Thermaltake The Tower 300 - Bumblebee Build 🐝

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KitGuru has previously reviewed the Mini-ITX Thermaltake's The Tower 100 and 200 models, as well as the E-ATX The Tower 500. Today it is the turn of The Tower 300 which is Micro-ATX and comes in a sporting yellow colour scheme that Thermaltake calls Bumblebee. In this featured build we are filling out the case with a huge 420mm AIO cooler from Thermaltake and a chunky RTX 4080 Super graphics card from Zotac. You can buy the Zotac card here: tinyurl.com/2d8cankz
00:00 Tower 300 Bumblebee Edition
02:44 MSI B650 board
03:20 AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
03:35 TT Toughram XG RGB D5 5600
03:48 Installing the mobo
04:14 Accessories in the box
04:57 TT Toughpower GF A3 1200W setup
07:40 Toughfan pro install
10:40 LCD Panel kit for the Tower 200 !?
11:30 Toughliquid 420 EX Pro ARGB Sync
12:13 Leos Thoughts on the cooler install
13:24 Zotac RTX 4080 Super AMP Extreme
15:05 PC is finished - some quick tests
15:54 Leos Thoughts and the horizontal rest
Specification:
Motherboard support: Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX.
Power supply support: ATX.
Expansion slots: 4.
Included fans: 2x 140mm CT140 1,500rpm top exhaust.
Fan mounts: 3x 120mm/140mm side, 2x 120mm/140mm roof, 2x 120mm/140mm rear, 1x 120mm/140mm power cover.
Radiator mounts: 360mm/420mm side.
5.25-inch optical drive bays: None.
Internal drive bays: 3x 3.5-inch/2.5-inch.
Front I/O ports: 1x USB 3..2 Gen 2 Type-C, 1x USB 3.0 x2 Type-A, audio.
Dimensions: 551mm H x 281mm D x 342mm W.
Test System:
Case: Thermaltake The Tower 300 with chassis stand
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake ToughLiquid 420 EX Pro ARGB Sync
Motherboard: MSI B650M Gaming Plus WiFi
Memory: 32GB Thermaltake ToughRAM XG RGB D5 DDR5-5600
Graphics card: Zotac RTX 4080 Super 16GB Amp Extreme
Case fans:
Thermaltake ToughFan EX12 Pro PC Cooling Fan - Swappable Edition
Thermaltake ToughFan EX14 Pro PC Cooling Fan - Swappable Edition
Power supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 1200W
SSD: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 M.2 NVMe
OS: Windows 11
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Пікірлер: 82

@KitGuruTech Ай бұрын

If you guys seem spam comments, please report, we remove them as soon as we see them. Also Let us know what you think about this funky yellow build - would you buy a bumblebee coloured case?

@konstantinminzhaev2616 Ай бұрын

Я бы купил у вас, но к сожалению я живу в России....

@tonydalimata 11 күн бұрын

Im listing after this case , would prefer a bright red though .

@EliMYoung Ай бұрын

We need more innovation like this in the gaming industry.

@markkennedy4055 Ай бұрын

The best Bumblebee Build/review thus far.... I got stung and now I must have one to build in. Thanks Leo, thanks-a-lot!

@Thesilverninja Ай бұрын

I love watching this guy's videos. It's like watching a little kid play with toys. Very thorough and informative!

@stevens1041 Ай бұрын

My favorite color combo, black and yellow. Really enjoying this build.

@ssabykoops Ай бұрын

Go on the cats hurling KK

@dreschaffhausen5693 Ай бұрын

Quite funny that yellow on black colour scheme really makes it look massive.

@rogerd.bledsoe365 Ай бұрын

It’s amazingly shallow really didnt notice that until you turned it around.

@pc14thenumber9 Ай бұрын

Thank you for showcase this. Dang the end result is like the.. futuristic shooter loot box game.

@philipjfry628 Ай бұрын

Do like this design been hoping you guys would review this ever since you featured it at CES.

@Necromancerbob-zp7us Ай бұрын

I liked the board. Never saw that one before. Nice find Leo.

@thetechdevil-jn1vo Ай бұрын

Awesome build Leo. Love the laid back approach ❤

@pebbleschan6085 Ай бұрын

Put it on castors, fit a filter bag & hose to make it double as a vacuum cleaner.

@owow6523 Ай бұрын

That is such a nice amount of hardware going into that case!

@JohnFTodd Ай бұрын

Quite like the yellow makes a change from the usual black or white.

@amdforlife5591 Ай бұрын

great looking build - love the yellow color scheme, i like what thermaltake are doing lately - not always (dont like their peripherals but some of their cases are great).

@GeordiLaForgery Ай бұрын

Nice. I have the og tower 100 mini since launch very pleased with it. The microphohe/headphone sockets are labelled wrong way round which took me a while to realise.

@hairsprungdutchtechnique9626 Ай бұрын

Yeah have to chip in and say that’s really really different. Would look good in my Lamborghini. Just need to buy one now.

@aegiltech Ай бұрын

Would have been great to see some temperature testing. These vertical cases are known to often have issues with GPU's for example due to GPU Vapor Chamber orientation for example.

@lovingthehardwarethisyea-py1xp Ай бұрын

I think that is beautiful - wont appeal to everyone I guess, but I love yellow - cars, motorbikes - why not PC cases -- dont often see them !

@mikeelek9713 Ай бұрын

Thermaltake had a bad rep for along time, but this one almost makes me want to build a PC with this case!

@bonusfat110 Ай бұрын

i built a bumblee one just a couple weeks ago. Thermaltake has a software to rotate all their LCDs and customize them with whatever image or gifs you want. =) however that software has nothing for ARGB fans, only RGB(with controller) - so you might want to download another program for ARGB.

@jhowle9475 Ай бұрын

Great review Leo.

@SvitBit-hw9rr Ай бұрын

OK I’m going to say it because no one else has. What a Ghastly colour scheme.

@lucifersheadscarf6988 Ай бұрын

that bottom part with the psu looks a bit space restricted. I assume you got all the cables in as it was covered later.

@lusemenefee3527 Ай бұрын

Always like Thermaltake stuff think thats a very cool design for a case.

@theonlyredspecial Ай бұрын

Nice build Leo 👌🏻

@canarychrome7012 Ай бұрын

haha thats a fun build - loved it Leo !

@markcumbriauk Ай бұрын

Love that tower. Shame its only micro atx. i wonder if you can fit a standard atx?.

@ibendover4817 17 күн бұрын

That thing is a cyberpunk spongebob looking eyesore. They should have doubled down and given it brown pants.

@festerleech4952 Ай бұрын

Love the front LCD, love the case shape, hate that colour scheme.

@snezzles278 Ай бұрын

looks like a vending machine 😊

@kaylee.snyder Ай бұрын

Great review!!

@KitGuruTech Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@browntrousersforsafety-el2bo Ай бұрын

surprised it could take such a huge gpu. Seems quite a good design overall for fitting high end components.

@terryjohnson3100 Ай бұрын

I was wondering if you were going to do a build... This is my next one.

@Jules_Diplopia Ай бұрын

If only they had installed the 'rear' io at the other end, making it a 'front' io, but at least it would have been useable.

@KnightRider-lq5yb Ай бұрын

I’m trying to find this case to buy for a birthday gift !

@izidor Ай бұрын

Id be more interested in the Thermals with this case.

@mariusciorascu4474 18 күн бұрын

Nice build , i really like this case to be able to instal a 420 AIO it's really something, I have a question about the air flow, can the 2 top fans and bottom fans be mounted as intake and those on the Aio cooler as exhaust ?, thanks

@oswaldjh 5 күн бұрын

I hope your MB came with WIFI extension cables to move the antenna to the outside of the case.

@TATOF117 Ай бұрын

The box is very nice and the assembly is simple, but where do the normal 3.5 hard drives go and the rest? It doesn't come ready for the new boards that have the cables underneath, that stops me from buying it.

