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ThermalTake Element S Case Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Conclusion
The Element S from ThermalTake is a very clean and elegant case that pushes the limits of case design by refining what needs to be in a case to begin with. The outer skin is a smooth form plastic that helps to reaffirm the smooth style and clean lines. Drives are hidden behind a full height door that is easy to operate and doubles as a cooling vent for the dual 120mm fans behind.
Cooling is a big feature of the Element S but the fans are cleverly hidden from view. Even the largest of these fans is hidden behind a molded vent and positioned above the motherboard. The case also features a 140mm fan in the back of the case and supports placements of 2x 60mm fans to help cool your video cards.
The hard drive tray can be removed and repositioned so that the drives face sideways or forward depending on how you wish to run your cables. There are even 2 spots for 2.5” SSD or Laptop HDDs since they have started to become the drives all the cool kids have.
Now for the ever popular list of Good things and Bad things.
Cooling is a big feature of the Element S but the fans are cleverly hidden from view. Even the largest of these fans is hidden behind a molded vent and positioned above the motherboard. The case also features a 140mm fan in the back of the case and supports placements of 2x 60mm fans to help cool your video cards.
The hard drive tray can be removed and repositioned so that the drives face sideways or forward depending on how you wish to run your cables. There are even 2 spots for 2.5” SSD or Laptop HDDs since they have started to become the drives all the cool kids have.
Now for the ever popular list of Good things and Bad things.
Good Things
Elegant styling
Excellent cooling options
Vast modding potential
completely black inside and out
Huge 230mm Red LED fan
total of 6 fan placements in this model
Red accent around door
Perfect for the BloodRage
Excellent cooling options
Vast modding potential
completely black inside and out
Huge 230mm Red LED fan
total of 6 fan placements in this model
Red accent around door
Perfect for the BloodRage
Bad Things
230mm fan seems excessive
plenty of external 5.25” drive covers only a few are usable
Would like to see a digital readout
plenty of external 5.25” drive covers only a few are usable
Would like to see a digital readout
Ninjalane Rating
We would like to thank Thermaltake for helping to make this review possible
