Thermaltake Core P6 Turquoise Edition Case Review

Exterior

There’s one thing that really strikes you when you set eyes on this case, and that’s the colour! It really is rather striking and a pretty bold statement that makes all the black and grey hardware I see on a regular basis look blander in comparison. Now, I’ll admit, this isn’t the colour for me, as it clashes with literally everything in my house. However, there’s a black, white and a racing green version of this case on the market too, so you can easily pick one that suits your taste.

Colour aside, this is one BIG case, and while it is still a mid-tower, it’s back-breakingly heavy. Thick steel makes up the bulk of it, and there’s plenty of it. There’s also a lot of tempered glass, and it all adds up pretty quickly. It does feel fantastically robust though, this isn’t some stamped-out gimmick of a case, it feels well-engineered and purposeful.

It does look great, though, and with so much tempered glass, you’ve got so many great angles to show off your new PC build. Obviously, it looks a little closed up in this configuration. However, if you wanted a more open-air design, you can do that too, by simply having those panels removed.

There’s no shortage of ways to get air in or out of the case though. The front will house up to 3 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm fans, there’s room for 3 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm here on the right side, 3 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm in the bottom, 3 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm in the top, and 1 x 120mm in the back. That’s a LOT of cooling potential and allows for many different configurations of airflow direction, radiators, and more.

Those huge holes are additional mounts, and allow you to do crazy things, like wall mount this PC case!

The front I/O looks awesome, and I love the colour matched power buttons. There’s a good range of USB ports, including a Type-C, and the usual audio jacks.

Around the back, it’s a fairly traditional ATX layout, with a few cool options available. At the top, the fan mount has elongated screw mounts, allowing for easy height adjustment to improve compatibility.

There are seven expansion slots, again, as you would expect from a mid-tower. However, if you want to mount your GPUs on their side, you can turn the entire bracket 90-degrees, which I think is pretty awesome. you’ll need to provide a riser cable, but the case does include a special bracket to mount that to.

Finally, on the top of the case, there’s the choice of having more tempered glass, as I have here, or you could leave this space open for the open air, test bench, or horizontal configuration of this case.