TRYX Responds to GamersNexus Evaluation: LUCA L70 Case Overhaul
In response to our assessment, the corporate despatched us a huge PDF detailing every thing they’d modified in response to the assessment. It is a nice strategy to dealing with it and we need to be sure that they’re acknowledged for taking the time to pause the launch after which attempt to handle issues. They nonetheless, after all, should ship on these adjustments and truly repair it, however the truth that TRYX was prepared to entertain this in any respect is healthier than most different firms within the area. So, credit score to them for that.
Sadly although, the unit they shipped for re-evaluation got here with screws that had been knocked unfastened, a bent hinge, and different issues — however we’ll stroll by way of every of those documented adjustments at this time.
Tryx’s L70 was an uncommon new case from an organization that was (on the time) brand-new and it was principally recognized for its Panorama cooler (take a look at our protection of it).
Nicely, it nonetheless is usually recognized for its Panorama cooler, however it was, too.
Tryx’s cooler has not too long ago been copied by firms like ASUS and Thermalright at Computex 2025, with ASUS being significantly private since a few of Tryx’s workforce got here from ASUS.
Extra not too long ago, Tryx confirmed off its Flova case with the potential of including a crossflow fan to ATX, which was fascinating by itself. However the level is that TRYX is fascinating sufficient to its opponents that a few of them are beginning to copy it.
However, once more, the L70 was a extremely unhealthy begin.
To the corporate’s credit score, TRYX responded to our criticism by halting manufacturing whereas it carried out fixes, which is uncommon. Fractal pulled an identical transfer with the Meshify 3 (learn our assessment) forward of launch, the place reviewer complaints about PCIe slot tightness triggered a pause.
In truth, Fractal even recalled a previous case proper when proper at launch to rectify a hearth hazard from a poor PCB design.
In the present day, we’re evaluating the L70’s adjustments. The thermals don’t change and the assessment fundamentals don’t change from final time, so we gained’t re-do all of that. We’ll deal with simply the modifications that Tryx made, making this a a lot easier revisit.
We’ll begin with the fasteners and panel adjustment points.
Final time, we began by exhibiting delivery injury that led to a cascade of failures with the highest panel sagging, fasteners misaligning, the aspect panel coming unfastened, after which lastly the aspect panel falling off and tearing out chunks of the case. These points stem from design issues.
We need to be clear about one factor, although: Tryx has repeatedly reframed our complaints as delivery injury in communications with them at occasions like Computex, however the majority of our complaints have been about design, high quality of life options, and high quality management on the manufacturing unit, not delivery. Transport was only one a part of what was in any other case a large number of a case.
And even in relation to delivery, the injury itself wasn’t the principle drawback: the truth that the case was weak to break was one merchandise on a laundry checklist of different quality-of-life complaints, none of which have been acceptable in a $240 case. Because of every thing that is occurred since September 2024, that MSRP has (understandably) elevated to $250.
TRYX stayed involved over the months and offered us with a listing of proposed adjustments, then a remaining overview of the particular manufacturing adjustments. Issues just like the aspect panel attachment, drive brackets, cable lengths, grommets, and even the typo on the deal with are a part of an extended checklist of adjustments.
However some issues have remained the identical, like a bent hinge within the new pattern.
We will go into minute element right here relating to issues which can be totally different from the unique pattern: if you’d like extra normal details about the case and thermal efficiency, watch our unique assessment. That is going to be a extremely particular follow-up.
Accepted Adjustments
Beginning with the accepted adjustments:
Tryx says that gadgets like the large gouges within the aluminum ft, bent help for the SSD mounting bracket, deformed fan rails, broken entrance I/O and energy button space, and bent motherboard tray have been addressed with “elevated EPE materials density to enhance safety throughout delivery.” We expect that is in all probability true, however we do not have the unique foam available to check, and the before-and-after photos in TRYX’s doc are the identical {photograph} however mirrored. We’re unsure why they did that. TRYX initially indicated that it supposed so as to add additional warnings about fragility to the exterior packaging, however this wasn’t included within the remaining change checklist.
Our new assessment pattern arrived principally unscathed, with one exception:
There was a severely bent decrease hingepin on the entrance panel; nevertheless, we once more imagine this can be a manufacturing unit defect, not delivery injury.
When the panel is opened, the pin pops out. It is a pattern that TRYX despatched on to us, not an undercover buy, so our confidence of their high quality management is non-existent. That’s twice now.
We additionally discovered that one of many motherboard standoffs got here unfastened throughout delivery and was caught to a magnet elsewhere within the case, though each different standoff remained tight.
To start with, it’s the corporate’s accountability to get a product to an finish consumer with out injury. That is twice now that this case has arrived with points, indicating to us a mixture of QC points and delivery points. Secondly, it’s simple to cover behind “delivery injury” and throw carriers underneath the bus as a universally hated boogie man, however that is twice now that this has occurred, and once more, proof factors towards manufacturing unit QC points. Even on the delivery aspect, if a product is fragile, it’s as much as the producer to determine how you can pack it.
