Thermaltake TR100

[Darksaber]

The Thermaltake TR100 is a perfect example of how to engineer a great sandwich chassis, managing to solve most of the cooling limitations of such enclosures. On top of that, the TR100 breaks down the barriers of entry around assembly and cable management, while looking pretty cool in the process.

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[_roman_]

Seems it is the case which "Paul Hardware" made it's video on youtube:

 

[Cheeseball]

The light blue model does not look bad at all. I should move over to from my HYTE Revolt 3 to this.

 

[Chaitanya]

Given the height of the case would have liked to seen option to add 5.25" bay devices(ICY dock bays or ODD) for those who were going to run air cooling.

 

[PLAfiller]

The unified front panel connector is actually a con for me. I use a remote and it has the P+ and P- pass trough to regular case connector. With the unified I see trouble on the horizon

 

[Chaitanya]

The unified front panel connector is actually a con for me. I use a remote and it has the P+ and P- pass trough to regular case connector. With the unified I see trouble on the horizon

Some case makers offer adapter to split that connector but they too few and far in between. Maybe aliexpress will have someone selling that adapter.

 

[Fungi]

I understand you wanted to keep things consistent between cases but it would have been nice to include testing of the AIO as intake, which Thermaltake actually recommends.

 

[AusWolf]

Nice. It makes me kind of want to go back to m-ITX.

I wonder how much those temps could be improved with 2x 140 mm top fans.

 

[MaMoo]

The PSU mount direction is aerodynamically bad. Can the PSU be mounted to exhaust upwards? By exhausting downwards but the general airflow in the case is upwards, the hot PSU air will be recirculated through either bottom or side intakes.

 

[Chrispy_]

21 Litres and you're still forced to compromise on an mITX motherboard and SFX PSU? Why are those not listed as negatives? No thanks, this is another shining example of a case manufacturer forgetting what the S in SFF is supposed to stand for. I adore SFFs but this is just huge by SFF standards.

The first dozen or so results here are smaller cases than this TR100 that will take a far larger mATX motherboard.

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You could have three M.2 SSDs, four DIMM slots, enough room for proper VRM heatsinks, and of course cable connectors in normal places rather than the weird "jam them anywhere there's room left on the board" nonsense that afflicts so many mITX boards....

If I limit the search to mITX and SFX PSU, there are plenty of options at half the size of this thing. Yes, half.

 

[Mr. Perfect]

Unified front panel connector

This counts for so much these days it's not even funny. I recently had to assemble a couple systems in cases that did not have unified front panel headers and it's like stepping back into the '90s. How is this not standard yet?

 

[80-watt Hamster]

21 Litres and you're still forced to compromise on an mITX motherboard and SFX PSU? Why are those not listed as negatives? No thanks, this is another shining example of a case manufacturer forgetting what the S in SFF is supposed to stand for. I adore SFFs but this is just huge by SFF standards.

I don't know what they put on their press material, but the listing page calls it a mini tower, making no mention of SFF at all that I can find.

The first dozen or so results here are smaller cases than this TR100 that will take a far larger mATX motherboard.

CaseEnd

You could have three M.2 SSDs, four DIMM slots, enough room for proper VRM heatsinks, and of course cable connectors in normal places rather than the weird "jam them anywhere there's room left on the board" nonsense that afflicts so many mITX boards....

It looks to me like TT gave up mATX compatibility for 280mm radiator support.

If I limit the search to mITX and SFX PSU, there are plenty of options at half the size of this thing. Yes, half.

If you filter CaseEnd for mITX, SFF and 280mm radiator, you're left with exactly two choices, and both are open frame.

 

[Chrispy_]

If you filter CaseEnd for mITX, SFF and 280mm radiator, you're left with exactly two choices, and both are open frame.

Well duh, 280mm radiator in an SFF? That's like trying to seat four sumo wrestlers in a Fiat 500, or an original Mini.

280mm radiators don't even fit properly in plenty of sizeable ATX cases.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Well duh, 280mm radiator in an SFF? That's like trying to seat four sumo wrestlers in a Fiat 500, or an original Mini.

280mm radiators don't even fit properly in plenty of sizeable ATX cases.

Ok, in light of that, why do you consider the TR100's volume such a sin w.r.t. its configuration?

 

[Chrispy_]

Ok, in light of that, why do you consider the TR100's volume such a sin w.r.t. its configuration?

Because mITX is an expensive compromise that's missing DIMM slots, M.2 slots, and VRM cooling.

I've used plenty of mITX boards and they're never cheap, and whilst you're paying a premium for the form factor there are usually several sacrifices that even lower-end mATX boards don't have to make.

To put it simply, mITX is a desperate compromise at best. We use it because we have to, not because we want to.

Paying extra, and making those mITX sacrifices, just to plop it all in a case that's larger than an mATX-compatible offering is an insult. It's like designing a two-tonne off-road vehicle that's only able to hold a 125cc motorcycle engine - in that there's no need for it to have such a limited engine bay when it's as large as it is.

 

[JustBenching]

Because mITX is an expensive compromise that's missing DIMM slots, M.2 slots, and VRM cooling.

I've used plenty of mITX boards and they're never cheap, and whilst you're paying a premium for the form factor there are usually several sacrifices that even lower-end mATX boards don't have to make.

To put it simply, mITX is a desperate compromise at best. We use it because we have to, not because we want to.

Paying extra, and making those mITX sacrifices, just to plop it all in a case that's larger than an mATX-compatible offering is an insult. It's like designing a two-tonne off-road vehicle that's only able to hold a 125cc motorcycle engine - in that there's no need for it to have such a limited engine bay when it's as large as it is.

Missing dimm slots is a blessing though.