Thermaltake's $99 Case Packs SATA HDD Dock

[JMcEntegart]

You don't have to spend hundreds to get a case with cool features.

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[chickenhoagie]

looks like a really nice case. looks well worth the $99


my father has a similar case with all the tricky fans on the side and it keeps his quad core Q9550 at 17 degrees idle and only up to 24 degrees on full blast! very impressive what those fans can do

 

[matt314]

Didnt you guys already post this? I've seen this somewhere...

 

[Arethel]

*stunned*

That's one of the most popular case mods people ask me to do for them...

 

[rkelly1]

that actually seems pretty decent. could be useful for techs that are scanning harddrives or just for data moving to another drive.

 

[jvc21]

That's one heck of a case for the price!

USB 3.0, SATA HDD Dock, Thermaltake? I'm in for one ^^

 

[jimmysmitty]

Its a nice case for a nice price. Would work great for my job where I take apart laptops and sometimes have to pull the HDDs out and use a external SATA or IDE port to pull data that tend to work maybe 50% of the time.

But for home, I still want me a Xaser VI.

 

[klavis]

That's pretty pimp. I'd most likely use it for that price.

 

[MadAdmiral]

I'm always a fan of cheap, feature packed cases, so I'd definitely consider it. I wouldn't really have any use for the HDD dock, and it looks kind of silly. I guess it would make people think I'm really serious about hardware...

 

[Pyroflea]

Now THAT'S a feature. I'm surprised it's taken this long for manufacturers to catch on to something as simple, but useful as this. Good on 'em.

 

[poorya_user]

99$ is not cheap where I am living, but Oh my god its 100% worth. USB3 , HDD dock!!! So cool.

 

[sabot00]

[citation][nom]chickenhoagie[/nom]looks like a really nice case. looks well worth the $99my father has a similar case with all the tricky fans on the side and it keeps his quad core Q9550 at 17 degrees idle and only up to 24 degrees on full blast! very impressive what those fans can do[/citation]
So your room temp is like 15C? I doubt it.

 

[MrHectorEric]

I'd prefer it more if the all the internal HDD slots were SATA docks. Although I tend to stay away from mid towers since I've been burned a couple times with large video cards not fitting in some cases. Hard to know for sure until you buy it and try.

 

[avinash1234]

i think it is now available at newegg for 75$ with $25rebate...i m not sure
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133074

 

[buzznut]

Well, its hard to tell from the pics but I can tell you that the BlacX peripheral I bought for $40 was well worth it and then some. I use it constantly with all the pc's of my friends and family and the maintenance I perform. Hate the USB 2.0 speed though.
For formatting and such, I will typically just install the disc into my tower. USB is too slow.
Can't tell from the article, I would hope they are using a SATA connection for the drives.

 

[joytech22]

I guess that USB 3.0 port will only be good for AMD users, or Intel users shelling out the bucks for a PCIE adapter.

 

[samwelaye]

[citation][nom]joytech22[/nom]I guess that USB 3.0 will only be good for AMD users, or Intel users shelling out the bucks for a PCIE adapter.[/citation]

Too bad thats false, neither platform has official support of USB 3.0 yet

 

[joytech22]

[citation][nom]samwelaye[/nom]Too bad thats false, neither platform has official support of USB 3.0 yet[/citation]

I thought AMD already had motherboards with full built-in USB 3.0.
890 Chipset anybody?

EDIT: Proof: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3420#ov

 

[soulfringe]

I was considering the Half X 942 case, but with this being half the price, I may reconsider.

 

[dEAne]

Yeah this is good, USB 3.0, SATA HDD Dock - easy mounting - Most of my builds were Cooler Master but I see this one a competition.

 

[matt87_50]

lol at the shoe-horned way of getting back plate only usb3.0 to the front panel. that's cool!

 

[jacobdrj]

CM690 II has had this for months... Glad to see it in more places...

 

[buzznut]

[citation][nom]joytech22[/nom]I thought AMD already had motherboards with full built-in USB 3.0.890 Chipset anybody?EDIT: Proof: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/p [...] id=3420#ov[/citation]


I think he means that there are no supported headers on the motherboard. So what are you gonna connect the USB 3.0 on the front panel to?

 

[surfer1337dude]

Love the idea, although I wouldnt use it much. But for the price I cant see a reason to not get it (need a new case anyways lol)

 

[joytech22]

[citation][nom]buzznut[/nom]I think he means that there are no supported headers on the motherboard. So what are you gonna connect the USB 3.0 on the front panel to?[/citation]

Oh i see, that makes more sense.
It's sorta obvious now that i think about it


..but i think the motherboard i mentioned has a USB 3.0 header, it's white.
Can't confirm though, Time of writing this the motherboard section was down.