Cable Management

Cable management is an essential part to a clean looking case as well as proper airflow. Thermaltake has done their best to give us plenty of options for cable routing behind and through the motherboard plate. 8 Cut-outs around the perimeter of the motherboard give easy routing and Thermaltake has already routed and tied down all cables related to case operation. We also see that all cables are covered with black sleeves to match the white/black theme.

Fans

Thermaltake has included 4 fans with this case to maximize airflow but they didn’t stop there: 3 of these fans are 200mm meaning they are dead silent. Our 2 input fans are 1x 200mm on the front cooling our HDDs first then onto the motherboard itself and 1x 200mm side fan with directional control with fins on the inside of the door. This control allows you to direct the airflow directionally onto the video card itself or up through the CPU cooler. Our 2 exhaust fans are 1x 200mm on the top (since hot air rises) and 1x 140mm fan on the back. All of our 200mm are what Thermaltake call ‘Colorshift’. This means that via the top control panel (seen on in the page about the exterior) you can control the base color or color pattern to match gaming mood or case theme. This means that whatever LED’s/colors/lights you already own can match this versatile case. Options include Blue, Red, Greed, A couple combinations of rotating blue/green/red, and off.

HDD Bays and Docks

Thermaltake has done something really unique and innovative with their hard drive bays and cages. Instead of forcing you to get inside of the case and do another round of cable routing to install a hard drive you are able to just screw the hard drive onto a tray and slide it back into the case. The tray acts as a dock and plugs the drive into power and communication which you’ve already plugged in. This allows you to upgrade and remove hard drives at will without entering the case or re-cable routing. The hard-drive trays are protected by a lock and key to keep sticky fingered LAN players honest. The trays also boast rubber grommets around the screw holes to reduce vibration and noise. One thing to keep in mind while installing and cable routing the first time is to use right-angled SATA cables in order to prevent breaking the plug when putting the right side panel back on. Hardly something to fault Thermaltake on but definitely something to keep in mind.

Other Thoughts about the Interior

Some other quick notes to make before we move on to the exterior. I love how Thermaltake has setup the inside of this case. Often functionality and looks are something that you only get 1 of but not with this case. The matte black and white interior are a sleek beginning to a sexy clean interior. The large amount of holes for cable routing are covered by rubber flaps to keep the look uniform and black cable covers to top it off. After I installed my micro-ATX board I was astonished at the amount of space I still had around the board and above the board. Take a look for yourself: