thermaltake element s

jej_knowles · 12 Mar 2009 at 19:53

ive been looking at reviews and stuff for this case and was wondering when it would be for sale on ocuk?

i think it looks really good and like the style, what does everyone else think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNK2HqwutWU

Sankari · 12 Mar 2009 at 19:56

Interesting approach to cable management, but the case suffers from extreme plastic.

jej_knowles · 12 Mar 2009 at 20:08

computer cases made entirely from metal tend to be completely shapeless square boxes! am i right?

if you check this out you,ll see there are two versions one with a meshed side panel with an extra 230mm intake !

http://elements.thermaltake.com/

does anyone know when we will see this version on sale and where? and how much its going to cost???

rjk · 13 Mar 2009 at 00:41

that looks horrible

LukeTW · 13 Mar 2009 at 00:49

I hate people like that.

Monkey Puzzle · 13 Mar 2009 at 01:00

Too plasticky, but I like the fact the HDD bay can be rotated round and the cable management looks pretty good.

Raziel1 · 13 Mar 2009 at 01:26

I liked the cut out of the MB tray so you could get at the cooler backplate if needed.

Sambuka1989 · 13 Mar 2009 at 01:42

LukeTW said:
I hate people like that.

lols

mjones1 · 13 Mar 2009 at 06:42

ewww that is ugly.

EsaT · 13 Mar 2009 at 08:54

jej_knowles said:
computer cases made entirely from metal tend to be completely shapeless square boxes! am i right?

But metal doesn't have tendency to "decay" when used/all by itself after time.
Especially that front panel system doesn't look lasting with all those plastic parts and alignment pins/tabs.

PSU's intake fan is restricted if it points downward and that useless compartmentalization plate does same when it's upwards.
HDD cage causes naturally some impedance all by itself but if you add many HDDs that impedance becomes huge because of very dense spacing:
http://www.pureoverclock.com/review.php?id=713&page=5

Raziel1 said:
I liked the cut out of the MB tray so you could get at the cooler backplate if needed.

That hole might be too small for changing CPU HSF backplate with every motherboard because CPU placement differs. Some have nearly pushed socket over the top edge while in other there might be memory slots above CPU socket.
And might be sized too small for some sockets. (read that PureOC page)