@QuentinStephens Ай бұрын

Gorgeous build. I do like the case when it's on its side but I do think they've missed an opportunity to offer more USB ports, either on the replacement bottom panel or on the cut-out instead of the LCD. One question: you mentioned that the Zotac is a triple slot card; does the case allow you to use the fourth expansion slot? For example in my mATX PC in a Kolink Citadel Mesh I have a RTX 3090 FE in the GPU slot and a 10 GbE NIC in the end x4 slot.

@jamesjessenden7838 Ай бұрын

Kind of cool being able to orientate it horizontally. Where does the LCD display get its info? What exactly does it display?

@KitGuruTech Ай бұрын

The LCD is connected over USB and controlled by Thermaltake software. You can upload an image, select an image from a small library or pick system info from a list they provide. Leo

@m7mmad556 25 күн бұрын

I hve the small screen and TT RGB software allows you to flip the screen to be on portait

@NoahLife97 Ай бұрын

Lol. Banana for color coordination 😅

@powermaster5004 Ай бұрын

thankfully it doesn’t have those white 25 anniversary stickers. Nice colour to be fair.

@KitGuruTech Ай бұрын

Fair enough!

@kristi_howard Ай бұрын

Fire 🔥🔥

@bobpieters893 Ай бұрын

I love the look of that case but I'm wondering how feasible it is to get a custom hardtube loop in there, even if only for the CPU, with that 420 rad support that would be an amazing build

@RainbowSunset-uq2hs Ай бұрын

That would be challenging I think....

@Audiosan79 Ай бұрын

If you have the case on it's side, that would be doable i think. a 420 rad at the "top" as exhaust. A pump/res combo mounted on the PSU shroud. Every other fan set to intake. That could be a full CPU and GPU loop. It might also be doable with the case upright. If you could mount the pump/res combo to the rad.

@get2choppa429 Ай бұрын

Scale the banana with another banana. We don’t know if that banana is up to banana size standards

@GeordiLaForgery Ай бұрын

I prefer BPF (Bananas-per-feet) for measurement it's more consistant.

@claudiopinto8772 Ай бұрын

Otima construção pena que no Brasil esse equipamento custa um rim, grato pelo video.

@xRECONCILEDX Ай бұрын

I was looking into this case for my next build, anyone know if you can set the 420mm aio as a pull intake? (so you can see the fans on the inside and easy cleaning)

@rcortez5979 Ай бұрын

arctic freezer II 360 will be a problem installing on this case right?

@Josh-pw1gh 29 күн бұрын

why no one is showing where to connect HDMI, DP cables :D Never seen a build like this, I got White version and waiting on other parts.

@Gamer00789 5 күн бұрын

Can the right cover of the psu be removed? I use Corsair Shift, the outputs are on the right side.

@warpathh Ай бұрын

When are they going to release this case for a regular ATX board???

@KitGuruTech Ай бұрын

There is an obvious opening in their product stack for The Tower 400 Leo

@FrodeBergetonNilsen Ай бұрын

From the outside of the case, you got 2xUSB3, 1x USB-Cm and audio. That is it. Access to anything beyond that, is really, really a mess. The case is wide enough to accommodate a full ATX MB, but due to a design choice of placing that AIO where it is, that is not supported. Thus, this case is deliberately wider than it needs to be. Also, why use a 420 AIO for an 7800x3d? Due to the design choice, there need to be extra room below the PSU and there is a ton of room on top of the PSU till the end of the mobo. There is quite a lot of space between the rear IO and the top fan, but I am not sure that there is the needed 80mm of clearing. If the cables are too long, they get cut by fan blades. Also, the choice of having fans on the top, further extends the height, as to accomdate fans on the top. That is, at least 105mm is needed above the rear IO, to fit it all. I simply don't get this design. It is un-elegant in so many ways, that I simply don't like it. I just don't get why? Why don they design this way? To what end? What is the vision? What is the expression? Seems like I would get a ton of functional answers, but not really any answers as to form. Not to mention the resulting "functional" size, which is enormous. Why this huge size is functional for what it is, I just don't get?

@konic40 Ай бұрын

cant put fans on the GPU side cover?

