Thermaltake Core X71 Tempered Glass Edition SPCC ATX Full Tower Tt LCS Certified Gaming Computer Case with 2 140 Blue Front Fan

This review is for the model: H15/18 Micro ATXOverall Pros:-great airflow-great cable management-small yet very roomy on the insideI chose this case for my first PC build! Choosing the case was the toughest part of my build!!! I chose this one because: I don't have a lot of components, I'm using a smaller mATX board, and I specifically wanted a smaller, simple case to work with. And of course the price is great.My build is as follows:CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-CoreMotherboard: MSI - B450M BAZOOKA Micro ATX AM4Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" SSDVideo Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB GT OCV1Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATXMonitor: Viewsonic VX2758 27" Curved 144HzIt arrived in excellent packaging with no damaged parts. Good instructions, with enough extra screws, plus an extra fan cable. Beginner tip: Before installing your mobo, make sure ALL of the riser screws are present, because I had to go back and add two that I missed. It only included 4 risers already screwed in, but I needed two more for my mobo. (And they include the 2 extra).Tip: Install the fans first! I installed two 140mm fans in the front, and an additional 120mm fan on the top. Airflow is great, and so far temps in the case average 30C and CPU is always under 40. Includes 2 magnetic dust panels, one for the top fan and one for the bottom panel for the PSU. As another reviewer has cautioned: if you install a 140mm top fan, it might bump into your motherboard, so probably best to stick with 120. The bottom of the case has about an inch of clearance, which makes good airflow for the power supply.The cable management is excellent, as you can see in the pictures. (Especially if you have a modular PSU). All the front panel connectors were bundled nicely together with really long wires. Plenty of spaces to fish wires through, and I had no headaches trying to tuck things away or connect everything.Opinions: I love the look of this case, inside and out. The PSU cover makes everything look clean and organized inside. I sorta wish the glass wasn't tinted so I could admire my PC parts more clearly, but admittedly it's more classy with a tint. The blue LED strip on the front is kind of tacky/pointless, but you can turn it off if you want. It's well made, too. Front panel was hard to pry off, (it's def snug and secure) but plastic inserts stayed in tact.Excellent case for the money, highly recommended to any new builder or someone looking for a smaller case with plenty of room on the inside.

Just built a new PC in this case. No bling or excessive lights, just dark and quite. Very light weight and easy to work with. Buttons and LEDs discrete and inconspicuous. Both side panels remove with 2x thumb screws each, and fit well. Mounting the top rear cooling fan might be tricky depending on the motherboard, and I don't currently have anything mounted there. Might be some dust concern with the large vents in the top panel, but for me not an issue where I have the PC.Unusually, the power supply mounts at the bottom, with a separate dedicated intake and outflow for power supply air. This certainly helps with the heat flow, however the intake vent is on the bottom. They included a removable/easy to clean dust screen for it. I would put the tower on a hard surface or a stand instead of carpet to allow air flow to this bottom inlet. A flat piece of thin wood underneath would be sufficient. Also, there didn't seem to be a way to mount a front input fan, but this is likely not necessary. They took ventilation and dust filtering seriously.It has 3 mounts each for IDE style drives (DVD-RW for example), 3x smaller 2.5" drives, and 3x 3.5" drives. They have nice clippy trays, with plenty of airflow. One kind of weird thing is the SATA connections for the 2.5" drives are on the main side, but the 3.5" drives put the connections on the back. You could easily mount additional drives in the space between the "official" drive trays. They made a great wire run to keep a lot of cables tucked away out of the airflow. The CPU power, as well as the case front panel wiring can be run through here, and the channel has great access for all of the drive bays. Cleanest wiring imaginable. Took a few iterations to get as much of the wiring run through the channel as possible, but certainly worth it in the end.Best PC I ever built, and this was certainly the right case for it. (this was July 2020, pandemic/work from home project)-----Minor update 2023. The PC described above is still going strong. Processing data, developing software, designing spaceflight instruments, occasional games. The interior stays quite dust free, and the fans are nearly sub-audible. Easy access to the disks allows frequent cloning. Nearly 3 years in, and the case might as well be brand new.I just bought a second Thermaltake tower to build another PC for work. Kept the Silencer power supply, upgraded to a newer ASUS TUF Gaming motherboard and newer CPU. Added a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which takes up a lot of room but fits. Again, this tower was just a joy to build up. The interior is just so airy and open and accessible.One minor caveat, was this time the 9x motherboard mounting holes were not threaded. I cannot recall if they were threaded on my 1st Thermaltake tower, or if the bolts self-threaded more easily. This time, I couldn't get the motherboard bolts to thread into their holes. So I used a 6-32 tap to thread the mount holes, then the motherboard bolted in easily. Maybe the paint was a little thicker this time, or I should have pushed harder? Not a big deal for me, since I had a 6-32 tap on hand, and it took like 5 minutes, barely produced any filings.Other than that things went smoothly. It is also worth noting that the back of the CPU area on the motherboard is accessible thanks to a clever cut-out. This allows adding brackets for heavier CPU heat sinks, without having to remove the motherboard. Again, bravo.

The only reason I am giving it 4 stars is because the pre installed fan didn't work which is a bummer because I needed one for the exhaust. Other than that it was really easy to build in and provided enough room for cable management. Used this for my Sapphire Nitro+ RX 580 (260mm) with room to spare inside. The front panel is a bit hard to get off at first but it looks really nice with that single blue led light strip. So far the airflow has been great with just two fans on the front, waiting for a new fan for the exhaust but I'm sure it'll be fine with that added. The glass side panel is really nice and sturdy as well. Overall I am very pleased with my new case and at an affordable price as well.