Tryx reworked the aspect panel to attempt to cope with a few of this. There are some positives on this panel rework.
TRYX has restricted management over delivery injury; the larger drawback in our unique assessment was that an impression on the nook of the case was in a position to critically injury its operate. Particularly, the glass aspect panel was knocked out of alignment with the snaps on the case on the unique, permitting it to flop out on the desk and tear off chunks of metallic within the course of.
The most important change right here is “positioning rivets on the glass panels for transportation, stopping chassis deformation.”
These rivets help the highest panel when the aspect panels are put in and will preserve the snaps appropriately aligned, which is a strong enchancment from TRYX that we’re completely satisfied to see.
The highest panel itself would not seem to have been bolstered, sadly, however the rivets ought to be sufficient so long as the glass panels are put in.
As well as, TRYX says it “eliminated the hovering operate on glass aspect panel,” that means that the panel would not cling open on studs (the components that tore off). This looks like a clever tradeoff to us; the hovering operate is not vital sufficient to danger everlasting injury.
A screw has additionally been added to the glass aspect panel to safe it throughout delivery, in addition to a sticker warning concerning the presence of the screw. The screw is helpful for carrying the case round or delivery it. It is a good enchancment. We’ve maintained that cup panels ought to be securable with screws if just for transit, so we’re completely satisfied to see this. Even nonetheless, with the addition of the rivets, we’re snug eradicating the screw for day by day use now.
However just like the broken hinge, not each change really addressed the issues.
Within the unique L70, the motherboard tray and PSU cage have been fixed in with thumbscrews AND little flush-head screws that required a driver, defeating the aim of utilizing the marketed toolless thumbscrews since instruments have been required.
TRYX made a partial change right here: it defined that “flush screws are included for transport reinforcement and may be eliminated as soon as the construct is full,”
Which is ok, however doesn’t change the truth that it’s not tool-less, however OK, and its repair was to make use of bigger still-not-tool-less screws regardless of being marketed as tool-less removing “to keep away from being inconspicuous, stopping customers from overlooking them throughout use.”
We do not contemplate all of those screws elective, and we do not suppose they have been inconspicuous, so this is not an actual change from our perspective.
Considered one of our different unique complaints needed to do with I/O cables that weren’t lengthy sufficient to be simply routed across the SSD bracket.
The up to date L70 has a 750mm USB Kind-C cable, which interprets to about 10cm of extra usable size. Lengths for the opposite cables stay unchanged, however with our particular check bench {hardware}, all of the cables at the moment are in a position to attain. The 10cm extension fixes the problem.
The metallic strip that prolonged the motherboard tray within the unique L70 would block cable cutouts at both the highest or the underside of the motherboard relying on the case configuration. This was one other main design oversight that had nothing to do with delivery.
Within the up to date mannequin, the strip has been reduce away in order that audio, entrance panel, and fan connectors can match round it on the backside of the case. EPS12V cables have extra room on the prime of the case as properly, though it is nonetheless a decent match. However, these have been good adjustments to one thing that was only a design drawback.
One other situation we discovered on the unique was that SATA cables might catch on the sting of drive brackets.
It was as if nobody had put in a 2.5” drive to check performance within the unique. Now, the mounting holes on the principle drive bracket have been moved. This variation absolutely fixes that situation.
The ability button was one other drawback within the unique, principally as a result of it had a kind of gross, squishy compression that felt like a design situation.
TRYX, at first, defended the ability button design as an “anti-false contact operate” to “keep away from unintended presses because of its edge location,” which was a response to our grievance about simply how terrible the button felt. However they determined to alter it anyway, and it is now been up to date to work the best way it appears to be like prefer it’s presupposed to. The PCB continues to be marked as revision 1.0, so the one materials change seems to be the removing of a small shim behind the button. We favor the brand new model and suppose it’s improved.
Cable grommets have been additionally problematic on the unique, principally as a result of they have been simply ripped out throughout cable administration.
The cable grommets have been molded from a stiffer materials, seemingly a distinct durometer, and have been reshaped so that they are much less prone to get dragged out by cables. It is a actually delicate change, however it appears to have mounted that situation. We’re happy with the repair.
We have now blended emotions concerning the adjustments made to the captive screws all through the case.
Most (however not all) of the screws have been changed with a brand new design with extra thread, which TRYX says is “for extra intuitive alignment, decreasing misalignment and making certain a smoother, quicker set up.” On the identical time, a metallic tab was added to the PSU enclosure “for enhanced PSU chamber stability and a neater PSU shroud set up,” however none of those are issues we talked about or had problem with. They don’t repair the issues with the captive screw scenario.
