Thermaltake A 41 Chaser Chassis Review

I’m not sure how I feel about the A41 chassis, it’s not a bad chassis as such, but it did fall significantly short of my own personal expectation in terms of features and capabilities. It was only recently that I took a look at the Thermaltake A31 chassis, which in its self its a little cheaper than this model and features a lower model number (A41 over A31), a higher price with a higher number in its name would suggest this is a more high end edition of the A31, but I really don’t think that is the case.

The A31 features more room for our CPU water cooler, cable tie down loops behind the motherboard, 6 hard drive trays and for a fairly similar price, so why would you purchase the A41? Well lets have a look at the good points of the A41 shall we.

The A41 is more than enough for most people for starters, if your only looking to install one or two graphics cards, your likely not going to need any more room and while our Antec 920 didn’t fit as well as I would have liked, it is freaking huge for what it is. Most any big air cooling CPU cooler would fit nicely, as well as many of the slimmer water cooling blocks that are currently available on the market.

The chassis comes pre-installed with three good quality fans, with the front and bottom air intakes protected by easily removed air filters that allow for quick and easy maintenance, this is always a good thing.

Yet the thing I like most of all about this chassis is the exterior design, it does look absolutely fantastic and its obvious that it takes some of the style points from the classic Armour Revo chassis. The turn out feet looks really cool, even if they’re not really required. The front panel design is well laid out, and the touches of blue on the feet and the front panel covers really gives it an extra style boost. Most of all I really like the side panel window as it provides a fantastic view of the interior.

While the A41 falls just short of our award, its still a rock solid chassis and build quality is flawless throughout, should you buy one, I’m sure you’ll be very happy with it. Yet overall I am a little lost on a chassis that is quite bulky in terms of design and overall size, especially given that it still feels a little cramped to work with on the interior.