The Tower 300 wins my Favorite Case of CES!
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- The Tower 300 wins my Favorite Case of CES!
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Thermaltake had a bunch of cases at CES -- the CTE E600 MX in White/Snow and Black, the Ceres330 TG ARGB, and a CTE C200 Concept, but my favorite was The Tower 300. Here's a tour of their exhibit.
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0:00 Welcome to Thermaltake at CES 2024
0:24 25th Anniversary Hydrangea Blue Limited Edition Products
0:56 CTE E600 MX Cases in White/Snow and Black
2:33 Ceres330 TG ARGB - with rear-facing motherboard connector support
4:19 CTE C200 Concept Case in development
5:13 The Tower 300 Case
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So yeah I said marigold blue instead of hydrangea blue in the first part I apologize and beg forgiveness 🙏
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Good stuff you always do! Thanks for the coverage at CES!
I like how it's already fixed in closed captions even though the video has only been live for 10 minutes. Such dedication to quality and accuracy, keep it up
Thermaltake should sell the case , and a fans kit, then you can buy one or both. I'm a 'fan' of 200mm fan set ups: huge , slow, thin & silent fans are best. Someone should make a case with two 5oo mm fans , one on each side, low RPMs & silent, but constant Air flow by both 500mm fans working together...
$170 IT BETTER COME WITH FKNG FANS. !! You let them know that please Paul.
I am REALLY get fed up with these companies charging a lot of money for cases, and they decide to strip it down even more. For $170
The back, top and front better come with fans. And not crappy ones either.
You shall NOT be forgiven for your mistakes!!!!!!!
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The horizontal tower stand is a nice touch for the case.
I really want it! Love having a case that is unique and with this version it can be used as a center piece
Agreed. I have a couple Tower 100s from a few years ago that still look new, but this new design has some really nice improvements, like the pop-off glass panels. (on mine I have to remove the 4 screws holding the top down in order to slide out the panels) The octagon shape and dual orientations really give it some personality. I prefer black cases, so the other colors don't really do anything for me.
And I really want to know what went wrong with Joe's new $10,000 computer. I hope there's a video on that.
You’re the only one who’s covered this case to provide a closer look at the MOBO I/O so thank you very much great job on that. A lot of other content creators just skimmed over that part.
You do a great job covering CES better then any of the other BIG youtubers
Well said! I was about to post the same thing.
I'm usually not into non-standard-shaped cases, but that Tower 300 looks neat. I might re-wrap my gaming PC with it.
At first I thought maybe but the internals just get uglier as I look at it and the clearance looks like a nightmare to work with
Snatch reference ftw, thanks Paul and Joe for your coverage of CES!
Thanks Paul. Absolutely loved the case on it's side with a stand underneath it!
Ceres is a dwarf planet, bro. Dwarf planet. The only one in the asteroid belt. Also, for anyone interested, the CTE C200 is a mini-ITX case.
8:09 this PC would be the perfect birthday gift for my little brother so excited to buy one for him because I already got the new NV7 PC 😅
Thanks for the awesome coverage Paul, kept me up to date !! Good stuff !!
Vertical orientation is apparently terrible according to Thermaltake’s thermal testing documentation. Strix 4090 ran at 79C and that card is known to run around 50-60C.
I have same problem with 6950xt and in that case its cos of vapor chamber which dont like vertical
Love the blue and love the mATX case options. Hopefully the motherboard builders can come up with a standard, but I still think properly managed cables are perfectly clean.
I am IN LOVE with the Tower 300 in Matcha Green omg.... I need this when I upgrade
I really like the 300 cases. I nearly bought the all white last year. The sideways stand really got my mind going on possible custom case themes. That is gonna be a lot of fun.
Lots of cool ideas. Looking forward to seeing final products.
