fan / Radiator Mounting Area (Airflow Levels)