Thermaltake Element G VL10001W2Z Black Computer Case

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Very roomy for a mid-tower case. Cable management is incredible. Keeps my setup running at excellent temps. Operating al the cables via initially is a bit of a discomfort. I have quite massive hands and it took a while to get issues how I want them. The space in this case is fantastic for a mid tower. I was in a position to fit a BFG GTX 275 in with ease and nevertheless have 1.5 - 2 inches to spare.

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Excellent tower; Fans are quiet and move a lot of air. A lot of room in the case for constructing stuff. It's also sleek and attactive devoid of screaming "NERD!" In other words, if you will need a case, this one is an outstanding selection. Haven't found one however.

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SpaciousCleanAttractiveIntelligently madethree year warranty However the knob at the top is garbage, it twisted off nearly immediately, it nevertheless operates but is garbagealso there is a spacer that comes with it for the energy provide that is useless, what a waste! good case, and the colors are good!

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Looks nice. Feels great top quality.I really like the sophisticated design and style. The red plastic around side panels add some colors to this case. BTW, these transformer-look case are just stupid...Good Cable Management. Spend some time, and you'll be capable to hide most of your cables.Case Fans are excellent. You only need to connect one particular molex connector to control three LED fans. The rear fan is a three-pin. ( I use a Corsair H50. So I have to take out the rear fan to set up the radiator. ) The case is huge adequate to match a 5850. I am certain it'll match two of them;Side-face HDD cage makes installing HDDs simple.Tool-much less design and style actually works.(very uncommon...)Filters for intake fans. two.five HDD placement could be better.Only three external 5.25 bays. ( For those who want DVD burners, blue ray players, LED displays, Multimedia Stations... But it doesn't matter to me. I didn't even set up an optical drive.)Appropriate side panel is difficult to take off. ( It took me 8 minutes... and see other thoughts)A small bit pricey? I was frustrated for keeping attempting take off proper side panel. Immediately after 8 minutes, I figured out... You can take off the front panel 1st, then the appropriate sinde panel... maybe it'll save you some time.It definetely worth one hundred bucks....Go get it, you won't regret.

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This is a truly well-created case with lots of ventilation, substantial building, and all correctly rolled edges inside. You won't be producing any blood sacrifices to assemble a machine in this case. The interior is spacious and simple to perform in, with abundant space for fixed and removable-media drives. Cooling airflow is excellent, and the big, slow-turning fans move plenty of air devoid of considerably noise even on high speed; at low to medium speed, they're totally inaudible.The LED-illuminated fans can be set to any of three solid colors (red, blue, green), a rapidly or slow cycling pattern, or off, by pushing the fan speed control.Some other reviewers have commented that they couldn't figure out how to make the case fans function. Hello? All four case fans feed into a single Molex 4-pin power connector in plain sight on the back side of the motherboard mounting panel. Connect it to your power provide. This is NOT rocket science. Break-out expansion slot covers are a slight disappointment. If you have to move cards around, you'll be seeking for spare slot covers.Also be conscious that the difficult disk cage is made for snap-in installation of three.five" tough disks using rubber-isolated bushings that, naturally sufficient, have regular difficult-disk screw threads. This suggests that if you're installing two.5" devices (laptop drives or SSDs), any two.five"-three.5" drive adapter that makes use of fine-thread CD/DVD/FDD screws — which is MOST OF them — WILL NOT Fit. Be extremely cautious about what disk adapter you get. Recipe for a blindingly quick, dead silent, energy-efficient machine in this case:- Asus M4N98TD Evo motherboard, N82E16813131636- AMD PhenomII X6 Black Edition 3.2GHz, Thuban core, N82E16819103849- Corsair CWCH50-1 CPU water cooler, N82E16835181010- Thermaltake TPG-650M Toughpower Gold higher-efficiency energy supply, N82E16817153131- Two or 4 G-Ability DDR3-1600 CAS8 4GB memory modules (the machine will come up at 1333 on the initial boot; reset to 1600 in the BIOS and reboot, and you're good to go)- Two Mushkin Enhanced Callisto SSDs, mirrored, in your capacity of option. You won't think how fast they are. The only issue more rapidly is a PCI-Express SSD.Finish up with your option of video card and a fantastic optical drive, and you're all set. Now get out there and melt faces, warlock!

