MONTECH Heritage PRO Case Unboxing Review

Monarch's MONTECH Heritage PRO chassis uses leather, metal, and glass to create a three-material look and feel. It supports microATX and Mini ITX motherboards, and is the first chassis to support back-plugging motherboards, and is compatible with 170 mm tall CPU cooling towers and 400 mm graphics cards. The accessories include a leather handle for easy transportation and a headphone holder!

MONTECH Heritage PRO Chassis Specifications.

Size: 480(L) x 235(W) x 368(H) mm
Color: Black, White
Material: steel, tempered glass
Motherboard: Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX
CPU air cooling: up to 170 mm
Display card: 400 mm
Power Supply: ATX / SFX 160 mm
Fan Mounting Positions (Side+Top+Bottom+Rear): 140 mm 0+2+0+0 pcs. 120 mm 2+3+3+1 pcs.
Water-cooling support: 360 / 280 mm from above, 120 mm from behind
Chassis I/O Ports: 2x USB-A 5Gbps, USB Type-C 20Gbps, HD AUDIO Jack
Hard drives and bays: one 2.5", one 2.5 / 3.5" composite

 

Leather Composition MONTECH Heritage PRO Case Unboxing

Using eco-friendly leather material as its theme, the Heritage PRO from MONTECH is a combination of leather, glass, and metal, making it unique in terms of appearance and uniqueness.

The chassis itself measures 480 x 235 x 368 mm. Although it's an M-ATX chassis, the overall length of the chassis isn't too different from an ATX chassis in order to accommodate the graphics card and power supply mounting space, but the height of the chassis has been reduced a lot, making it suitable for placement in a deep storage area such as a sideboard.

∆ White model MONTECH Heritage PRO.

 

The front panel of the chassis is made up of a large triangular shape, providing plenty of air intake for the internal power supply. Unfortunately, there is no anti-dust filter after removing the front panel fixed by a latch, so if you have pets at home or are sensitive to dust, you may consider modifying the filter for the power supply.

When the front panel is removed, you can see that the power supply mounting bracket has three heights that can be adjusted. Users can adjust the height of the power supply according to whether they want to install top-mounted water cooling or a longer graphics card, for example, with a 160 mm length power supply, if it is mounted in the top slot, water cooling cannot be installed; however, it can be mounted with a 400 mm graphics card, and if it is the bottom slot, top-mounted water cooling can be installed, but it can be adjusted according to their own configuration. If the bottom position is installed, top-mounted water cooling can be installed, but the graphics card can only be installed up to 360 mm in length, so gamers can adjust the height according to their own configurations.

The I/O ports on the front of the chassis provide boot, restart, 3.5 mm composite audio jacks, 2x USB-A 5Gbps, and USB Type-C 20Gbps. Because the I/O ports are located lower on the chassis, this chassis is more suitable for use at desktop height.

∆ Triangularly arranged stylized front panel.

∆ Unfortunately, there is no built-in dust screen for the power supply.

∆ Three-stage power supply adjustment at a glance.

∆ Chassis I/O at a glance.

 

The white model offers fully transparent glass side panels, but because of the styling design, the exposed area is actually much smaller.

There is a silver fixing ring on the glass side panel, which can be rotated open to fit the leather handle of the case, and then turned back.

∆ Side view.

∆ Handle fixing.

∆ Handle fixing display.

∆ The glass side panels are secured by rear hand screws.

 

The rear of the chassis reveals a 120 mm fan and water cooler, as well as five reusable PCIE boards.

∆ A view of the rear of the chassis.

∆ AC extension socket for the built-in power supply.

∆ Magnetic bottom dust filter.

 

The other side of the MONTECH Heritage PRO is also designed with large mesh holes, which are mainly used for air intake of the side fan bracket.

∆ Large-area mesh side panels.

∆ It is a pity that there is still no dust filter.

 

The mounting bracket at the rear of the motherboard can accommodate two 2.5" hard drives or one 3.5 plus one 2.5" hard drive, and the mounting bracket is secured by a hand screw.

∆ A view of the space on the back.

∆ The rear mounting bracket is secured by a hand screw.

 

The top cover of the chassis is also arranged in a triangle shape, but the good news is that there is an anti-dust filter underneath the cover to prevent dust from falling.

There are locking holes on the top of the chassis to support up to 280 / 360 mm water cooler and fan mounting, but it depends on where the power supply is mounted, if the power supply is mounted at the highest level, only the fan can be mounted on the top of the chassis.

∆ A view of the top of the chassis.

∆ Dust filter included.

A 280 / 360 mm water cooler and fan can be installed above the ∆.

 

MONTECH Heritage PRO Chassis Core Hardware Installation Space Showcase

MONTECH Heritage PRO only supports M-ATX and ITX motherboards for those who want to compress the height of their computers, and also has a hole for M-ATX back-plug motherboards.

The air cooler is compatible with heights up to 170 mm and lengths up to 400 mm for graphics card mounting, leaving plenty of room for advanced air cooling and graphics card mounting, but the front SFX / ATX power supply mounts will only support 360 mm in length if mounted downward.

