The PSU is mounted on the bottom of the case which I find odd since hot air goes up in the case which means that it will heat up the processor a tad more.
The inside of the case fits the PSU and motherboard but otherwise there is not much room, the harddrives are mounted sideways to make it easier to use them.
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If we look at the harddrive cage we can see that it's not removable and you can mount the drives without any tools as the tooless design will allow you to do this.
Same thing goes for the 5.25 drives, slide them in and push the clips and and turn the red wheel to lock them in the right spot.
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Since the PSU is mounted on the bottom of the case it needs air and to vent out the air somehow, that is why there is a ventilation hole mounted in the bottom of the case. This also has a dust filter to make sure to keep as much dust out as possible. The 120 mm Thermaltake fan is mounted on the top of the case this time instead of the middle, personally I would like to see some type of fan resister to lower the fan speed as the fans are quite noisy at normal speed.
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No tools are needed to install parts in this case as I said earlier, the addon cards are mounted with a clip system that locks the cards down. It's a bit tight to squeeze in some cards but overall it works good. In the top of the case Thermaltake have installed a 230mm fan!, now this is quite huge but it does not really keep the noise down. Here I once again miss some type of fan controller to lower the speeds down to 5 or 7V.
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The inside of the case actually looks quite spacious but when you get the parts in it feels tighter than any other case I have tested. It is prepared for watercooling but I really don't think I could squeeze a setup in there.
Conclusion:
This is a nice case, probably half an inch smaller than most but everything fits pretty well into it. It has most of the normal features that these cases have but the case is high quality which I really have noticed when building a silent setup in it. The parts in the case are well put together as I don't hear any vibrations or noise when the computer is running. The only flaw that I have found is that there is no type of fan adapters to slow the RPM down, so what I'm saying is that it makes a bit to much noise for my taste. Overall though a cool case that should not empty your wallet.
Another flaw I found later on was that the holes on the harddrive cage are placed wrong to use the tool free clips. I have tried two different drives not and none fit, this makes it more work to open up the front so you can put a screw in on both sides.
Pros:
+ Good looking
+ Well packed
+ No tools needed
+ Big fans included
Cons:
- Fans are not silent
- No fan speed adapters included
- Harddrive cage
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