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3 huge fans with LEDs, good design, special functions, keeps temps cool *If you want your rear fan to work, slide off the side panel without the fan to uncover the white three pin connector for your motherboard* Directions are skimpy and cost appears a tiny bit also high for the lack of support A great case with but not so great directions.. I did not know that you can alter the position of the challenging drive bay region around until I looked on the help web page. The rear fan challenge could have been avoided if it was integrated in the manual.

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Multi-colored lights, with 6 settings for them. spacious interior developed for cable management. Has an attachment for 3 1ǘ floppy for some reason. Fits a v8, 2 x 5850, and keeps temps down from high 20's to high 60s. Spacious, but nonetheless two 5850s fit pretty tight with the PCI-e connecting from the rear. I know how that sounds. The plastic is not as big an issue as one would think. If you don't like a bright lights and huge fans then this isn't for you.

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Alsome Case a lot of room could be a bit bigger in the bay if i had to had a second video card i have to get a bigger case, two video cards would match but u have no room for anything else in pci or even far more vid Could be a bit bigger and give more space for the Motherboard

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Decent internal setupbig fans components are much less costly than they looked internet...finest way to place it.

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none thinking about beneath When I purchased it there was a rebate provided. No one bothered to mention that Thermaltake tends to make you submit them 20 days after Obtain as an alternative of the usual normal 30 days. This good tiny trick I'm sure pays them effectively to employ. I usually have liked NewEgg but they wouldn't do something. When clearly not THEIR policy it is their site and they promote the item with the value Right after rebate. Maybe they really should put in large letters, "REMEMBER People THERMALTAKE WILL Attempt TO TRICK/CHEAT YOU ON THE REBATE BY NOT FOLLOWING Regular TIME FRAMES SO SEND IT IN Immediately." Manufacturer Response:Doc,All the rebates are handled by an independent 3rd party firm, not by Thermaltake directly. In your case, the rebate is handled by WorldWide Rebates. Thermaltake has no handle above their operating protocols. Please contact help so we can help you with this situation at ttsupport@thermaltakeusa.comThermaltake Consumer Service

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This is the coolest situation ever!!! This is the 1st time I've built a laptop and I love this case so substantially!! It fits anything and has excellent cable management. Fan Connection is a bit tough but not enough to drop an egg!

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Its a great case, lots of space, lots of fans, LEDs are entertaining to play with. HDD cage is straightforward to use and assuming you know how to run cables properly, you will have a good air-flow.I was constructing this with a brand-new atx mobo and I totally forgot to put the stand-offs in it. On any common steel situation my mobo would have completely shorted out, the black texture of this situation saved my 赨+ investment Each time your laptop comes from a cold boot the LEDs reset to blue and you have to change it to your preferred color. Also the energy button is bright blue and leaves the computer on at night a discomfort, nevertheless you can uncomplicated just stick a piece of tape more than it.

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The lighted fans are quite good. Quite quiet and temps are pretty cool as well. General quite great high quality laptop or computer case with no sharp edges. HDD bay is also nice. I Like the side fan's connector its and certainly genius thought and helps with clutter from wires. Could use a tiny a lot more room to operate in and a slightly better cable management process. Fan controller could be better, but it works.My energy LED doesn't look to operate, that or I wired it wrong somehow... As other folks have pointed out, don't forget to plug in the four pin molex connector for your fans to function. Also the back fan requirements to be plugged straight to the motherboard so don't forget it either!

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- style and build 'feels' strong- excellent airflow, lowered my CPU temp by 4C and GPU temp by 8C +- integrated LED fans are fairly quiet- extremely wide, capable to fit very tall CPU coolers- looks brilliant I have 3 minor difficulties with it, but not enough to deduct a point:- energy LED is truly bright (distractingly vivid if it point straight into your eyes)- there are two large holes on the case that's leaking some of the CPU cooler noise out (my CPU cooler now sounds louder)- no side-panel dust filter, my video card is gathering dust at a slightly more rapidly rate, but not as negative as I expected.

