Thermaltake Tai-Chi VB5000SNA Case Review

**Capper** · April 23rd, 2006

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Have you ever looked at a great case and scratched your head....wondering why the manufacturer did something a certain way? Ever been baffled by a a seemingly stupid feature stuck right in the middle of an otherwise perfect chassis? Join the club! Over the last couple of years, I've played with dozens of cases from a wide variety of companies, and more often than not there always seems to be one feature poorly thought out or several features simply nor followed through on to make them worthwhile.
So, what makes a great case? what features seperate a great chassis from all the rest? Let's check out the features that we as reviews look at when we judge cases, as we go, we'll talk about some features that should be foremost in your mind the next time you go shopping for a case. Around here we always break our case reviews into two sections, interior and exterior so we''l do the same as we talk about different features we like, dislike, and some we'd like to see.

Thermaltake Tai-Chi VB5000SNA Case Review
http://hardwarelogic.com/news/63/ART...006-04-25.html

sbohdan · April 24th, 2006

nice case but I like my "tool less" chieftech so much that I reused it for my new rig and wan't change it only to a same one

Tyreal · April 24th, 2006

woah. This Tai-Chi case is pretty unique. I have never, ever seen a case with aluminum fins. I don't believe in tool less anymore. Screw driver all the way!

**Capper** · April 24th, 2006

Good point Ty.....I don't understand "tool-less" when you still need a screw driver to install the motherboard......I'd much rather just have some big thumbscrews

Tyreal · April 24th, 2006

Exactly. Thumbscrews are like God's gift to the PC world. I don't like how Thermaltake does their tool-less cases anyway. Especially the videocards and hard drives. Feels like its gonna let go any minute.

April 24th, 2006	#2
sbohdan VGA tuner & F@H Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 599	nice case but I like my "tool less" chieftech so much that I reused it for my new rig and wan't change it only to a same one Main rig: Chieftec modded case,MSI P4N Diamond, D830@3.48Ghz,1.4V,928FSB 2GB patriot Extreme Performance 6400@900Mhz, 4-4-4-17 Inno3D 7900GT@542Mhz/1.6Ghz, Thermalright SI-97 Samsung 320GB, Maxtor 250GB; Antec 500W Swiftech NB, Asus StarIceBlue CPU cooler; XP Pro Laptop: Dell XPS 1530 (T7500; 3GB 667 RAM; 160GB 7200rpm HDD; 8600GT; Vista 32bit) my 6800LE mod

April 24th, 2006	#3
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	woah. This Tai-Chi case is pretty unique. I have never, ever seen a case with aluminum fins. I don't believe in tool less anymore. Screw driver all the way! I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

April 24th, 2006	#4
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,615 Blog Entries: 6	Good point Ty.....I don't understand "tool-less" when you still need a screw driver to install the motherboard......I'd much rather just have some big thumbscrews INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

April 24th, 2006	#5
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Exactly. Thumbscrews are like God's gift to the PC world. I don't like how Thermaltake does their tool-less cases anyway. Especially the videocards and hard drives. Feels like its gonna let go any minute. I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

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