Advantages: Will Take everything including the kitchen sink
Disadvantages: Could be too big for most Home users

...is another hard drive caddy for 3 more drives, served by a 90mm rear fan. The power supply sits on it's side, which is different, and using a hiper 580w with blue LED fan, really stands out. Fitting anything into this beast is easy, from the clicklock release system for the 5.25" bays, to the tool less PCI bays. The cavern inside will take any motherboard easily, and securely, with even the largest of CPU coolers accomodated. On the top there is the usual 2 USB connectors and headphone/mic inputs, and also a firewire socket to boot, and more than enough side window to show off the pride and joy of the installation. One footnote, thermaltake have just released a side panel with a 25cm fan, for those that just don't run cool enough. If you have the space then this is worth the £100 +... Read review

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Advantages: Quiet when idle, cool when pushed, temp sensitive
Disadvantages: clip could be a stronger design

...When I bought my Athlon 64 many moons ago, I wanted the best cooler around for my computer. At the time, all the reviews were rating the Venus 12 as one of the best available. Thermaltake have been in the business of producing cooling products for many years, and are one the world leaders in computer cooling. The Venus 12 is designed for a Socket 754 AMD Athlon or Sempron CPU, and has a copper heatsink with a three blade, dual ball bearing 80mm fan. When installing, you have four options for controlling the speed of the fan, the simplest is to use a jumper on the fan header which makes the fun run at full speed at all times. You also have the option of manual control via either a variable switch at the front of the case, taking up a 3.5 drive bay or via a variable switch at the back of the case that takes up an expansion slot... Read review

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Advantages: Very robust, build quality, looks
Disadvantages: fimsy top lid, noisy case fans

...Ive owned the Thermaltake Tsunami Dream VA3000BWA (windowed version) for around 8 months now, I chose it as the case that would house my very own PC "creation", a custom built desktop PC. This case looks absolutely stunning. As you can see in the photo, there the curved brushed metal door on the front of the case I've owned the Thermaltake Tsunami Dream VA3000BWA (windowed version) for around 8 months now, I chose it as the case that would house my very own PC "creation", a custom built desktop PC. This case looks absolutely stunning. As you can see in the photo, the curved brushed metal door on the front of the case has two discreet blue LEDs which really make the case look elegant at night. The case comes with 3 fans, a very large intake fan at the front, large exhaust fan at the rear, and a small side fan attached... Read review

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Advantages: Powerful, cheap, quiet
Disadvantages: none

...Modern PC's are requiring more and more power. Cheap power supplys simply arent cutting it anymore, and can often cause problems. I recently purchased a Hercules Radeon 9700Pro graphics card (which I have also reviewed on Ciao), and thus I decided to equip my PC with a more capable PSU. >Value< Thermaltake do several lower models, but I felt that the 420w would be a safe bet to cope with my 2 Optical drives, new graphics card, and other hardware. Online reviews of this power supply were very good, so I was pleased to find the unit lived up to my expectations. I was even more pleased to find that the unit retails for about £40 on dabs.com - much cheaper than equivalent models from Antec or Enermax. >First Impressions< First impressions were good - the unit sports a dual fan configuaration with smart, strong gold... Read review

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Advantages: Solid build and numerous features
Disadvantages: Minor flaw with the expansion card fixing bracket

...[Introduction] Thermaltake is a name some may recognise as being in the CPU and case cooling markets however they are now getting a growing reputation for a fantastic array of pre-modded cases. This reputation is well deserved as I will show in the following paragraphs. [Specs] The Xaser III case has the following specifications: • Dimensions: 531 x 206 x 521mm • Weight: 17kg (steel chassis) / 8.5kg (aluminum chassis) • Drive Bays: 4 external 5.25”, 2 external 3.5”, 6 internal 3.5” • Expansion slots: (7) • Motherboard type: Standard ATX • Power Supply is optional so I won’t go into it here • Top mounted Firewire, USB 2.0 (x2), headphone and mic jack hidden under a spring flap • Cooling: 7 80mm case fans (2400 RPM / 38 CFM / 21 dBA each) • Colours: Blue, silver or black My personal choice was the silver case... Read review

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Advantages: Good looking case - easily as attractive as LianLi or Coolermaster equiv.
Disadvantages: No motherboard tray, despite appearance quite limited space inside.

...I bought this case a year or so ago now and i'm sill happily admiring the shiny blue LEDs glowing from under my desk. It arrived well packed and without random bits of polystyrine stuck to it with horrible tape that leaves a mark so 5/5 for that. The Thermaltake thumbscrews and "screwless" fan and PCI/AGP slot gadgets are nice and seem reliable, i must admit that i've not really stress tested the card holders much but i did manage to pull one off whilst removing a network card. Luckily it didnt break and it was a simple task to just slip it back into position again. The Thermaltake fans are a bit louder than i expected and i have since replaced them with SilenX ones. (I of course lost out of the lovely blue LED fan but i will survive). The usb/firewire/audio I/O on the top of the case is covered by a little door that feels... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to work with and great cooling
Disadvantages: Some complications depending on your situation

...fan again used to extract hot air. The reason I mention the fan direction is that a common misconception is that all fans require a dust filter, but this is not the case as only the intake requires protection. A let down on the Fan side is that they do not power direct from the motherboard, they have the required connector but have only opted to use a cable for allowing motherboards to measure the fan speed, power to all fans is provided by standard size Molex power connector. This causes complications for routing and hiding cables, I will consider replacing these in the future with fans I can power direct from my motherboard, and obviously Thermaltake have opted for a retro fit to cover users with boards that can't power this many fans. On to fitting, after following the instructions removed the hard disk bay, easy to do tool free... Read review

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Advantages: Impressive cooling, near silent, good value
Disadvantages: Heavy, can be too large for some cases

...You might note that I'm a big fan (Excude the pun) of thermaltake equipment. Good solid build quality that dosen't cost the earth. I got this beast to cool an LGA 775 3.2Ghz, with the quiet nature of a 120mm fan in mind. Knowing how big the fans are I was still suprised at the size of the thing when it arrived, being 140-150mm wide. This will exlude it from some cases as it is pretty close to the edge of my motherboard (Abit), and may interfere with the Power supply. However this is installed in a Xaser 3 case so no such problems there. It is also fairly heavy at about 0.9Kg and therefore requires installing when the motherboard is horizontal, ensuring the clips are tigh