My builds in its big brother, the tower 900. When it first came out, modders made those cases look just like those things. One of the best was a case modded out to look like a Classic Donkey Kong cabinet.
Good on you for removing that last screw at 10:26 . I bought this case and read the instruction which don't say that this screw above the IO needs to be removed. So I just kept pulling and pulling until the plastic broke. A warning for anyone else who buys the Tower 100. That last screw that isn't mentioned in the manual DOES need to be removed or you'll end up like me with some broken plastic.
From Steve’s video review to this build, it looks like Thermaltake made some improvements. The temps don’t look bad either. Like you said, the trade offs for slightly higher temps is component protection and those things. I’ve always wanted to build a mini ITX machine, I might use this case! Nice job Paul and good to see you building again. 👊🏼
@@adamd1347 I disagree. Mini-ITX is minimalist by definition. In other words, the "minor or moderate" versions of a handful of components. You definitely get to use full size components but for the most part, things are kept to a minimum to keep size and cost down - minimalistic 🤷♂️ Oh wait, but he said ITX, not Mini-ITX 🤦♂️
This is the first ITX build that I have seen that actually looks really good. My wife agrees to the point that she ordered a MB and the case in BR Green already so I guess I get the pleasure of building in it for her. Jelly....
Thanks you Paul. I watched this video *very carefully*! Some segments in slow motion! My build with the Thermaltake Tower in December 2022 turned out great!👍👍👍
Microcenter is great! Yes, stock runs out fast. But they do seem to bring in stock more frequently than others have. I was lucky enough to get a 3060ti there just before year end.
I loved this video. Half an hour of pure review. No hating. Really smooth transition to the test results. This video was clearly edited with a lot of love. Thank you Paul!
I'm late to the party, I didnt know this case was this old! I took advantage of Prime days this year and byilt a computer to run my CNC milling machine. This case caught my eye because it looks similar to the machine its running. I also went with a 5900x as it was heavily discounted. I paired this with an RX6600 Sapphire. I am running the same cooler, also with a 140mm fan on the bottom and top as well as the same 120mm AIO youre using. Been a solid PC for me and does everything i need it to do. I enjoyed building in the case and would recommend it.
Man I just realized Micro Center is the main store chain in US for PC components now that Fry's is going out of business. It kinda makes me sad but it was inevitable just like Pauls head with Steve's hair XD
I love 200mm fans, the only thing I wish is they would make this case with both a top and a bottom 200mm aRGB variable speed fan design... and also tweek it just a tiny bit larger to support a 480mm Cooler Radiator x with 45mm Fins, with holes / bracket to support a 360mm cooler also (side or rear mount) That gives you max airflow and also max cooler block support for the mini-itx power build...
Thank you for being the only youtuber to explain what the extra panels are for. I'm doing a Tower 100 build with no GPU and this is exactly what I was hoping for.
I nearly bought this case, but I wasn't sure it would fit my Sapphire RX 7900 XTX Nitro+, so I settled for the Cooler Master NR200P. Awesome video, thank you for the great work. 😃
I just want to point out that we've come full circle. First we stopped using retail cuz they didn't have good pricing and availablity, now we use it because it has good availability and pricing.GJ Microcenter, you freaking get it!
i was looking to build an ITX for my build project this year, and i came across this case, and typed in the search in youtube and here I am at Paul's Hardware. Looking at the full build i think this will be my future build.
Super pumped. I ordered all the pieces for almost this exact built on prime day and this video is pure GOLD when it comes to showing how to put it all together. This will be my first custom build so it helps a ton.
@sergfolio really well! I ended up upgrading my GPU about a month after and it was about 2mm too long to fit but there is a hex panel at the bottom is exactly the right spot for an easy cut to make room (lol or just dont get an 7800). The thermals on the case do tend to run a bit hot, but with proper air flow I haven't had any issues.
The full size ATX PSU support is what sold me on this case. I wanted a smaller case and had small form factor everything except the PSU - didn't want to replace a perfectly good PSU.
Really enjoyed the music selections during the time lapse segments. Might have been mixed a little on the quiet side. They were so good I was turning them up and then Paul would come blasting in.
Just picked up this case today in white. Working on replacing the right side glass panel with an ultra thin XSPC 240 radiator. It should workout to be pretty easy.
the jab at steve was well done. props. edit: if you match the infinity fabric to the ram, it will actually be faster than just having the ram clocked way high. so clock the ram down to 3600 and tighten the timings a tad, leave the IF at 1800mhz, and youll get more oomph. Jay tested that a while back, and it works. ram speed isnt everything, matching ram with the IF is.
Let us know how you get on! Would be interesting to see if it reduces CPU temps at all. Seems like the only intake option since you really want a fan above the PSU pulling air up into the top exhaust fan.
@@xBlitzzOfficial Well, to summarize my anecdotal, uncontrolled and scientifically lacking results from back to back cinebench multicore runs. Temps from HWinfo64 Best results were to leave the rear fan as exhaust and add the intake fan over the basement on the PSU shroud like Paul did in his build. I did swap out the top exhaust for a 140mm and used that one out of the top over the PSU. Without the intake fan on the shroud CPU was averaging 75 in either rear config, in or out. Seemed a little noisier as intake though. Using the 120mm case fan out of the top exhaust as intake over the PSU, average dropped to 71 with the rear as exhaust and 73.5 flipped to intake. I think bringing air in from the rear it doesn't really have anywhere to go but stuck behind the motherboard and ends up impeding the air from the side panels that should be getting pulled into the case. Top and rear exhaust work better in tandem rather than fighting each other. Ryzen 5 3600 w/wraith prism cooler that I had in the spare parts box - PBO enabled MSI MPG B550I Gaming Edge Wifi 16 GB ram @ 3200 EVGA RTX 3070 XC3 Black EVGA 650W supernova G5
@@DontCallMeScooterrr Bless you my man, very detailed report. If/when I get this case, I'll run the same config as you but with a 140 intake on the PSU shroud and the included 120s as exhaust on the rear and top. Does it seem to you like there is enough room around the PSU in the enclosure from which to pull air up from under the case with that shroud fan?