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Exactly where to begin. This case caught my focus just bcause of the LED lights. I looked into it a lot more and from other critiques from multiple internet sites, it seemed like a truly strong case. I haven't built my personal personal computer ahead of seeing that i am only 15, but man was i excited when i got this case! So i got residence and appropriate away took apart my old pc. Soon after an hour, i got every little thing nicely fitted and installed. It was extremely exciting for a newbie! It was really roomy and wiring was a breeze. i seriously havent located any. no probs with wiring or room This was a incredibly great case and i am glad i bought it!

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Plenty of internal room without having getting too significantGreat flat black finish, inside and outLooks excellentComes with 4 huge fans, no will need for further onesFans are pretty quiet, even on larger settings4 front USB portsFan has six selections – Blue, Green, Red, Cycle by RGB, Cycle by way of mixed colors, Off.Front fan control knobNice wide honeycomb mesh more than fansSimple Challenging drive install – just place from 3-five screws (I put 5, but it looks like it would hold fine with three) and slide it in and it locks. Very good wire management – There are slots in the piece between the motherboard and the HDD rack, so you can run cables through itMajor-mount buttons and ports are wonderful if the Computer is on the groundSide panel fan has a nifty power mechanism so that there are no wires to unplug whilst taking the side panel off. No front firewire (not that I use it, may be an problem for some although)PSU was a small awkward to get inThe piece over the PSU that holds the two.five” drives was somewhat cumbersome Fan color cycle doesn’t keep in mind what setting it was on soon after powering off – always starts up blueThe PCI slot insets are the low cost sort that you have to punch out, and can’t be re-employed, except for the best PCI card. I had some difficulty receiving the correct side panel (the a single with no the fan) off. It was tight, and tough to get a very good grip onThe instruction manual is worthless, but it’s a case. You can figure it out.The molex power connector for the fans is by the rear of the difficult drives. Fine if you are making use of IDE drives and have power back there, but if you’re employing SATA, it would be additional convenient if the cable was about 8” longer and could be run down to the PSU location Reading some matters with the fans. I had no issues. There is a molex connector for the three clear lighted fan (top, left side, and front) that is behind the HDD rack (you will need to take the appropriate panel off to get to it). Nevertheless, the black fan on the back of the case has its own three-pin connector, which was also back there. I had to re-route that cable to the motherboard fan header, but now everything is operating fine. So don’t forget that there are two power connectors for the fans, and each must be utilised Ɣ pin molex for lighted fans and 3 pin header for the typical fan). You have to poke around the fan wiring to find the three pin connector, simply because it's small. The molex really should be readily visible.

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The fans appear nice. It is fragile. Arrived in broken situation. 1 fan doesn't perform and the door is visibly damaged.This case is fully undeserving of such a higher price tag. I will be requesting a replacement for this case.

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Really good searching, properly vented, silent and afordable. Also lightweight to transport evaluate to my Antec. There is a deal with at the bottom to take away the front pannel wich is fantastic. Excellent side pannel fan (connection less) When you manipulate the case, it feel a flimsy but that makes it lighweight. There is a front fan filter but NO FILTER ON THE SIDE PANNEL VGA COOLING FAN. Thermaltake must include things like one right here.

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Good LED fans, large fans, alot of space to put stuff in, uncomplicated to install challenging drive kit devoid of tool kit, nice design airflow; but see detail in Cons I fired the individual who design the fan controller for this situation. My goodness, Three massive 230mm fans and every can run at only 800RPM max. How in the heck you can suck the air in/out when you run at only 800RPM. No temperature transform on my stuff when upgrading to this situation and I am very disappointed. My 6 years old situation nonetheless get alot of air out than this stupid case. If every of the 3 230mm fans can run at least 1600 RPM, I would say this case is best for gamer; but at the existing design, this case is not for gamer..Warning..... Any way, I paid only ฽ after rebate and combo deal; I am not in massive regret; but look like I have to sell it soon to get other type of case to suck the hot air out rapidly. The only I see the temp is going down when my pc sleep other than that, no adjust in my technique temperature. I did not understand how in the planet that 3 large 230mm fans that every single can run 800 RPM max. They want quiter; my 120mm fan run quiter at 1600RPM. A stupid Thermaltake engineer. Another point, given that every single 230mm fans run at 800 RPM max, why do they bother to put the fan controller in there. A stupid style. When a fan run at 800 RPM max, no way it is appropriate to be put into the case for gamer. For gamer program, you require a fan that can run at high speed as possible to suck the hot air out speedily to maintain the technique cooler. No wonder other purchaser complained about these fans and fan controller.

