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Published: Mar 31, 2009 Author: Michael Chiu Editor: Amber Lupala Provider: Thermaltake Share this article:

Closer Look at the case

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Looking at the sides of the case, we find solid panels on both sides that have small vertical grills towards the back for added ventilation. As mentioned before, you can also get the Element case with an optional side panel fan..

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Wrapping up our look at the exterior, we find a fairly plain back to the case with a good-sized 120mm fan and ports for additional smaller (60mm) fans. The bottom of the case has nice rubber feet to prevent scratches on your floor when you move the case.

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Both the top and the front of the case are also removable, allowing for easier access to parts and better cable routing. With those two panels removed, we find a better view of the dual 120mm fans on the front and the larger 230mm fan on the top.

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Once the case is open, we glimpse at a number of unique professional-type features that Thermaltake has added to this case. Of note is a special mounting platform where you can mount a 2.5” notebook hard drive; this is a cool feature especially if you have an extra notebook drive lying around from an obsolete laptop. The drive bays also offer Thermaltake’s unique hard drive mounting system which we will explore later.

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The case also has very good cable management features (looking at the back of the motherboard panel), and it even has a unique keyboard/mouse cable security lock, which allows you to secure those cables to the case to prevent theft. This is one of those simple ideas that I wish other designers had though of.