Be Mellow MONTECH KING 95 Chassis Unboxing / ATX, 11 Fan Mounts

For the first time at COMPUTEX 2023, MONTECH is showcasing its unique KING 95 chassis, featuring a panoramic curved glass front panel for superb presentation; a curved mesh front panel for ultimate cooling performance; a rotatable side fan mounting bracket that can be painlessly converted into a front intake, and support for water coolers up to 280mm in size. The entire chassis can be fitted with up to 11 fans and a 360mm water cooler on the top, making it a comprehensive design for every possible use.

 

MONTECH KING 95 Chassis Specifications.

Dimensions: 475 (L) x 300 (W) x 442 (H) mm
Color: Black, White, Blue, Red
Material: steel, tempered glass
Motherboard: ATX, Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX
CPU air cooling: up to 175 mm
Display card: 420 mm
Power supply: ATX 190 mm
Fan Mounting Positions (Side+Up+Back+Down): 140 mm 2/2+2+0+2 pcs. 120 mm 2/2+3+1+3 pcs.
Water-cooling support: side 280 / 240 mm, top 360 / 280 mm, rear 120 mm
Chassis I/O Ports: 2x USB 3.0, USB Type-C, HD AUDIO, LED Mode Pushbutton
Hard drives and bays: three 2.5", five 2.5/3.5" composite

 

MONTECH KING 95 Unboxing

The first time I saw Monarch's KING 95 chassis was when they set up their actual booth at COMPUTEX 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan. While most of the visitors were quite interested in the "panoramic curved glass" display, I was surprised by another product feature.

That is, the side fan mounting bracket can be painlessly replaced, and replaced with the front mounting position at the same time; the side fan still retains a spare side fan mounting bracket can be used, comprehensive design logic is the KING 95 power.

Chassis body length, width and height of 475 x 300 x 442 mm, this time there are black, white, blue, red four colors to choose from, I personally in fact this time on the red is more interested in, but unfortunately the samples are only black and white first, I have no choice but to continue to open the white version of the KING 95 囉, KING 95 for the style without pre-installed fan, if you want to pre-install six ARGB PWM fan and ARGB controller, you can consider taking a look at the KING 95 PRO, the KING 95 PRO is not preinstalled. If you want six ARGB PWM fans and ARGB controllers pre-installed, you can consider checking out the KING 95 PRO.

∆The KING 95 chassis that I first saw at COMPUTEX 2023.

It's amazing that ∆ can transform painlessly.

∆ Mid-tower dimensions: 475 x 300 x 442 mm.

 

The KING 95's curved panoramic glass is still divided into two pieces: the front panel and the side glass, and many people still think it's a pity why it's not a one-piece curved glass. The answer given by Monarch is simple: "In order to replace the mesh front panel, it can only be divided into two pieces." It's a truism that you can't have it all, and as a chassis junkie who has touched many chassis before, I'd prefer to use the current form, which is much more versatile in all aspects.

∆ 4 mm tempered glass which is said to be unbreakable even when a car is pressed against it.

∆ Close-up of the glass interface.

∆ It is normal for glass to leave traces when heated for bending.

∆ Don't look too close and you'll be fine, and it won't really affect the presentability.

 

Next to the fully transparent front glass, there are inline front I/O ports, from top to bottom: power on, LED mode switch, microphone, headset, 2x USB 3.0, USB Type-C, etc. It's very convenient to place it at this height either on the desktop or under the desktop, but I guess you'd buy this case to put it on the desktop.

∆ Full transparency front glass.

∆ From top to bottom: power on, LED mode switching, microphone, headphones, 2x USB 3.0, USB Type-C.

 

The side glass is also made of full-transparency tempered glass, which is secured by hand screws and round-head latches at the rear, and the whole set of curved glass is designed to be drop-proof and stable.

∆ Fully translucent side glass.

∆ Fixed by rear hand screw.

∆ Anti-drop design.

 

From the rear, you can see that the KING 95 utilizes a common dual-compartment mounting structure, with a 120 mm fan and water cooler at the rear of the chassis, and seven PCIe mounting locations with removable baffles. On the left half of the chassis are the screws for the hard drive cages and the side power supply mounts.

∆ A view of the rear of the chassis.

∆The bottom is equipped with a rear dust filter to minimize the amount of dust near the bottom fan.

∆ The hard disk mounting space is secured by hand screws.

∆The two composite hard drive mounting trays in the rear drawer can each hold a 2.5 / 3.5 inch hard drive.

 

On the back side of the motherboard, a large, streamlined ventilation mesh is used to provide adequate air intake for the side fans and power supply.

∆ Linear patterned air intake surface.

∆The filter is attached, but it cannot be disassembled and cleaned separately, so it is recommended to use a dry cloth to wipe it.

 

The top cover of the KING 95 uses the same streamlined design language as the steel side cover, and while it retains the same ventilation and cooling performance, it is also a shame that the dust filter cannot be removed separately.

The upper part of the chassis supports 360 / 280 mm fan and water-cooling exhaust mounting, and the entire fan mounting bracket is secured by four screws, which can be removed for mounting the upper water-cooling or the fan after removing the screws.

∆ Full-area heat exchanger holes.

∆ The latch is fixed, but again the dust screen cannot be removed separately.

∆ Support 360 / 280 mm fan and water cooler installation on top of the chassis.

∆ The upper fan holder is removable.

 

KING 95 chassis hardware installation space display

The KING 95 only supports ATX, Micro-ATX, and Mini-ITX motherboards, and does not support E-ATX boards, which are used in consumer flagship models. Note that the KING 95 is compatible with air cooling towers up to 175 mm and graphics cards up to 420 mm. However, if the side fan mounting bracket is switched to the front, the maximum mounting space of the graphics card will be further reduced to 390 mm.

∆ ATX motherboard, 420 mm graphics card, 175 mm cooling tower mounting space.

∆ The interior is completely whitened.

∆ Multiple fan cable routing holes.

∆ Height difference between motherboard and top fan mounting position is shown.

 

The fan bracket on the side of the chassis can be used to mount 240 / 280 mm fans and water-cooling exhausts, and the entire side fan mounting position can be painlessly rotated into a front mounting bracket by using a spindle according to the actual needs, together with the front mesh panel in the accessory, to form the most suitable airflow pattern for air-cooled tower cooling.

Normally, it would be intuitive to think that the side panel would be empty, but in addition to the rotatable side fan mounting bracket, the KING 95 also has a 240 / 280 mm fan and water cooler mounting position hidden in the rear cable shield! In other words, even if the original side mounting bracket is turned around, there is still room for a fan on the side.

The ∆ side fan bracket allows the installation of a 240 / 280 mm fan and a water-cooling exhaust, and is secured by two hand screws at the top and bottom.

∆ Chain swivel structure on the side.

∆ You have to push on the rotating structure to make the whole bracket rotate better.

∆After switching to the front orientation, lower the front mounting bracket to secure it.

 

Two 140 mm fans and three 120 mm fans can be mounted on the bottom of the chassis, but due to the threaded design, the fans can only be mounted from the inside of the chassis by using long screws to lock them in place; it is not possible to mount them from the bottom of the chassis by using normal screws to lock them in place. Therefore, by default, this location does not support water-cooling installation (unless the cable ties are used as an unconventional fixing method).

∆ supports 360 / 280 mm fan mounting, because of the limited direction of the locking holes, the fan screws can only be locked with long screws.

 

The wiring space at the rear of the chassis is quite deep thanks to the double-cabin mounting structure, and there is a wire shield to help you avoid the wiring problem of the power supply cable (shameful to avoid, but very useful), which is fixed by two screws on the right side of the top and bottom, and can be rotated to turn the whole shield very conveniently after removing it.

The ∆ wire baffle also has a 240 / 280 mm fan and water cooling exhaust mounting position, allowing the KING 95 to have double mounting locking holes on the side.

∆Rotatable construction with two 2.5" hard disks mounted on the side cable shield bezel.

 

The cable shield can also be removed by pushing it to the right and pulling it up, but if you're familiar with installing computers, you shouldn't have to remove the shield to install fans or hard drives. The hard drive bay can also be removed and replaced with a power supply, which means the KING 95 can support dual-power installations (which are rarely needed nowadays).

∆ The wire shield and the hard disk compartment are removable.

 

There is a 9 cm deepest hiding space for the entire line, and there are also several devil's felt harnesses to help with the line.

∆ 9 cm cable depth, with a support bracket under the power supply to help hold it up.

∆ Multiple cable routing holes and devil's felt cable ties for easy cable routing, and an additional 2.5" hard drive can be secured to the hard drive bay.