@@xBlitzzOfficial No problem, I was curious anyway - might as well share since you asked! No, fan doesn't fit underneath with an ATX PSU in there. Even with a skinny fan and SFX PSU I think it would be pretty tight without much air space. If you're using an air cooler make sure you mount the shroud intake fan before the air cooler goes on... I waited to give my big clumsy paws a little more room to make connections at the bottom of the board and forgot about the fan until the end. Ended up using rubber fan "screws" closest to the board since I wasn't interested in taking the cooler off.
For anyone checking in here: the newest version of this case as of this writing supports a side-mounted 280mm AIO. Not sure why this wasn't an obvious design decision initially. Maybe they wanted to keep both sides transparent (?). Either way, since this thing will ALSO accept a large CPU cooler like Noctua 165mm, it seems like it ought to cool just fine with 140mm fans at the bottom and top of the case. Exhaust out the top makes the most sense, heat rising naturally anyway as it tends to do. TT has ALSO opened up the side panels and replaced the half-glass style with open / mesh so that there is no longer anything blocking air at the GPU side. Great changes, IMHO.
Be careful - I'm only seeing that for the Tower 200, not the Tower 100. I have seen a person "place" a 280mm AIO in a Tower 100, unmounted on the right with the side panel off [head slap]. Please don't do that! lol
I'd say TT definitely listened and did some major revisions to the case, definitely needed it. Really nice looking case, very accessible and I bet would be fun to do some mods to. Flip screen on the GPU definitely works well with the case layout.
Thanks Paul - this actually is making me consider a "small" build for once - typically paranoid about things fitting but you demonstrated the versatility on this revised case. Maybe Steve can revisit with the revision?
Im alittle late to the party, but im swapping a larger case for one of these, my idea for the build is to make it look like a mahogany PA cabinet, dark stained with black and pewter accents, to fit in my music room, also it looks like my 3D printers, so it fits in there quite well
I have the case. Originally had B450 gigabyte aorus I + r3 3100 + noctua l9Al9i cooler + g.skill 2* 8gb 3000 + nvidia 1080 acx30.0 + phanteks 550 amp gold I've enjoyed the way the case is to now I'm switching it from my main case, the phanteks evolve shift x. Sprayed the skeletal structure a gun metal, kept panels all black, and working to get an MCRN ship style look from the Expanse. What's going in is Gigabyte x570 aorus I Ryzen 5 3600x Custom watercool loop from alphacool eisblock with an eisstation ultra reservoir. 2 viper 8gb 4133mhrz ram 1 adata 1tb nvme 1 crucial 1tb nvme 1 crucial 1tb ssd Sapphire nitro+ 6800 oc Phanteks amp 550 gold The case is nice, the lack of fans is kind of a thing, but has a good air flow, especially after fiddling with the old set up. The cable management was a lot better than phanteks shift
Awesome as always, particularly genius to test the parts for thermals/performance in and outside the case, that's fairly scientific and very cool! (argh pardon the pun sorry).
Man! Can I like this vid twice??? Really good job with this build, Paul. Sometimes I watch these builds but I can't really imagine it sitting on my desk or me actually building it. This really looks good and the components are right along the lines of what I'd buy if they were in stock. Thanks for all the great content and thanks for teaching me to build my first PC last year.
G'day Paul, When you were showing the Fan behind the Motherboard Tray I was thinking that would have been Intake, it would help to cool the 3.5" Drives & the Mobo VRM if it was Another PC Case that has benefited from G/N Steve explaining that 'You Need Air to cool PC Components & Air Can't Pass through Glass', it would be cool to have an optional 'All AirFlow' panel on the GPU Fan side, but at least you now have some airflow there for the GPU
Missed this Paul. The testing and benchmarks are great and all, but ya...you know...we can't really buy much ha...missed these videos. Hope all is well.
Thank you Paul for being the reason I'll be spending 110+ ( I need new fans) quicker than I than it got deposited into my bank account. At least I will have something beautiful to look at plus some extra desk space when all is said and done.
Nice Build Paul! That GPU is actually just Perfect for that case with its LED Readout. Love how it can be rotated to a Vertical orientation! Cheers Paul! 👍🍻😎
I've got a system build in this case for my office/workshop build and I like it a lot, stock AMD cooler and CPU never gets above 60C. 2 Noctua 140mm fans for airflow.
Wow, I really like this as an upgrade from my Elite 120 build I've had for many years. It sits in the living room and is also connected to a 55" for gaming (Skyrim in 4K👍) . Bought all my upgrades for a new build (except GPU) as soon as I saw things about to go crazy. My 1080 will just have to do for a long while. Thanks for showing us this build, I may have to send back my Lancool 2.
The case Looks good but... This case needs to be two inches taller, one at the top and one at the bottom. I think adding two 200mm fans to the top and bottom or lining some of the vents with four + 60mm fans (maybe at the bottom so the can be hidden) would help the air.
I built a system with the Thermaltake Core V21 last year and I have to say that it was really helpful to be able to remove all the panels. It made for a super smooth build and the cable management was really well thought out. I especially liked the 200m intake fan behind the front grill. I think what you gain in visuals with the tower 100, you lose in active ventilation. I did add a 140m exhaust fan hooked up to the fan header on my GPU and that kicks in at about 50 degrees C on the GPU. Overall this looks like Thermaltake have kept the majority of the cool features but that loss of active intake is a shame.
