Buy Thermaltake Element V Black Edition Steel Full Tower Computer Case Colorshift Fans VL200K1W2ZThermaltake Element V Black Edition Steel Full Tower Computer Case Colorshift Fans VL200K1W2Z Product Description:
- Based on the same chassis SLI-ready for GeForce GTX 480 & GTX 470 running in 3-way or Quad SLI configurations.
- Complete flexibility offered by 11 bay drives for wide array of HDD, Optical Disk Drive or accessory arrangement.
- Robust cooling system: one top oversized 200mm LED exhaust fan; one rear 120mm exhaust fan; one oversized 230mm sidepanel LED intake fan; one front 120mm intake fan; one front 120mm LED intake fan; one OPTIONAL top 200m fan slot.
- Proprietary Colorshift technology allows users to adjust fan speed in real-time as well as change ambient lighting mode to adapt to different working or gaming environment.
- Water-cooling system friendly with pre-tapped tube holes.
Product Description
Voted "Best Gaming Case - 2010 Recommended Buy" by Tomshardware. Any many other critics agree. Now Element V Black Edition is meaner with fully black-powdered interior perfect for any gaming or modding PCs. The super full tower chassis, comes with full arsenal of cooling power that enables it to handle all of today's most high-end CPU and graphic cards available such as Intel Core i7 or latest ATI Radeon HD 5900, 5800 and 5700 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 & GTX 470 series graphic cards. Once the chassis is opened, one will immediately notice the full-array of oversized cooling fan that are strategically positioned to achieve maximum cooling efficiency. Ultra-silent 200mm LED exhaust fan on top and 120mm fan at the rear to remove any heat emitted from the CPU. Another monster fan (230mm LED intake fan) located on the side panel, next to graphic card(s) zone to provide additional cool air. Two 120mm intake (one with LED) fans, each located on the front of two 3-bay HDD cages to ensure valuable data stored are properly cooled. Each of LED fans are pre-wired to Thermaltake's proprietary Colorshift control manual that allows for real-time fan speed adjustment as well as different lighting effects. With reinforced top-down 5.25" bay drive design, Element V gives power users the ability to use up to 11 drive bays. Forward thinking engineers at Thermaltake also designed in a 2.5" disk drive mounting that allows support for the advanced 2.5" Solid State Disk drives. Four USB ports, one eSATA port and HD Audio ports are conveniently located on the upper front portion of the chassis for easy access.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
I like it a lot
By Joe in Los Angeles
I just built my first system with this case. It's also my first full tower. I've been using mid towers like the Antec Sonata and the Thermaltake V3.This case is huge and sturdy which also means heavy, Add to that the lighted fans and my wife says we may use it our Christmas Tree this year.I agree with Mark about the top mounted controls. I read that and said be careful but without the front cover that plastic thing got damaged slightly moving the case around. With the cover on it's not bad, and I only damaged one of the 3 plastic locking pins so it fits fine.One thing that I missed in the description is that there is no 3.5 bay that is open to the front. I have an SD card reader/USB hub that needs one. The 5.25 to 3.5 adapter tray that comes with the case only has mounting holes on the bottom so I needed to order an another adapter. No big deal but it did delay completion.I do like the 3.5 drive cages but it took me a while to find the 2 screws holding it in. They are underneath those "toolless" locks.I haven't had a problem with the side fan PCGEEK mentioned, except when I tried to run without the door screwed in tight, the latches just don't hold it tight enough.I loaded it up pretty good and still have plenty of room for expansion.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Great Case - some flaws though
By Kungfubo
So I purchased this case a month ago. Installed my entire build and everything works great. However, there are some serious flaws that are more annoying than anything.First - the "noise" i have seen complained about - it is not that bad at all. I run this computer in my living room with company over and my GF hanging out and we rarely ever notice it. It certainly is not "loud" - just sounds like a computer running.The fan control might as well not be there - even if you dial it down to the lowest it isn't really that much noise difference. I just leave it at maximum.The color LED lights are OK. I am not sure they are necessary BUT it is great for the next problem.The side door is AWFUL. I mean AWFUL. Maybe it was just my particular case but putting the side door on and taking it off just sounds like I am butchering the case. It requires WAY too much force to take off and put on. Which leads me to the next problem.The side 200mm LED fan is powered but a contact that exists at the base of the door/case. The contact has to be relatively tight in order to power the fan. SO if you put the door on and it doesn't fit EXACTLY as it is supposed to - the fan will not power up. The LED lights help here because I can just notice whether or not the fan is on by the light and not have to worry about checking the fan to make sure it is blowing the air out.There is TONS of room in this tower. I run most of my programs at full HD detail (2gb radeon msi twin frozr card) with the GPU rarely going above 52C. I have NEVER seen the CPU or system temp go above 43 for any of my programs.Would I recommend this item? I mean sure it was a decent product and price (I got it for $98 from tigerdirect.com seller - though shipping was a good $40) but I would have to say no no no. You can get much better for investing just $20-30 more.Just buy a case from your local bestbuy/frys/whatever. I would suggest the Coolermaster HAF-X mid-tower (it is a mid-tower but really its about the same size as this thermaltake one)
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Save your money
By falleagle
I bought this case and within 2 days the colorshift fan one of the lights burnt out and on the side panel one of the latches broke. In my opion thermaltake has got some good designs but there quality is not worth a dog bisquit.
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