∆ Although the power supply installation depth is quite deep, the author suggests that a maximum installation of 20 cm or less is sufficient, so that the alignment will be more comfortable.

 

Additional accessories provide bottom drive mounting brackets, accessory boxes, front I/O extension cables, and mesh front panels.

∆ Accessories at a glance.

∆ Screw boxes are clearly categorized and labeled and deserve to be commended, so please learn this small detail from your chassis brands.

∆ If a fan is not required on the bottom of the case, you can replace it with the bottom HDD mounting bracket to get three 2.5 / 3.5" HDD mounting positions.

∆ If an additional air intake direction is desired, the mesh front panel installation is shown.

∆ Mesh hole front panel plus front fan display.

 

KING 95 Actual Installation Demonstration

Then we will actually install the KING 95 chassis to show you, the actual installation process experience is quite easy and there is no special jamming place, but as I said earlier, the KING 95 does not come with any fans, so I borrowed two each from MONTECH, AX140 PWM and RX140 PWM (RX140 is a reverse fan).

Although MONTECH recommends that the reverse fan RX140 PWM be installed on the side of the air intake, but the "author" wants to light up the bottom of the card to help add atmosphere, so the opposite is true. If you want to install the AX140 PWM in the direction of the air intake, be careful to loosen the fan screws a little bit, locking it too tightly will result in the blades rubbing against the fan bracket to produce a strange noise due to its own shape and design.

For the best lighting effect, we recommend choosing the KING 95 PRO directly, which is easier and more convenient.

∆ Core Hardware Installation Demonstration.

A spatial overview of the ∆Tibetan Line.

∆The actual installation of the top-mounted 360 mm water cooler is shown.

∆ The author intentionally used the AX140 PWM to install side air intake.

∆ If you want to look good, it is recommended to use the RX140 PWM fan.

 

The front of the chassis has an ARGB arc light bar built into the cable design frame. The 5V 3-Pin ARGB can be connected to the motherboard to synchronize the lighting effect, and the controller can be connected to the front I/O to set the lighting mode.

∆ Chassis light bar display.

∆ It still looks good with the glass front panel.

∆ The lighting effect of the lower reversing fan RX140 PWM.

∆ model demonstration.

 

MONTECH KING 95 chassis thermal performance test

The software uses AIDA64 CPU and Furmark to simulate the temperature data under high load and stress, Cyberpunk 2077_Electric Renegade 2077 1080P to run the test scenarios, and HWiFO64 to collect and record the maximum temperature and power consumption. Power consumption.

Testing Platform

Processor: Intel Core i9 13900K(QS) / Unlocks the motherboard power consumption cap
Cooler: LIAN LI Galahad II LCD 360 (full speed)
Fan: LIAN LI UNI FAN P28 x3 (full speed)
Motherboard: MSI MEG Z690I UNIFY (BIOS version: 7D29v1D)
Memory: Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB 6000 MT/s 16GBx2
Display Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Quick Silver 8G OC
Operating System: Windows 11 Professional 21H2
System Drive: WD BLUE 3D NAND SATA M.2 2280 SSD 500GB
Gaming Disk: Intel 670P 2TB M.2 2280 PCIe SSD (Solidigm)
Case: MONTECH KING 95
Power Supply: MONTECH Century 850W
Graphics driver: GeForce Game Ready 536.99

 

As you can see, because of my air duct planning, the CPU temperature has slightly increased by 4°C compared to the AIDA64 CPU single bake project due to the top water cooling eating the waste heat from the graphics card when running games, but the overall air intake performance of the chassis is very good. In my own opinion, unless there is a need to install an air-cooler, there is no need to replace it with the front mesh version of the front air intake mode. In my opinion, unless there is a need to install air-cooling, there is no need to change to the front mesh front intake mode.

∆ Chassis thermal performance chart.

 

Conclusion

The MONTECH KING 95 chassis is honestly a product that has been “pushed” by gamers. Unlike other MONTECH chassis in the past, the KING 95, the first model of the new "KING" series, has a strong sense of familiarity with the practical design of the chassis. KING 95

Why did the author use the term "strong sense of familiarity"? It is because all these little things are the improvement suggestions or actual feedbacks from the players when Monarch launched other cases in the past, and even the author often gives design suggestions to MONTECH.

In conclusion, the MONTECH KING 95 scores high on practicality and high on appearance depending on whether consumers can accept the gap between the two pieces of glass, but curved glass chassis are relatively few choices, so this time there is a new option.