Thermaltake A700 Aluminium TG Edition Case Review

Complete System

As I was saying before, this case is enormous. The E-ATX motherboard we’ve installed barely takes up more than half the length of the case. A bit of tinkering, you could likely build two ATX systems in this thing. The space does give you plenty of elbow room though, making the build pretty straight forward. Plus, if you’re adding a custom loop, you can get some pretty ornate tubing in here easily enough.

PSU Shroud

The PSU shroud looks fantastic, mixing a way of hiding the cables, but still showing off the PSU through that window. You can remove it completely if you wanted. However, I think it looks great installed. The only gripe I do have is you have to remove the damn thing entirely to install the actual PSU.

GPU Mount

The fact you can remove the entire expansion bracket and turn it 90-degrees is awesome. Of course, that means you can ONLY install expansion cards with riser cables, but you could easily dual-GPU double and even triple slot thick cards this way.

Cooling

The stock airflow is OK for a simple air-cooled rig. There’s one fan blowing in, one fan blowing out. It’s obviously built for a lot more though. You can install a huge number of fans in this case. However, there’s more than enough room for a huge air cooler, AIO coolers, or custom loop hardware to suit your needs.

Cable Routing

The cable grommets are great and do help a lot. However, if you’re using a large E-ATX board, it’ll cover half of the right-hand side grommets. They’re still usable, but you’ll need to route bigger cables before you install the motherboard.

GPU size clearly isn’t an issue. The GTX 1070 Ti used here isn’t exactly small, but there’s still a load of room to spare. Of course, if you need more room, you can move the HDD bays up higher. Furthermore, if you need even more space, just take the HDD bays out altogether.

Either way, you get a lot of room for airflow from the front panel. Personally, I would go for a pair of 200mm fans in the front for low-noise performance.

Tempered Glass

Remember, the side panel glass is tool-free. Just drop it back on its hinges, and swing it shut. Magnetic mounts hold it closed well enough, but if you really want to, you can lock it with the included key.

The glass is tinted, so it hides a lot of the black fittings and fixtures. Plus, it makes it fairly reflective in a bright look; as you can obviously tell.

You can still see the build pretty clearly though. For those wanting to show off their sexy hardware, it’ll more than get the job done. Of course, there’s not a drop of RGB built into the case, so it’s pretty muted at the moment. However, if you wanted an RGB party, it’ll be well suited to the task.