I think, once you get past entry-budget-level cases, shipping without fans is perfectly acceptable. My current build is in one of Thermaltake's entry-level cases (an old Versa V21, it's been great for its purpose) and eventually replaced the included fan with a matched set for the build. Was glad it was included for the initial stage of the build though.
The 300 case intrigues me a lot
That Cryo case is awesome. If it had 2 top panels would look like a capsule. Those new cases look really nice and those ram colors are nice too 🥰
Those new tower cases look fantastic. I suspect they'll be a little impractical and that front IO panel looks a little out of place... but still, I'd love that on my desk.
The biggest problem is the hanging GPU. These days, with so many super long huge GPUs, you're really rolling the dice on if your GPU manufacturer did good work on the heatpipes or if the small amount of water is just going to pool at the lowest part of the heatpipes(i.e. as far from the GPU chip as possible) while your GPU melts.
I just built in the tower 500 and cooling is phenomenal compared to a conventional. Only issue is because the case is so huge, I needed to use many various cable extensions. Worth it though.
The Tower 300 looks awesome, almost like a terrarium/aquarium design, I really like it.
Great work, Paul and Joe!! Of all the onslaught of CES coverage, I always prefer yours the best.
My Tower 300 in dark green “The Terrarium” will be featured on PCPP once it’s done! And yes, it will have living plants, sphagnum moss, and even a small waterfall!
Awesome coverage once again! wow, let's goooooooo Thermaltake!
It was a pleasure meeting you briefly, thank you again for taking the time out of your busy schedule to chat for a minute. The psus were what caught my eye, they were soo small, and so light as well. I was kind of dumbfounded when I held them...can't wait to see what people do with sff builds in the future. The CTE E600 was also pretty amazing, I liked how you can either use glass or vented panels. When they told me the case didn't come with fans but had that nice pcie 4.0 x16 riser cable, I thought "id much rather have that then case fans" finally companies are starting to listen to what gamers want. Hope you had a great ces, I am finally recovering!
The alien chamber Tower 300 is so dope for my next Matx case swap
Thinking the same. Thinking of pre-ordering the bumblebee color.
I didn't realize how much nice looking products Thermaltake has. Those towers and some of those fittings look good. I will add them to my 2024 list of pc parts to aquire for builds.
the more i see of the tower 300, the more i want to do a matx build. thanks, paul!
That hydrangea blue is gorgeous.
Thank you for the Snatch reference. Thanks for all the amazing content as always!
The periwinkle blue reference, perfect!
YEAH!!!! Nice cases!!!! I also like the moving of connectors to the back of the board. WICKED!!!!
Been looking at mATX cases for the past month or so, and that Tower 300 definitely takes the cake
Tower 300 looks awesome. Love the option to get the big AIOs inside with airflow fans as well.
I've been a Tower Series fan for a long time, it's usually my go to for miniITX builds(Tower 100). Nice to see them evolving so well! That Bumblebee version is making my mouth water, lol. Great job as always Paul!
Thermaltake is killing it as always. I've loved their stuff for a long time. Thanks Paul!
i like how they discovered more colors than black and white with the tower 300
I love Thermaltake cases. Seriously eyeing that Tower 300
The Tower cases look pretty dope. I hope that style gets developed more by other manufacturers. I've seen a couple others try it too.
I liked the white side oriented PC case.. that's a nice and novel way to house and display your components!
Thanks Paul.
I own one of their Tower 900 cases and its a fantastic case to work with. Abit on the heavier side, yeah, but so much room to play with! Running custom hard tubing is a breeze in that. So much stuff you can fit inside it, it's insane. Dual loop, a 560 radiator each, 400mm tall reservoir tubes...
I wish they would make an updated version of that case.
I have the Thermaltake Tower 900 and I absolutely love it, it's a beast of a case that is expandable beyond measure. These are cute, but too small for me.
I think there should be options with and without fans from ALL case manufacturers. At the very least, only include fans with entry level cases for new builders or those on a tight budget.
