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Thermaltake Level 10 GT

Breaking the mold in case design

Author: Jouni 'Jipa' Vasama
Published: 21.08.2011
Manufacturer: Thermaltake
Product Group: Enclosures
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Installation

  Hardware
  • Motherboard: MSI 890GXM-G65
  • Processor: AMD Phenom X4 980 BE (3,7 GHz)
  • CPU-cooler: Noctua NH-D14
  • Graphic card: AMD Radeon HD 6870
  • Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 2*2 GB DDR3 2000 CL9
  • PSU: Xigmatek NRP-HC1201
  • HDD: Seagate 7200.11 250 GB
 

Thermaltake Level 10 GT - Breaking the mold in case design
 

For hard drives there are plastic sledges with mounting holes for 2,5" drives on the bottom and 3,5" drives on the sides. The 3,5" holes also come with soft vibration dampening rubber grommets. Despite the material these still feel sturdy enough and shouldn't cause extra noises in use, but there's another problem with them, the solid plastic holders are very restrictive to the airflow. With the sledges in place there's barely any room for the front intake fan to blow air through, and you can't really remove the empty shells either, because that would make the area look rather ugly.

 

Thermaltake Level 10 GT - Breaking the mold in case design
 

Despite its unique design, installing a system to the Level 10 GT is very much like to any other case. There's plenty of holes for the cables, which means it's easy to keep the cable chaos reasonably tidy. The maximum length for a graphic card in this case is 360 mm, so the HD 6870 fits with ease.

 

Thermaltake Level 10 GT - Breaking the mold in case design
 

Looking from the back side it's not quite as tidy, but gets the job done. Once again it would have been lovely to see another centimeter or two of space between the motherboard tray and the side panel, especially seeing how the case is 282 mm wide anyway.




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