Thermaltake Ceres 350 MX Mid-Tower Case Review

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While the case does support the newer BTF motherboards, I don’t have one to hand right now. However, as you can see, there’s a fantastic amount of space back here for traditional cable routing, with chunky cables easily accommodated, and any excess can be tucked under the PSU shroud too.

So, I actually used this case to mount a cooler for another review, the Raijintek Cyclops, which is a 360mm model, and it was a good excuse to put the radiator support through its paces, as I’ll be swapping it out for a 280mm AIO from Thermaltake further down this page. Overall, the build looks amazing, the yellow provides a strong contrast to the black interior and our components.

Admittedly, the colour isn’t going to be to everyone’s taste, but then again, it doesn’t have to be. Keep in mind that Thermaltake has a good few colour options available, so try to see the case, not the colour if yellow ain’t your thing. The 360mm cooler was a bit of a pain to fit, to be honest. I had to remove the front panel, remove the fan plate, remove the 2 x 140mm fans, and then mount it, but it’s a big cooler for a small case, and I got there in the end, and it does look pretty awesome.

As you can see, the radiator is mounted on the front of the plate, not on the interior of the case, showing you just how deep that front panel really is.

Putting it all back was easy enough, now that I had some practice with how to take apart the front panel. I put the 140mm Thermaltake fans back in the front of the case and installed the 280mm AIO at the top of the case. Honestly, putting an AIO on the top was a much smoother process, as you might expect.

Hardware support is pretty fantastic through, with an ATX motherboard fitting easily enough, and good access to the cable routing grommets on all sides of the motherboard. I do wish there was a vertical passthrough for the GPU power cable though, and honestly, I’m still baffled why that’s rarely a thing on so many PC cases. Just cut a little hole here Thermaltake, and all other brands too, please!

There’s room for plenty of cooling at least, with those large 140mm fans in the front and back, and I’ve added two more at the top for my AIO cooler, there’s going to be no issues getting plenty of air in and heat out of this build.

Plus, there’s airflow coming in passively from the bottom of the case, lots of ventilation in the sides and top of the PSU shroud, and if you wanted to, there’s a fan mount under the PSU shroud to help better direct airflow throughout the case.