Thermaltake Tower 500 Review and modding ideas

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Жыл бұрын

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@LuisGarcia1992_
@LuisGarcia1992_ Жыл бұрын
I'd looooveee to see you making an actual build with this case!
@anumeon
@anumeon Жыл бұрын
Seems rather silly to make such a cavernous basement inside the case and yet make it slightly too small for a 360 radiator.. Weird design choice that...
@PennerFab
@PennerFab Жыл бұрын
Heat rises. I don't know why anyone would logically put rads in the bottom anyways.
@Joe-sx1iu
@Joe-sx1iu Жыл бұрын
​@@PennerFab Fans forcing airflow make rising heat irrelevant in such a small area.
@moonrabbitstudio9772
@moonrabbitstudio9772 10 ай бұрын
Not long ago, I built in the smaller Tower 100 and what worked was having two fans mounted on the bottom of the main compartment, pulling air up from the pwr supply compartment. An AIO radiator was mounted on the roof of the main compartment. Two fans were attached beneath, pushing air up through the radiator. I mounted another fan in the case bonnet, behind the i/o panel, to help exhaust the airflow. When set up this way, the case acts like a chimney flue, pulling air up from the bottom and venting air out the top. Moving the airflow horizontally, in this case, does not feel right to me, idk. My next build will be using the Tower 500, so it should be interesting to see if a similar setup will work with it, as well. ..... At any rate, the video was helpful. Much appreciation. best fishes --Rabbit
@jefftimmons3775
@jefftimmons3775 Жыл бұрын
Bingo!... Excellent video! I just started looking at this case to do exactly the kind of water cooled presentation you're talking about, and almost exactly the same ideas for mods. Thanks very much for the confirmation! :) you got my sub for this one ;)
@Excalabur50
@Excalabur50 Жыл бұрын
Cheers Guv for another meaty review!
@mikemines2931
@mikemines2931 Жыл бұрын
My gran used to live in something smaller post WWII.
@cacarpenter55
@cacarpenter55 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your review! Have purchased this case & had the same question. I'm looking to run dual-360mm rads & like the idea of lateral air movement. So, if they offer a set of 2 vertical rad brackets. I've emailed TT the question. I can update or vice-versa, if you have any further insights?
@mrfilipelaureanoaguiar
@mrfilipelaureanoaguiar Жыл бұрын
Nice case if you don't think of that thumb screw , removes the need of a GPU riser and support for horizontal mounting. It's a big case at a big price, roughly 300...
@Lewdacris916
@Lewdacris916 2 ай бұрын
i like to install radiators on the top since heat rises, whats the largest AIO you can put on the top 240?
@vaeloreonari7516
@vaeloreonari7516 Жыл бұрын
I would just Dremel out that whole PSU mounting shroud, and have the PSU on the floor of the case around back, and you might be able to still use the Grommet area. I love all the options of that case!!
@user-tr2dh4xx6u
@user-tr2dh4xx6u Жыл бұрын
the psu shroud comes off easily, its made to come off
@Muageto
@Muageto Жыл бұрын
Hmm I preferred my Tower 900. Liked the idea of having a nice back compartment for radiators and thus made sense to have those mesh on the side be at the back. So far I'm not a fan of the smaller cases of TT Towers
@briansnyder6189
@briansnyder6189 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how hard would it be to drill out the rivets for the main motherboard tray to move it forward. Then there is room for dual 360 rads on the back side panels like the Tower 900 right? I think that would have been a much bigger win than putting the rads up front. Good video BTW. Looking for a case to replace my Mozart TX and this is in the running.
@thesaviour9950
@thesaviour9950 10 ай бұрын
Did you go with the 500?. I'm looking at it and had the exact idea about moving the MB tray. Did you do it?
@briansnyder6189
@briansnyder6189 10 ай бұрын
@@thesaviour9950 I did not. The MB tray on the 500 cannot be moved without serious modification. I got the CTE 700 instead. Love it. Dual 420 rads!
Жыл бұрын
I can't see how external cables are attached to the MB rear panel ports. I'm wondering about the rear where the Display Port cables go into your motherboard/cards. Please let us know.
@justatim8143
@justatim8143 4 ай бұрын
I'd love to mod this case by taking everything off the top part and cutting it down in almost half and lay down the motherboard. Make the 2 sides all mesh for 120mm-140mm fans or radiators and top the same way. I would make it similar to the Cooler Master HAF XB EVO even adding a CD player to hear my 70-80 tunes.
@jaeuu7476
@jaeuu7476 Жыл бұрын
Man I love your videos. Wish I could meet you someday and buy you a beer
@OC3D
@OC3D Жыл бұрын
Appreciate that dude, thank you
@stundardutch5320
@stundardutch5320 Жыл бұрын
could you place a universal vertical gpu mount (coolermaster) to show the gpu forwards?
@tek_soup
@tek_soup 5 ай бұрын
Tiny? Nah you're a Short King, Great review/info. 😀
@hangryn3rd
@hangryn3rd Жыл бұрын
A case that size could have held a lot of hard drives in that bottom chamber, a feature that is missing in a lot of cases these days. One could have built a small office or home server with it.
@BeardedDanishViking
@BeardedDanishViking 5 ай бұрын
Because hard drives are obsolete in gaming. It's all NVME's or SSD's today.
@laserlorin4080
@laserlorin4080 Жыл бұрын
I thought that u could maybe like remove the bottom in the caninet and install an infinity mirror
@edgecrush3r
@edgecrush3r Жыл бұрын
i had to look twice as i really thought this would be a 3D Printer review by OC3D 🤣🤣
@swizzler8053
@swizzler8053 Жыл бұрын
Really like to see a SFF version of this case.
@Karvega11
@Karvega11 Жыл бұрын
There is one. The tower 100.
@justatim8143
@justatim8143 5 ай бұрын
I would love to own the white version as it would be the perfect case for Me to modify and make it into a nice Desktop PC. I would gut the entire top and back and change the layout and have the motherboard tray Lay down on the bottom above the hidden Bottom. It would look similar to the Cooler Master HAF XB EVO but smaller. I would cut it down and eliminate the side glass and have open mesh for fans and cross air flow, add a CD player to the bottom right to listen to my 70's songs, and have a top 240 or 280 Radiator. I love the I/O but would try to put in the Bottom where it should have been to start with as it is For Desk Top Use and where it is as is ,Who would want to stand up just to use the front I/O each time.
@Zfast4y0u
@Zfast4y0u Жыл бұрын
are you going to review core wp100?
@eckobase5807
@eckobase5807 Жыл бұрын
I want to use this case for my Plex Server, wanna do a repaint to make it look like an old school popcorn machine 🍿
@LawrenceTimme
@LawrenceTimme Жыл бұрын
I wonder how many people will put the 360 rad mount in with rgb fans just against the glass
@OC3D
@OC3D Жыл бұрын
😂
@tomquimby8669
@tomquimby8669 Жыл бұрын
looks like you could live in that
@Foxtrot_Foxtrot_Lima
@Foxtrot_Foxtrot_Lima Жыл бұрын
I was just looking at the Tower 900. This might be better.
@Lewdacris916
@Lewdacris916 2 ай бұрын
900 is a monstrosity lol
@tek_soup
@tek_soup 5 ай бұрын
make a standoff/use standoff for the back panel, then you will have nice air clearance all around the back, and give you, that extra room for second psu.
@cameron818
@cameron818 Жыл бұрын
Any way you can see turning the GPU 180 degrees? That way the GPU fans face the front panel?
@scottwpilgrim
@scottwpilgrim 6 ай бұрын
Yeah, this is just an ATX form factor turned 90° to the right. You would just purchase a vertical GPU mount and install it.
@sunnyhawkadventures864
@sunnyhawkadventures864 Жыл бұрын
Will the 4090 fit in this?
@michaele8922
@michaele8922 Жыл бұрын
From my research they do fit but you need to remove the floor panels. Not sure if it impacts the psu.
@SergeCruso
@SergeCruso Жыл бұрын
I removed the left panel and it fits fine. 👌🏼
@WiggyVideos13
@WiggyVideos13 Жыл бұрын
Fill it with cans and fans for the summer
@choppergirl
@choppergirl Жыл бұрын
It kind of looks like a huge Macintosh SE... or... a arcade claw machine. Those some pickachu stuffies in it. If I were running it, I would leave it on it's back with the glass off and the rear graphics cables coming out at me. For e sy access. YOu practically need that case permanently sitting upon a lazy susan which is a problem.
@Chriscueva
@Chriscueva Жыл бұрын
👍🏻
@tek_soup
@tek_soup 5 ай бұрын
i can't believe when they designed this thing, had it off just a smidgen, that you can't put a 360 rad, horizontal on the bottom? Case builders , should start with e-atx boards and 360 rads, then build a frame around that.
@xXEPIKgamerXx
@xXEPIKgamerXx Ай бұрын
Really like the look of the case but the airflow design just seem really dumb even when you use water cooling to essentially cheat. Its got random and weirdly shaped holes for air pressure to escape on every side of the case even if you replace as much mesh with glass as you can. At best the main chamber cause air to flow upward but only upwards into the open space of the case rather than through the actual components, which would be fine if you could actually pressurize the case without air leaking out out the bottom, sides, back, and top. Cooling the back of the Mobo would be a novel idea if main chamber and back chamber were essentially disconnected from each other besides the grommets but they aren't so they affect each other in unpredictable ways. Any attempt to make positive pressure will have you finding that for every intake a non-0 portion of the air being pulled in would take a 180 turn, and flow right back outside the case. Water cooling forces every fan's work to be applied directly to the heat that matters most, but that still leaves all the non water cooled components holding the bag. Not to mention custom loops are expensive AF and take way more work. This case gives a lot of excuses to use cheaper and more efficient "ugly" fans but at best you would need a lot of mods and experimentation IMO to make it work efficiently as possible.
@user-zi1ip2tj8f
@user-zi1ip2tj8f 4 ай бұрын
This case is a positive modularity nightmare... :D
@MistahElias
@MistahElias Жыл бұрын
I enjoy your reviews. I make sure to watch the entire video with ads every time. I will have to say, Thermalfake, Shall we never forget!
@OC3D
@OC3D Жыл бұрын
Appreciate the dedication with the full views and the adverts
@CyberDenSystems
@CyberDenSystems Жыл бұрын
I did a set of side panel reservoirs for customer once on his Tower 900. They turned out amazing. If your interested in doing a custom build in this chassis, I'd be willing mill up a set of them for yuh. Shoot me an email if your interest is peaked and we can figure something out.
@OC3D
@OC3D Жыл бұрын
Thats an amazing offer and I really appreciate it - Ill not be investing that much time into the case sadly. I was only going to make some suggestions and lower level changes.
@CyberDenSystems
@CyberDenSystems Жыл бұрын
@@OC3D gotcha. Makes sense. If you want any custom parts made up in the future, keep me in mind. I can mill up just about anything, I can do professional paint work, and I work with composites like carbon fiber.
@ffoteinos
@ffoteinos 6 ай бұрын
😘😘😘😘😘
@TranceHistorian
@TranceHistorian Жыл бұрын
This case is so huge, it makes the Tower 100 look like an oversized cereal box. 🤣
@roosterbooster6238
@roosterbooster6238 Жыл бұрын
How about some goldfish 😂 cases are starting to look more and more like fish tanks!!
@rexdink
@rexdink Жыл бұрын
Mineral oil fish tank builds will be coming back. Everything old is new again.
@SydneyRadio2UE
@SydneyRadio2UE Жыл бұрын
I was thinking it looked more like a terrarium. All we need is a little soil and a few sprouting pot plants.
@shadows.in.the.hourglass
@shadows.in.the.hourglass Жыл бұрын
Anyone tried fitting an Asus Prime Z690 in this, or a standard size mobo?
@logandeathrage6945
@logandeathrage6945 Жыл бұрын
This case can mount upto a 12 x 12 inch (304.8mm x 304.8mm) mainboard.
@rexdink
@rexdink Жыл бұрын
Trying to justify getting this case, and where to put it.
@Kenji1685
@Kenji1685 Жыл бұрын
🤔 It reminds me of a popcorn maker.
@LawrenceTimme
@LawrenceTimme Жыл бұрын
Ding
@jimlaw-stargazer
@jimlaw-stargazer Жыл бұрын
nice case but the big ? is how much does it cost more than my car probably 🤣
@ChopperPBM
@ChopperPBM Жыл бұрын
I think someone at ThermalTake spent lockdown high AF
@Platinumdose420
@Platinumdose420 Ай бұрын
did you say tiny tom? XD
@havenadams3837
@havenadams3837 Жыл бұрын
Looks like a popcorn machine
@OC3D
@OC3D Жыл бұрын
OMG thats amazing lol
@stevewatson6839
@stevewatson6839 Жыл бұрын
You'd have to mod it - and heavily at that. Thermaltacky are forever either garbage or ill-thought out crap. This review cheered me up no end! "Thermaltacky Tower 500: a case barely alive. We can rebuild it..." Six Million Dollar Man meme intensifies. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Safetytrousers
@Safetytrousers Жыл бұрын
I love my Core P3.
@stevewatson6839
@stevewatson6839 Жыл бұрын
@@Safetytrousers There is no helping some folk. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@datdudeinred
@datdudeinred Жыл бұрын
When you buy a thermaltake you are buying an experience. A really crazy, stupid, nonsensical experience but experience nonetheless which you mod the fuck out of very easily. 😂
@Csikter
@Csikter Жыл бұрын
You're reviewing Thermaltake? Jesus, times change. What happened to thermaltacky and all that? I've never even considered buying one because you were so opposed to it.
@OC3D
@OC3D Жыл бұрын
I did it because the UK rep is a really nice guy. I'd not buy one either but I can put a professional hat on and laugh at things like the thumbscrew 🤣
@chairman67
@chairman67 Жыл бұрын
Far better lower cost cases available that this expensive ridiculous monstosity.
@jimbossimrigs7961
@jimbossimrigs7961 Жыл бұрын
I wont look at thermaltake after what they did to CaseLabs.
@OC3D
@OC3D Жыл бұрын
Yeah that was massively crappy
@basshead.
@basshead. Жыл бұрын
Why? CaseLabs made overpriced products and Thermaltake just proved that they can make same products a lot cheaper. Competition is good.
@Luscious3174
@Luscious3174 Жыл бұрын
You do realize this is the same company that ripped off Case Labs - a company that unfortunately went under yet had a far superior product. TT needs to be on your blacklist mate.
@OC3D
@OC3D Жыл бұрын
Im very aware about that situation and was very vocal about it at the time. I review this for the local UK guy not the larger company in all honesty.
@LawrenceTimme
@LawrenceTimme Жыл бұрын
It's too big and too small at the same time.
@RUFU58
@RUFU58 Жыл бұрын
Looks like something you’d see in the cinema lobby filled with popcorn. Really not feeling this one at all - it’s hideous 😆
@OC3D
@OC3D Жыл бұрын
Not the first to metion popcorn tbh
@Michael-wd4oz
@Michael-wd4oz Жыл бұрын
hello mate if you want send me as a gift this case I will take it
@Tedd_Andersen
@Tedd_Andersen Жыл бұрын
Kinda looks like a popcorn maker or somting like a fishtank... dont like it atall....
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