Upcoming case: Thermaltake level 10

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

The Inq sneaked in some pics of the upcoming Thermaltake Level 10 case. Quite an impressive design, although I suspect as well as acting as a bit of a heatsink for all the components, (or those hard drives will cook unless there is some magical airflow in those little drive bays). It probably needs a lot of dusting on the outside too!

 

[Freak'n Big Panda]

Looks pretty sweet IMO. Not that I'd ever buy a case that big (who needs 6 HDs anyways?) but maybe after I'm out of uni I'd look for something along those lines.

 

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

I think they put that many HD's in there because what else are you going to put in that space? And if you want RAID, you could use that many slots. I've got a standard midi-tower (Antec 300) and that's got six 3 1/2 inch drive bays down the front even though I've only got a couple filled. Helps with the ventilation too if you have a mesh front.

I'd love to see what the inside layout looks like and how it's all cooled/ventilated. It's design brief was to separate out all the components, so the normal "one airflow through the case" may not apply. There do seem to be some ventilation grilles and heat dissipating structures in there, though the whole case may be designed to act like a heatsink.

 

[Bludd]

Looks pretty sweet IMO. Not that I'd ever buy a case that big (who needs 6 HDs anyways?) but maybe after I'm out of uni I'd look for something along those lines.

I'm running 6 HDDs right now, and it's not RAID.

I am thinking about replacing two of them because they are small (one 250 GB and one 320 GB).

 

[Davros]

Ugly as sin

 

[digitalwanderer]

Ugly as sin

Agreed, looks impractical too.

 

[Davros]

Mine
Stylish and Understated - like myself


This is nice Coolermaster cosmos (plus its bloody huge)

 

[Freak'n Big Panda]

I've always figured that if somebody owns a huge case they're probably compensating for something.

 

[RudeCurve]

Not my style but it would work reall well as a scifi movie prop.

 

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

I don't think it's that large. Looking at the drive bays, I think it's actually somewhere between a mid-tower and a full tower, so it's kind of a large mid-tower. I quite like it. It looks like some piece of industrial machinery, rather than a beige plastic box. If Ellen Ripley and some marines brought a PC to a LAN party, this is what they would bring.

 

[Mariner]

I've always figured that if somebody owns a huge case they're probably compensating for something.

Cripes. What does my case say about me then? :smile:

 

[Freak'n Big Panda]

well clearly you must have a very large penis

 

[RudeCurve]

Cripes. What does my case say about me then? :smile:

Funny I have that exact same one, expensive but worth every penny. I'm using a slim slot load DVD drive in it as the tray models gets their tray doors stuck at the top edge and can't fully eject. Did you have the same problem?

Sorry for highjacking the thread.

 

[Davros]

how the hell do you get a gfx card in that

 

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

how the hell do you get a gfx card in that

I guess the whole of that cover with the red square (is that a fan intake in there?) comes off. Or maybe just the bit with the Thermaltake name on it.

 

[Davros]

no mariners case

 

[RudeCurve]

no mariners case

It uses a riser card single slot only.

 

[Humus]

how the hell do you get a gfx card in that

Don't let the scale fool you ... you see, this box is as tall as a regular case, it's just very very wide. Therefore Mariner's penis is very very tiny.

 

[Davros]

Ahh, that sounds more beleiveable

 

[Mariner]

Don't let the scale fool you ... you see, this box is as tall as a regular case, it's just very very wide. Therefore Mariner's penis is very very tiny.

I prefer, "compact and bijou". :smile: