Thermaltake Core P3 TG Pro Case Review

A Closer Look – Putting it Together

Once I’d figured out the instructions were largely hopeless, I figured I’d just press on. Honestly, the most useful thing in the manual is a picture of the case ready built. It’s not quite as hard as it looks though, as the components all go in fairly traditional places and all the mounting hardware is broadly obvious on what attaches to it.

The first part, take the rear of the case off. There’s a fair amount of space back here, room to route all your cables, store some SSDs or HDDs, and generally mount some of your hardware also.

I do like that there are rubber washers for the HDD mounts, which will help reduce unwanted vibration noises from mechanical drives.

This part is pretty bulky, it’s the interior part of the wall mount, so you have to work around it, but you can route cables through it.

You can screw on the four corner posts from the back, and make sure you get them nice and tight, as they’re what hold the glass. The front panel is optional (as are most of the parts), but adds a second radiator mount to the front.

This part is very modular also, allowing you to mounts your cards vertically or horizontally. I went for horizontal, as it’s a great way of showing off the GPU design. No riser cable is included, but that’s fine, there are plenty of good options to pick from and you can pick a design and size that suits your needs this way.

It’s a pain to screw this part together, I must admit, but once done, it does look pretty cool. All the rear covers are metal and reusable too, which is great.

The PSU mount is in the bottom left, but it’s got a rear mounting plate, then an adjustable brace to hold the back. There’s actually more than one bracket in the box, so you would use more if you’re using a truly massive and heavy PSU.

The new and improved feet look great. It’s more of a plinth and the metal corner arms slide through it, firmly locking it to the main part of the case. There’s also a pair of lips on the bottom that allow the glass to sit in the stand; it makes it easier to mount the glass.

I like how the front panel fits around the corner arms too, it’s a very neat and tidy design.

One thing I would suggest is ensuring you set your PSU bracket at the right spacing, too far back, and larger units will cover some of the cable routing.