Thermaltake continued its unveiling of new CTE C-series chassis models at CES 2024—TPU staff took a closer look at the C200 the other day. This is a dual-chamber ITX chassis available in black or "Snow" white; it utilizes Thermaltake's Centralized Thermal Efficiency (CTE) Form Factor design. According to the C200 spec sheet, PC builders can customize the interior with (up to) 6 x 120 mm case fans, there is also enough room for a single 280 mm AIO radiator.

The showcased black CTE C200 was configured with an array of Thermaltake SWAFAN EX14 ARGB fans, TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 280 All-In-One Liquid Cooler and a TOUGHPOWER GF3 ARGB 850 W PSU. The contained build included an Intel Core i5-13500 CPU, Thermaltake TOUGHRAM XG RGB D5 DDR5 memory, and an ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB graphics card.

Thermaltake, the leading PC DIY premium brand for Case, Power, Cooling, Gaming peripherals, and enthusiast Memory solutions, is glad to announce the launch of the CTE T500 TG ARGB Full Tower Chassis and the CTE T500 Air Full Tower Chassis in black and snow versions. The CTE T500 is an E-ATX full tower chassis addition to the CTE form factor series and is designed to provide high levels of thermal performance to critical components. This chassis features three pre-installed CT140 fans and supports up to a 420 mm AIO radiator at the front, showing full cooling support. To meet the demands for both thermal performance and inner component display, the CTE T500 TG ARGB has two tempered glass panels at the front and left sides; the CTE T500 Air is equipped with a tempered glass left window panel and emphasizes on more airflow.

The CTE Form Factor design, which stands for Centralized Thermal Efficiency, utilizes a 90-degree rotation of the motherboard to create more efficient airflow pathways to the critical heat sources. This design allows the CPU and graphics card to be moved much closer towards cool air generated from the front panel and the rear panel respectively including independent airflow paths. Additionally, the cold air intake from multiple directions and the hot air exhausts at the top side provide optimal airflow for overall cooling. Furthermore, three CT140 ARGB fans pre-installed in the CTE T500 TG ARGB and three CT140 fans pre-installed in the CTE T500 Air are Thermaltake's new generation of PWM fans with a speed of 1500RPM and made with specially tuned fan blades that can push the air further.

Thermaltake in its CES 2023 booth, showed off a new line of PC cases that introduce its proprietary-design CTE (centralized thermal efficiency) "form-factor." Don't worry, you'll not need a new motherboard type to go with these cases. Thermaltake's idea here is to not just rotate the motherboard 90° clockwise (pointing all its I/O upward), but also position the motherboard tray itself toward the center of the case. This way, the front-, bottom-, and rear panels are dedicated entirely to fan-vents that can either be set up to maintain a high positive air-pressure, or hold onto radiators. On some of the larger models, there's plenty of room between the motherboard's top and the front-panel, so an additional column of fans (or an additional radiator) can be mounted along the vertical partition.

The CTE C750 Air is an example of a large case, with the CTE position of the motherboard freeing up four positions for radiators that are at least 360 mm and as big as 420 mm in size. This particaular case has two additional 120 mm mounts along the top panel, so a total of 14 fan mounting positions are opened up. The CTE C700 Air is a slightly lower-depth variant that lacks the side-mounted row, and instead gives you 3x 120 mm mounts along the front- and rear-panels; 2x 120 mm along the bottom panel, and a 120 mm along the top. The CTE C700 TG and CTE C500 TG are smaller cases still, but still have mounts along the front- and rear-panels.