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Solid situation, Superior airflow, lots of room to expand, lots of capabilities such as fan control, LED alter, several ports on each front and back In my opinion, Red line on side situation and fan manage button (too bulky and major?) don't fit with complete design The image could appear smaller due to the 45' degree shot. When you get you may feel it's larger than you believed. Be confident to check the actual dimension. It's a massive situation.Because front and side fan suck in cool air (top and rear blow out hot air), you will see the white dust circle on the situation and they are visible on black background. Clean them the moment in a while for appear and functionality purpose.Bought the case from the combo deal.http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.569868

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Quiet, colourful and really roomy for a mid-sized case. Wasn't expecting much for the price tag but was pleasantly shocked with the paint job which is by way of out. The 2.five" bays above the power supply are convenient for my SSD drive. All in all a very superior value. Sturdy construction and it doesn't really feel nor look "uber inexpensive" Fan connectors are a discomfort, discovered a couple dislodged under front power panel. Wish they would make it less difficult to get at. Documentation is sufficient but isn't rather "complete". My only true complaint is the tricky drive placement, it needs three screws, would've like maybe a plastic carriage that snaps in place rather. Even although they placed a "large" hole in the rear so do don't require to disassemble the motherboard to install a unique cooling remedy, the hole for me isn't massive adequate and two screws are blocked. I give Thermaltake an A+ for work and don't fault them contemplating the daunting task of supporting thousands of unique kinds of parts.

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Quite solid situation, effortless to develop. Be aware that the fan controller requires a molex power connector, so you may well have difficulties if your PSU is sata only or gives you the choice for sata or molex.

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One particular of the largest mid tower cases i have noticed, it has a lot of room for my gtx 260, and fits my ocz vendetta nicely. Wire management is also awesome, I have cables routed so that you can only see a couple of inches of cable conected to the plug prior to it disappears behind the mobo rack or below the power supply cover. No need to have for a modular energy supply. The directions are pretty terrible but placing componets in a case is not to hard. The fan control, like what was stated prior to, does not appear to adjust the speed of the fans too considerably. But who cares simply because they change colors. I purchased this situation with Starcraft two so I primarily got this case for ุ and it was deffinately with it.

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This was my 1st construct, but you need to have to be a pro to know what a excellent case is. So far it has excellent airflow with the given fans quite darn rather. Though I can't them to be recognized but the motherboard for fan speed manage, but I guess that doesn't genuinely matter considering that there is a fan manage on the case its self, which makes a big distinction by the way. It has lots of area for added components and pieces, obviously its not a full size situation so don't go acquiring the most significant GPU you can uncover to uncover out you either don't use it or take the tricky drive bay, which is likely a negative thought. All the edges are curved so you'd have to really try to get cut. There are is a rubber outline about the side panels for noise reduction which i located to be quite true. I suck at cable manadgement so I'm not gonna start on that. And nicely, thats all I can consider off so far. The four USB ports on top of the situation are very frustrating cause I can't even fit a network dongle with my mouse receiver or else the dongle begins to bend to the side, they need to likely space those out far more.The back fan wire isn't long adequate to reachthe mobo

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Naturally very good looking, has some space in it, which suggests you require lengthy PS cables to even plug energy to MB. The front fan LED stopped working following a week. Only the side and back fan works. The button to manage fan speed and color is Cheap Affordable Cheap. More than priced case, PERIOD. What now? Replace the control panel? I feel lucky that it's working at all. If it wasn't offered cheapo buttons then I'd give it four eggs. If it wasn't as affordable as it is and the price was lower, I'd give it five eggs. I don't enjoy paying more than 贄 for a bare box that has fundamental functions that don't work properly. Obviously Thermaltake attempted to make a fast buck.