Looks like the box that Buzz Lightyear comes in 😂
Came here to say this!
Damn you and your CES coverage! I was all set to build in a Montech King 95 Pro case in red. Then you had to go and show me that hunter green Tower 300 that literally took my breath away. I've been in computers for over 20 years and I've built dozens of systems but I've never even sniffed, let alone used anything small form factor. So now I call on you to do a step by step build in a Tower 300, preferably in green but I'll allow you to pick the specific color.
This may be my favorite case ever personally and I haven't even gotten to see it in person yet! Next build for sure
This is the first CES in a long, long time that I've been generally positive about what's been shown.
Thermaltake toughpower PSU are one of the best imo. I had the original 1000w toughpower back in the day, with the mustard and ketchup wiring and the fish net wrap around it. It lasted 10 years and through three pc upgrades along with gpu cards (2008-2018). Now I have the Enermax MaxTytan 80+1250w PSU that has individually wrapped cables and came cable combs, which I still have for about 6 years.
Have to say, I'm on board with your Tower 300 selection. Looks slick! Thanks for your coverage of CES Paul! You guys keep my dreams alive ;)
Thank you for showing how to get to the motherboard rear IO panel on the Tower 300 case. I've watched at least 3 other videos about it and none of them showed that and I've been wondering ever since.
I love that keeb, but that mouse looked excellent. I just wish you had shown it a bit more. Great video, thanks
The wraparound glass panels at the start made me think of museum display cases, and that's not a good thing. Everything inside it automatically felt old.
The Tower 300 for some reason doesn't give that feeling. I think it's a really interesting case, and it may be the chamfered corners. BTW, it's octagonal, not hexagonal. The back corners are cut out too.
Oh, and back wired motherboards are stupid. Just give room to pass the cables back and forth in sensible locations on the tray. And give room to actually have the cables in the back.
Oh yeah the Tower 300 looks very, very nice! Going to be my choice for a Zwift machine at some point!!! Oh and in yellow and black!
thanks for that. nice preview.
"Nice design, Dave! How are you dealing with the i/o problem?"
"...oh. Uhhh..."
I love the new tower, I hope they do it for ATX MB 😁
The Tower 300 has a sci-fi feel. Could almost have an alien sample inside.
I watched the TechTesseract video on this yesterday too. Thermaltake have some really awesome products there! That side ways tower case, I can totally see that being used more as a wall feature type thing. It reminds me somewhat of a fish tank and I can almost imaging some kind of vivarium style setup with that case safely integrated somehow, particularly if the cabling can be cleanly routed either through the wall or through the unit holding the feature. Also, I love that blue colour ❤
And yet we still haven’t seen, at least in my region, the updated Lian Li Evo cases everyone drooled over in 2023
Moving the connectors to the back. Finally! It took the industry 20 years to open one eye. Good progress!
Not often a case comes along that has me drooling, but the tower series has forced me to keep a towel handy.
I love the tower case! IO on top? That gives super easy access when you have tons of cables connected already and need to connect something else!
some nice cases in that lineup
I wanted the tower 200, but now I'm not too sure.
That 300 looks awsome!
11:08 look at the size difference of the pins on the 12vhp vs the robust older connectors
so yes on the CTE C200
wow, i like that c200 concept! hope they'll make it happen.
1:08 Yeah, that's exactly what I want after meticulously managing my internal cables: a mess of cables coming out of the top and stressing the hell out of said cables.
Thermaltake has always made the coolest stuff. I wish I had more than just a power supply by them
I really like rotated and/or inverted mobo orientations.
Tower 300 with custom water cooling would look interesting
Curious if it supports a radator on the left/GPU side to support full custom loops?