@boltsandbraces6261 Ай бұрын

Front IO would have worked better in that case, or maybe its just me

@stevewatson6839 Ай бұрын

The one fail? Laying it horizontal. The asymmetry ... No. Just NO! Otherwise, I wanted one in British Racing Green the moment I laid eyes on it at whatever show they first previewed it at, I like it in Hydrangea and Pink too. Now Bumblebee; a Mancunian thing appropriately. Curiously they all come out ahead of Snow.

@spewp Ай бұрын

Qualifying the 12VHPWR as "good when it works" is a terrible attitude. It's a plug, there should be no option for it not to work, especially when the failure mode is property damage or worse.

@theonlyredspecial Ай бұрын

Fairly sure that was a joke. They have discussed the problems before in videos. This is a build not an analysis of Nvidia issues which Dominic talked about in the past

@KitGuruTech Ай бұрын

Actually we have created articles on this subject over on www.kitguru.net and Dominic has spoken to nvidia about it in the past, reported on it, created videos, and I have spoken to companies like Seasonic about what was causing it, why, and how to avoid it. I touched upon it in my power supply reviews as well over here: tinyurl.com/25beprnv. The standards have changed multiple times since the early days too. Its massively indepth. This isn't 'qualifying' anything today, this is a build video and Leo cracked a semi joke in passing, it was not an indepth analysis of cabling standards. I appreciate you arent a regular, but we have done some work on this before - but if we were to hijack a build video for thermaltake and start delving into problems, solutions and cures on cabling, it seems a bad place to do it (again). thanks Allan (Editor in Chief).

@larwiemcdonnel5322 Ай бұрын

Just don’t bend the cables into the gpu. It’s simple. Solved ages ago.

@markotto1767 Ай бұрын

I don't know why no reviewer talk about the problems of vertical gpus temperatures. 90% of gpu or more with heatpipes and also with vapor chambers have problems in this mounting position. This posizion, with i/o panel facing up to ceiling is the worst position and some gpus reach 110 degress hot spot and more than 10 degrees mid temps !! Some cases, like Corsair 2000D can mount gpu opposite of tower 200 (with i/o panel to the floor) and the temperature are normal...no, are better than classic horizontal position! Anyway....NO ONE TELL US ABOUT THIS ! Why ? because $$$$$$$ p.s.: this is not a spam comment, this is a comment from a pc builder for pc builders

@KitGuruTech Ай бұрын

I literally showed you GPU temperatures Leo

@lovingthehardwarethisyea-py1xp Ай бұрын

@@KitGuruTech I was about to say, its in the video - boy oh boy.

@markotto1767 Ай бұрын

Ok guys, but it's a thing to say. I've tried a lot of case and positions, and it's a common issue. This Is a thing to say everytime when the build Is a build like that, but i repeat: no one tell about this problem! Showing temperature, when GPU hasn't got the problem doesn't mean anything. You review a case, a lot of people Will buy this case but not all Will buy the same card . Good Surprise when their GPU Will reach 110 junction temps and fan Will reach 3000 RPM. Oh, what a sound, and what a hot.

@Maxverstappenracing-dz3pt Ай бұрын

I’m afraid I’ve no idea what you are saying mate 🤷🏻‍♂️

@lp5048 11 күн бұрын

@@KitGuruTech I have this issue with my GPU : My Gigabyte RTX 4080 Super Aero tops at 86 degrees hanging in The Tower 300 instead of 72 degrees in my previous case. I had multiple game crashes because of the GPU's high temperatures. Even idle temps are 5-10 degrees higher than usual. I contacted Thermaltake two weeks ago and asked for GPU recommendations. Still no answer...

@lanab.salazar8340 Ай бұрын

I dont get their drawings for their instructions! They are so 1980s! Havent they heard of a colour printer?

@patriciac.davies2131 Ай бұрын

Bit plastic looking isnt it.

@1nicko29 Ай бұрын

all this plastik lasts 5 years at the most. no thanks. (Phantecs Evolve Shift X did this kind of design years ago but nothing comes close to that quality anymore)