Three 120 mm fans can be installed at the bottom of the chassis for direct air intake to the graphics card, and three reverse fan blades are attached directly to the chassis accessories for installation. The author personally observes that the reason for not pre-installing them directly should be to avoid blocking them when installing the M-ATX motherboard, so they are not installed first.

Two 120 mm fans can be installed on the side of the chassis to increase the air intake of the chassis, if you have more budget to consider.

∆ The chassis is supplied bare.

∆ Supports M-ATX / Rear Plug M-ATX / ITX motherboard installation.

∆ 120 mm PWM exhaust fan is included at the rear of the chassis.

Three 120 mm fan mounts can be installed on the bottom of the ∆.

 

Because the design of the front-mounted power supply allows for space for top-mounted water-cooling and graphics card mounting, the height of the power supply mounting bracket will be affected, so pre-planning before installation is very important.

∆ A view of the space above.

∆ Overview of I/O cables on the front of the chassis.

∆Accessories: Triple Reverse Blade 120 mm PWM Fan, Leather Handle, SFX Power Mount Adapter, Headphone Holder, Screw Box, PWM Fan Extension Cord.

 

MONTECH Heritage PRO Practical Installation Demonstration

Let me show you the actual installation of the MONTECH Heritage PRO case.

∆Installed with ITX motherboard.

∆ Showing the alignment on the top of the chassis if water cooling is not installed.

∆ Graphics card with ATX power supply installation space demonstration, it is recommended to choose the graphics card within 320 mm will be better to install.

∆ Front with MONTECH TITAN PLA 1000W power supply mounted.

∆ Computerized visual effects.

The ∆ downdraft cooler is basically the same as the memory light effect.

 

Chassis Thermal Performance Test

Then we also tested the cooling performance of the chassis with AMD Ryzen 9 7900 processor and GIGABYTE B650I AORUS ULTRA (rev. 1.0) motherboard, during the test, the fan slot speed was set to full speed in the motherboard BIOS, and the test scenario was a closed room at 20°C. The test is just for reference as the ambient temperature of a normal room is difficult to control. The test was conducted in a closed room at 20°C. The ambient temperature in a normal room is difficult to control, so this is for reference only.

The software uses AIDA64 FPU and Furmark 2 individual burn-in tests to simulate the temperature data of the processor and graphics card under high load stress, and Black Myth: Wukong 1080P to run the test scenarios, while the data collection uses HWiFO64 to collect and record the maximum temperature and power consumption.

Testing Platform

Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (PBO AUTO)
Cooler: AMD Wraith Prism (full speed)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE B650I AORUS ULTRA (BIOS version: F33b)
Memory:Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB Limited Edition 8000MT/s 48GB (2x24GB)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition 8GB
Operating System: Windows 11 Professional 23H2
System Drive: Kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD 500GB
Gaming Disk: Intel 670P 2TB M.2 2280 PCIe SSD (Solidigm)
Power supply:MONTECH TITAN PLA 1000W
Case: MONTECH Heritage PRO
Graphics driver: GeForce Game Ready 561.09

 

I would like to add a few things, the first one is that I have updated the BIOS version of GIGABYTE B650I AORUS ULTRA to F33b version, and the rest of the settings: XMP_on, and all the fan slots are set to full speed.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900 peaked at 72.9°C in the standalone AIDA64 FPU test and the RTX 4060 Ti FE graphics card peaked at 63.4°C in the Furmark 2 test.

The maximum processor and graphics card temperatures during Black Myth: Wukong were only 80.5 °C and 60.7 °C. The processor was obviously affected by the graphics card's waste heat, resulting in temperatures that were almost 8 °C higher than those during single-roasting with the same power consumption.

1. Black Myth: Wukong_Black Myth: Wukong_Performance Test Tool 1920 x 1080(FHD)_1 round
2. Graphics Card Standalone Test Furmark 2_30 Minute
3. Processor Standalone Test AIDA64 FPU_30 Minute

• CPU temperature is measured by the diode in the slot to measure the internal (core) or external (case) temperature, but there is no way to know exactly whether it is the internal or external temperature that is measured, and most monitoring software uses this item to display the CPU temperature.
• CPU (Tctl/Tdie) temperature is the actual maximum temperature of the CPU sensor in the chip.

∆ Chassis thermal performance chart.

 

Conclusion

When I unboxed the MONTECH Heritage PRO case, the exterior design seems to be a breakthrough from the past. Personally, I think MONTECH is trying to enter the literati market this time, from the standard lightless fan to the leather handles and other details, we can see that there is a taste of this attempt.

This chassis only supports M-ATX and ITX sized motherboards, and it is also the first MONTECH chassis to support back-plug motherboards (right?). It's also the first MONTECH chassis to support back-plug motherboards (right?), which compresses the height of the chassis, but in order to accommodate the top-mounted 280 / 360 mm water cooler and the front-mounted power supply, the length of the chassis can't be further compressed, making it suitable for placement in a nearby bookcase or cabinet.

The overall hardware expandability is not bad, suitable for users who choose M-ATX motherboards with a dual-fan graphics card, as well as air-cooled towers or water-cooled installations, the graphics card below the intake fan and the rear exhaust fan are included, and if you want to further enhance the cooling ability of the chassis, you can consider the side of the installation of two additional 120 mm fans just to take into account the whole line of the problem.