Build quality was overall great.. BUT there are issues I want to address.
Build quality was overall great, though there are some parts that I feel like were issues that could be improved upon.. For example the cable management was pretty bad as it was just bundled up with zip ties, hanging in the middle of the back compartment, and the rest was shoved into the sata drive compartment. For context, I ordered and purchased the Pentagon White which uses the NZXT H6 Flow case, and this case has build-in cable management trails and zones. To see them not utilized felt like a bit of an insult and a missed opportunity. Some cables from the motherboard have come loose likely during shipping, which needed me to go back in and redo the cable management to allow a more complete connection to the motherboard. To Aftershock staff: I'd recommend not keeping the cables too tight during cable management, just so you can allow the wires and cables a little bit of wiggle room so they don't come undone during shipping. I also included in the order, their GPU bracket just for ease of mind so the brick of a RTX 5080 can be supported during shipping and saves me time to go buy a GPU support bracket myself but... When I got the PC, the bracket was loose and not even supporting the GPU and I'm pretty sure it's missing a piece as the bracket was quite literally 2cm long, almost like it's missing an extension piece... I had to go out and purchase a cheap $10 GPU bracket and install it myself. I am overall happy with the build, but my order was over $4000 so I kind of expected a little more care to be put into the build :( Regarding the GPU Bracket add-on, if the bracket really is this tiny 2cm bracket, then I really don't recommend purchasing this add-on at all. Not only does it cost $20, it isn't even really supporting the GPU that well... I would recommend, just go on Amazon and buy a $10 GPU holder with magnetic bottom and use that. Especially since Aftershock already packages your PC with a lot of Foam to prevent the components from moving during shipping.