Overall and Final Verdict

Hyte’s introduction to the market with the Revolt 3 was great but targeted at a smaller market than a full-sized case. So the Y60 is an important launch for Hyte and it is looking very promising. The panoramic glass design that allows you to show off the entire inside of your case without obstruction is unique and looks great. It is also targeted at an audience that loves to show off their PCs which can also help spread the Hyte brand to others as well. Look at what the O11 did for revitalizing Lian Li’s popularity for example. The open design does something else that I don’t think happens enough. It is designed to show off your expensive video card. I’ve been saying for years, even with a traditional case where the top edge of the card is all that is visible that people want people to know what card they have. It is the most expensive part of your build, especially these days, and most video cards only put GeForce or Radeon up on the top edge. This design puts the whole thing out in front like a jewel. Of course, if the GPU shortages have been affecting you and you are sporting  GTX 1030 temporarily it is going to look even more underwhelming in the Y60. But as far as GPU size is concerned, you won’t have to worry about that with a full 3 slots being supported and nearly infinite height and length.

The Y60 has lots of room for custom water cooling and while an air cooler is supported it does feel like a good portion of the case would be wasted if you weren’t at least running an all-in-one cooler. The Y60 design is relatively solid with a lot of metal used in the design with the exception of the grills on the top, bottom, and on the “cold floor” which are plastic. Hyte even used steel for the pull out hard drive trays. Details like the custom-shaped enclosure for the included PCIe 4.0 riser that matches the case are a nice touch. The risers even color match depending on if you get the black, white, or red models. They just need some of the crazy orange/pink/purple/teal options that cases like the NR200 have been getting and that would be perfect.

There were a few downsides to the design, some could be improved in the future, and others that are just a tradeoff to the overall design. The biggest tradeoff will be that your GPU is the only full-height PCIe device you can install. The location of the vertical GPU and because it isn’t optional means that your PCIe slots will be blocked. Hyte did leave room and brackets for half-height cards but the options there will be limited. As for things that would just need small tweaks. In my thermal testing, the back of the case shows that due to the gap between the radiator mount and the back vent there is a little leakage going into the rest of the back of the case. A gasket or slight adjustment on the shape of the motherboard tray / radiator bracket could fix that. I also fought with the wire management grommets a lot which wanted to pop out easily for me. Overall those are small issues and I don’t think a lot of people NEED the extra full height PCIe slots.

For pricing, Hyte has the Y60 listed at $199.99 for all three colors. This isn’t too badly priced though I will say that the O11 Dynamic which is what I think is the most direct competition for the Y60 has an MSRP of $189 and is selling for $179 right now. But the Y60 comes with three fans where the O11 Dynamic doesn’t come with any and the O11 Dynamic also doesn’t come with a riser cable which more than makes up for the difference making the Y60 the better value. Overall I think the Hyte Y60 is a great case and I’m expecting to see a LOT of them popping up in pictures in the future in places like r/battlestations.

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