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Published: Jul 14, 2008 Author: Niko Lupala Editor: Amber Lupala Provider: Thermaltake Share this article:

Introduction

Today its time for another case review, Thermaltake was kind enough to send us a sample of their XaserVI Mx case for review. This seems to be a nice looking medium tower case if we take a quick overview of it but the question is how good is the quality, and what kind of new features does it have that should give it the edge over its competitors? The main feature seems to be that the case is designed for both air and watercooling so lets see if there is enough space to squeeze in a watercooling setup.

About Thermaltake:
 
" Ideas originate from humanity, realizing ideas is our belief. "
Kenny Lin, Thermaltake CEO.

Thermaltake Technology Co., Ltd.
started its core business based on our extensive knowledge of PC thermal management during the era where the area of performance CPU cooling was only exclusive for "overclockers" orPC enthusiasts. With the company's initial launch of Orb coolers, it created waves of shocks and appraisals throughout the gaming and overclocking communities. Thermaltake quickly became the name gamers turn to when they need high-end and reliable thermal solutions.

With company's core business of CPU cooling still growing at a vast rate, Thermaltake made another grand entry to the PC chassis industry. To date, Thermaltake has always been considered as the pioneering company that revolutionized the PC chassis industry with Xaser series enclosures. The typical and traditional beige and plastic front panel design was outdone by Xaser series chassis's atypical gaming red and aluminum front panel. It was also the first enclosure available to public with Hardcano unti which provided users full control over computer's thermal management system.

In the year 2002, Thermaltake announced Purepower line of power supply unti for the ever-growing power-hungry PCs. Purepower series PSU quickly gained recognition with its extensive warranty and high-reliability guaranty.

Today, Thermaltake has grown into a world-class company with state-of-the-art testing and R&D facility based in Taiwan along with 60+ engineers and ID team covering each application segment such as Liquid Cooling, Air Cooling, PC Enclosure and Power Supply for main-stream users, high-end solutions, system integrators and industrial applications; thus achieve Thermaltake's company motto, " COOLall YOUR LIFE " !

Features:
Optimized design for both liquid cooling and air cooling system
Tool-free design for 5.25” device and PCI slot 
Independent thermal management for CPU, VGA & HDD 
Cable management system for better cable routing and internal air flow
Micro ATX, ATX supported

Specifications:
Case Type Middle Tower
Net Weight 8.35 kg / 18.40 lb
Side Panel Yes
Dimension
(H*W*D) 520.0 x 220.0 x 520.0 mm
(20.74 x 8.66 x 20.74 inch) 
Cooling System     Front (intake) : 120 x 120 x 25 mm TurboFan, 1300rpm, 17dBA 
Rear (exhaust) : 120 x 120 x 25 mm blue LED Fan, 1300rpm, 17dBA  
Drive Bays 
- Accessible 
- Hidden             10 
5 x 5.25’’, 1 x 3.5’’ 
         4 x 3.5’’ 
Material Front door: Plastic / Chassis: 0.8mm SECC
Color Silver 
Expansion Slots 7 
Motherboards Micro ATX , Standard ATX 
I/O Ports USB 2.0 x 2, e-SATA connector x 1, HD Audio  
PSU Standard PS2 PSU 
Cable Management Yes
Removable PSU bridge Yes

The product:

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The product comes packed in a very nice box with a big picture of the case itself. Now this case is available in various colors but we got the silver colored one with plexi window.

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The extra ports are placed on the top of the case with a big Xaser logo. You get an eSATA, USB and sound ports with thise case for your convenience. These ports are well placed and make it very easy to connect gadgets as you don't have to reach to the back of the case.

As I said earlier we got the version with the plexi window, there is a case excatly like this also without the window. A small handle is placed so you can easily remove the side panel, but if you want to lock your case for a LAN party as an example there is also a lock in the handle itself.

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The inside of the case looks quite spacious and at a first glimpse we can see that there is a big 120 mm fan mounted in the rear of the case. There also seems to be some power cables coming from the front along with the various extra port cables.

The harddrive cage is removable, all you have to remove is two thumb screws to be able to pull the cage out. Even when a SATA drive is mounted and you connect a SATA cable it does not get squeezed between the connector and the side of the case so there is plenty of room right there.