I'm a huge fan of Thermaltake's 25th anniversary PC cases, and I've heard nothing but great feedback from my customers. As far as whether or not I'd rather have the fans included with the case, I personally prefer to add my own higher-end fans, but I believe the best strategy to appeal to all customers is to offer the chassis with the option of purchasing it with OR without the fans. Thermaltake could easily offer this customization on their website, or create a few more SKUs for their chassis with the fans included for sales on other retail PC websites.. In my estimation, this would likely boost sales for customers on the fence regarding whether to buy the case with or without fans.
WOW! Thermaltake really upped their game with this. They've always been mediocre as long as I remember but this, this is impressive! Their using the thicker sheets along with complete powder coat (as apposed to just the outside). Go Thermaltake!
Tower 300 looks awesome
thank you for this video
Man, so glad you still do this kind of content. GN doesn't bother, LTT only posts a handful of CES videos for useless stuff like 10 foot wide TVs that get a zillion views, PC World posts a few videos that look like ads.
7:52 something out of Death Stranding for your BB pod 😂
Thats such a nice case, I love the green.
Looks a bit tight for the GPU displayport/hdmi cable access? Unless you get optical ones that arent so stiff.
Love that mATX case and the hexagonal Tower 300.
Really like that funky "coffin" bracket.
Thanks for the coverage
it gives some horizon forbidden west flair with their ectogenic chambers from Far Zenith
I concur....
Octagonal
Can't believe those are actually Thermaltake cases, they all look fucking awesome
CTE 200! A micro atx case that supports 2x 240 rads and has a usb-c front panel connector!? TAKE MY MONEY!!
Interesting the back I/O panel faces upward in some of these Thermaltake cases. With the advent of backside power connections on MBs, I wonder if having the back I/O panel facing downward would allow longer cable runs from the case to peripherals.
Facing downwards may result in more effort to change cable connections, though how often are those back I/O connections moved?
Damn that new Tower 300 case makes me want to do a micro-ATX build
Ceres is a dwarf planet! (the most important thing in the video) :D
tower 300 is town down cooling not up. The top is not exhaust, but wow really good stuff they got there. Can't wait for the Tower 900 where it can have a few expansion bays and maybe more support for more radiators for gpu & cpu cooling as well as places to hold HDDs.
why would they fight physics? If you are basing it on fan cage orientation you're likely incorrect considering they are SWA fans with swappable blade "cores" that allow you to change the airflow direction without flipping the fan mount.
can you fit wifi antennas in the case ?
I like it when the fans are LED and matching for being included but also having the option for non-led fans might be a better choice option as well than just no fans. Normally the no fan option is because they either want LED and the included fans are not LED or there is not enough of the same fans for all the places to put them so they have to buy others and a matching problem occurs.
oh my god so much good stuff unbelievable l think l fall in love with the Bumble Bee case l am definitely going to get that case and make a new build! Thank you Paul.
“We’ve lost Gorgeous George….” 😉
I want the Thermaltake Desk Mat, as long as it is waterproof & resistant to coffee cup stains... ( & beer mug rings too !) :-)
I personally like to see cases that come with good bare bones fans (PWM with no RGB) especially if the case costs over $150.
That way you can just start your build right away and see how it goes. Do you need to upgrade the fans? Are the temps okay? Good case pressure/ airflow? Does your mobo have enough RGB headers or is it worth adding a controller?
You can always upgrade the fans as you go.
The fact you made a Snatch quote instantly makes this a good video. Ya like Dags?
Hi Paul, your review of this case really has my interest. The ASUS TUF B550-M Wifi II is a micro ATX board, the dimensions are slightly larger than what the specs for the case call out. Any insight if it will fit in this case?
My question is will this case be compatible with the MSI Project Zero Motherboard?
I like PCs being uniform and swappable but also like the idea of colour matched and plug and play from single manufacturers for things like fans and the like. I have a thermal take case and whilst it's well made its layout isn't the best.
That case looks really good. Could build a really cool Cyberpunk themed build in the Bumblebee case
Wow the 300 tower!!
What would be a good AM4 motherboard for this? Having a hard time deciding