Conclusion

The X2 6019 Mod may sport a unusual name, however when we were first asked to review this product we did so after not a small amount of trepidation after the issues with the Spire Savit. We are happy to proven wrong in this case and all in all the chassis has been a pleasure to review. In its construction we can see there has been lots of cues taken from existing products from other manufacturers- most noticeably Lian-Li. Having said the latter we see other ideas that have been thrown into the mix. If we use the analogy of home-made soup we would say that though the liquid has some familiar herbs and spices the whole tastes well from the sum of its parts.

Thought the fans are not incorrect by themselves I wish Spire would have included either RGB fans or the same of another colour as Blue LED’S are cliché these days. The external features of the case though being plain are solid in its construction and the use of dust filters throughout. Internally the  rear cable duct and its internal dividers surprised us greatly. The I/O panel. with its ability to shut down and switch off the fans/LED’s is a nice bonus.

Near here comes the bad…. The front fan really should have had a braided cable in order to give the case a more ‘finished look’ and the rubber grommets easily come out their holes. The other two issues are the placement of the top fan grill and the fan itself obstructing larger sized CPU coolers. The final issue is and we always have this problem with Spire cases and that is lack of Internal water cooling support. At the risk of repeating ourselves; Drilling holes in the back of the case does NOT make a chassis water cooling ready. If the product cannot accommodate a standard 240mm radiator and fans internally then it simply should not be sold as ‘Water Cooling Ready’

On the balance side there are some interesting ideas and as we have mentioned before the ducting idea for the cables is a really neat innovation as well as the compartmentalised scheme. The whole frame is built rather solid and the overall feeling is one of quality and at a price of 100 Euros including taxes which equates to £85.92 GBP then things are looking up for the Spire X2 6019 Mod indeed.

If Spire sits down and listens to the watercooling enthusiasts and builds a chassis based around what they require then they will be on to a winner. As it stands this is a great first start for the X2 series and if they keep on employing new ideas and even taking ideas from other products but making a fusion of these innovations into something new then things will indeed bode well for Spire.

Pros:

• Excellent coverall construction
• Thermal divider between PSU bay and motherboard area
• Metal duct behind the motherboard tray
• Fan on/off switch for two individual units
• Fan LED on/off switch
• Three fans included
• Easily removable 5.25″ covers
• Dust filters on intake areas
• A myriad of ways  to secure loose cables behind the motherboard tray
• Removable HDD cages
• Removable plastic divider within the motherboard tray

Cons:

• Blue LED’s on the fans and front fan lacking a braided cable
• NOT watercooling ready!
• Top fan too close to the motherboard as to obstruct larger CPU coolers.
• Rubber grommets easily slip out of the holes.

It has been a pleasure to review the X2 6019 MOD chassis and given the above information we would like to award the product a 8.0 out of ten and therefore a SILVER award.

As usual we like to thank Spire for the review sample.

Author Gilgamesh