The misused captive screw that must be un-captiv-ated to maneuver the PSU shroud continues to be current, and the motherboard tray is unchanged regardless of TRYX’s unique intention to take away the embossing that may result in the screws threading into each mating surfaces on the identical time. They confirmed intent to repair it, then didn’t, and so we nonetheless find yourself with misused and mismatched captive and non-captive screws and screws that typically thread into a number of mating surfaces that simply exhibit points with fundamentals.
Lastly, the best factor to repair: The typo.
We talked final time about how firms actually battle with the phrase “unknown,” together with Intel with Gunnir — twice — with its “Into the Unkonw” video card.
Tryx additionally did, because it had the “found an unknow” typo on the deal with. This has been mounted by redacting an extra letter. That was extraordinarily low on our checklist of complaints, however since TRYX needed to rebuild each case anyway, it made sense to handle it.
Extra Adjustments
There have been a few adjustments made by TRYX that weren’t instantly associated to our assessment, which is an efficient signal. Those reported by TRYX have been that small clear protectors have been added to the underside corners of the glass aspect panel.
These are a pleasant contact that we respect. Additionally they added eight HDD screws to the accent equipment (none have been included beforehand) and so they drilled 4 extra holes in the principle drive bracket to enhance HDD mounting compatibility.
Rejected Adjustments
Lastly, there have been some adjustments that TRYX opted to not make. It defended its selections.
First off, the shortage of fan screws: “Since no fan is pre-installed, we assume customers will use screws that include their very own followers.”
Subsequent, the crowded backside of the case layering a fan bracket, the metal mesh of the chassis itself with its personal built-in fan mounts, a filter, after which the aluminum base that hinder stream: “It is a modular design case, and we thought-about eventualities the place customers would possibly swap the PSU positions to attempt totally different configurations. In such circumstances, the extra fan tray turns into helpful. Customers don’t must unscrew followers or radiators—they’ll merely unscrew the captive screws and relocate the tray onto the highest plate. As well as, this fan bracket permits simple set up of followers or radiators outdoors the chassis and may be offset to keep away from interference with motherboard connectors […] The removable bracket permits customers to take away it for enhanced airflow when needed.”
Positive, and we do not disagree with any of that — however we would nonetheless favor a much less cluttered design with higher airflow. You possibly can definitely select to hinder airflow nevertheless you need, and loads of circumstances do this.
Relating to the aluminum aspect panel and base: “That is a part of the LUCA L70’s ID design. Thermal efficiency is vital for this case, however we additionally need to guarantee its aesthetics attraction to its audience. Whereas there could also be some trade-offs by way of thermal efficiency, we imagine the impression is throughout the tolerance vary. The aluminum base reinforces chassis energy and serves an aesthetic function. It was modified with extra cutouts after Computex 2024 for elevated air consumption. Inside testing confirmed that eradicating the bottom leads to a 1°C distinction in temperature, so the impression to efficiency could also be negligible to most customers.”
We additionally noticed roughly the identical 1°C distinction, however our interpretation was that the underside vent is restricted even with out the aluminum base. In any other case, this assertion mainly aligns with what we stated in our assessment. This model of the L70 is bought based mostly on the way it appears to be like greater than the way it performs, and we’ll maintain the mesh-fronted model of the case to the next thermal normal.
TRYX additionally said that “The middle base piece is removable, permitting customers to take away it when extra cooling is required.” That is technically true however not price contemplating.
The cable cowl/SSD mount in the direction of the entrance of the case would not match drives properly in any configuration. This was one thing else we had complained about. TRYX made no adjustments right here, however said that “in most eventualities, we suggest utilizing the bracket behind the motherboard tray to mount SSDs, whereas the bracket to the left primarily serves as a cable cowl.”
With our unique pattern, the bracket that fixed the PSU to the case was an especially tight match, the PSU itself was a decent match, and 190mm PSUs (the max compatibility claimed) would not have sufficient room to comfortably match cables and would block the cable cutout on the highest of the shroud. No adjustments have been made right here.
TRYX famous that the enclosure measurement was chosen to extend fan and radiator compatibility.
Conclusion
We respect that TRYX instantly addressed almost each criticism that we made and tried to repair a number of of them.
The straightforward addition of the studs to the glass panels provides important structural stability, and smaller high quality of life adjustments like the ability button, the rearrangement of SSD mounting holes, reshaping the motherboard tray extension, and lengthening the USB Kind-C cable are all upgrades.
That stated, these are patches to an current design and so they do not essentially alter the case, which nonetheless would not compete strongly at its worth by way of ease-of-use or thermals. $250 is costlier than the HAVN HS420 (which we like), and it is on par with the similarly-styled ASUS ROG Strix Helios (which we hated, however is constructed to the next normal and comes with followers) and the extraordinarily costly Fractal Meshify 3 Professional Atmosphere RGB.
We expect there are plenty of approach higher circumstances at or underneath $250, however when you actually like how the LUCA L70 appears to be like, then this can be a huge enchancment over what we noticed final 12 months. The corporate is not less than listening.